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Liberal support for NDP transgender bill could augur well for the future
By
Karl Nerenberg
| October 18, 2016

The Trudeau Liberals celebrated the first anniversary of their election by voting for an NDP MP's bill that would guarantee rights to transgender people.

It was British Columbia NDPer Randall Garrison who proposed the measure, Bill 16, which, if enacted into law, will help to stop discrimination on the basis of transgender status.

The Liberal party and its leader favour this sort of legislative protection, and it is to their credit that they were happy to use an opposition MP's initiative as the opportunity to put their support-in-principle into action.

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MP's poll on gender identity bill (Bill C - 389), VOTE NOW!

http://www.edholder.ca/poll/

Not good. The no votes are leading! Bill C - 389 is the only hope for transgender/transsexuals in Canada right now.
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