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Another Trans Rights Bill Is Introduced in the House of Commons: Bill C-279
My friend and sister Mercedes points out that another trans rights bill was presented in the House of Commons this week. Bill 279 (An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code —...
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Julie Burchill Column: Mercedes Allen Comments
A guest post by well-known Canadian writer and activist Mercedes Allen. If Offence is a Virtue By Mercedes Allen A controversy has ricocheted across the comment pages of the daily newspapers across the...
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Bill C-279 Update: Amendments Going to the House
Macleans is reporting that “The Speaker ruled (Wednesday) night that the amendments Randall Garrison had hoped to make to C-279, the transgendered rights bill, at committee could be submitted to the...
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The Charbonneau inquiry’s extension and the next Quebec election
As expected, the Charbonneau commission requested an extension of its mandate, and the Marois government acceded to it. The commission now has until April 19, 2015, to submit its report. The government...
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Bill C-279: Senate Debate on Amending the Canadian Human Rights Act and the...
I deeply moved by some of the things said by the Hon. Grant Mitchell in a debate to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code to protect gender identity. Here is the debate from...
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Transgender rights bill: Canadian Senate fails to vote before summer break —...
Jennifer Ditchburn The Canadian Press OTTAWA — An eight-year bid to include transgender rights in Canadian anti-discrimination and hate laws is likely to suffer another legislative setback, despite...
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The Story So Far: Senate reform unconstitutional, and meet Montreal’s next mayor
Hello and welcome to The Story So Far for Thursday, Oct. 24. Click on the grey icon below to hear the rundown on the stories we’re following for you today. And remember, you can listen to all of our...
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The Story So Far: Fatal shooting in Longueuil, Senate reform declared...
Hello and welcome to The Story So Far for Friday. Oct. 25. Click on the grey icon below to hear the rundown on the stories we’re following for you today. And remember, you can listen to all of our...
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Gazette Midday: Feds crack down on railroads, RCMP targets Duffy, Wright
Hello and welcome to montrealgazette.com and welcome to Midday. Here’s the rundown on some of the stories we’re following for you today. The federal government is forcing rail companies to tell...
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The Story So Far: Mounties target Wright, Duffy; towns cheer federal rail order
Hello and welcome to The Story So Far for Wednesday, Nov. 20. Click on the grey icon below to hear the rundown on the stories we’re following for you today. And remember, you can listen to all of our...
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The Story So Far: Canada Post shuns homes, Press Gallery shuns Brazeau
Hello and welcome to The Story So Far for Wednesday, Dec. 11. Click on the grey icon below to hear the rundown on the stories we’re following for you today. And remember, you can listen to all of our...
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The Story So Far: BQ leader resigns; cyanide killed mob-linked drug dealer
Hello and welcome to The Story So Far for Monday, Dec. 16. Click on the grey icon below to hear the rundown on the stories we’re following for you today. And remember, you can listen to all of our...
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Bloc Québécois leadership: the job nobody who is anybody seems to want
Politics are cruel. When Daniel Paillé stepped down as leader of the Bloc Québécois on Monday for health reasons, members of the party all but said “good riddance.” One source in the Bloc told Le...
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Gazette Midday: Sex workers win, BlackBerry loses
Welcome to montrealgazette.com and welcome to Midday. Here’s the rundown on some of the stories we’re following for you today. The Supreme Court of Canada today struck down the country’s prostitution...
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The Story So Far: Prostitution laws struck down, city seeks snow complaints
Hello and welcome to The Story So Far for Friday, Dec. 20. Click on the grey icon below to hear the rundown on the stories we’re following for you today. And remember, you can listen to all of our...
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The Story So Far: More video surveillance for Montreal? And Cotler to leave...
Hello and welcome to The Story So Far for Wednesday, Feb. 5. Click on the grey icon below to hear the rundown on the stories we’re following for you today. And remember, you can listen to all of our...
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Transgender rights: A refresher on Canada’s Bill C-279
The following is a guest post from Kay, a member of Ontario group Gender Mosaic: Bill C-279 is at the one year mark in the Canadian Senate and still hasn’t come to a vote. I know, it’s been so long...
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Gazette Midday: Separate Quebec would keep Canadian dollar- Marois
Hello and welcome to montrealgazette.com and welcome to Midday. Here’s the rundown on some of the stories we’re following for you today. Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois revealed additional...
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Government online spying bill rears its ugly head again
Here’s what we know: The government has asked telecom companies for information about their subscribers on average 1.2 million times per year since 2011, according to documents provided to the Federal...
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Opinion: In Canada, we could have used some British fair play
Boy, would I have loved to have had the Scottish referendum before the one we had in Quebec in 1995, for which I was strategist for the Yes campaign. I am sure those who are for an independent...
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