Trudeau opening door to ‘outright persecution’ as he fast-tracks ‘trans rights’ bathroom bill: critic
Critics of the Justin Trudeau Liberals’ transgender rights Bill C-16 are looking to the Senate as their last chance to oppose the bill after a House of Commons committee rushed it through with no public hearings and the House passed it on third reading last Friday. Conservative MP Cathay Wagantall made a last-ditch effort that day to remedy what she decried as “a deeply flawed, undemocratic process” when she unsuccessfully proposed an amendment to send the bill back to the justice and human rights committee to assess “its impact on freedom of expression.” Bill C-16, scheduled for second reading debate in the Senate on Thursday, adds “gender identity and gender expression” as prohibited grounds for discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act and amends the Criminal Code to add an individual’s “gender expression and identity” as protected grounds from hate propaganda. Critics say the bill opens the door to wide-ranging abuses, including putting women and girls at r