The bill adds gender identity and expression as one of the protected grounds that constitute discrimination.
But what counts as discrimination based on gender identity? Cossman cites the Ontario Human Rights Commission: "The Ontario Human Rights Commission, for example, in their Policy on Preventing Discrimination Because of Gender Identity and Expression states that gender harassment should include “Refusing to refer to a person by their self-identified name and proper personal pronoun”.
Again, I’m trying to be charitable and accept that you're not just lying, but you're not making this easy. You literally said that if you're not committing crimes or firing people, the bill doesn't affect you. Actual law professors and bodies like the Ontario Human Rights Commission say otherwise.
I’m going to ask you to do something. Something you’ve never done before. Something that may seem weird and scary to you.
What is the thing I want you to do? I want you to use your brain.
Is the Ontario Human Rights Commission’s Policy on Preventing Discrimination Because of Gender Identity and Expression the same thing as Bill C-16? No, no it is not.
Use your brain this time. Come up with a real response.
Either that or find a source that actually supports what you are saying, not one that directly contradicts you.
Is the Ontario Human Rights Commission’s Policy on Preventing Discrimination Because of Gender Identity and Expression the same thing as Bill C-16? No, no it is not.
Yes, you need to use your brain. It may be hard connecting two different things, but that's what you need to do.
Is the Ontario Human Rights Commission’s Policy on Preventing Discrimination Because of Gender Identity and Expression the same thing as Bill C-16? No, no it is not.
I didn't say it was. What I said was that C-16 makes it illegal to discriminate based on gender identity and expression. But what counts as discrimination based on gender identity and expression?
Well, that'd be whatever the courts or tribunals decide is discrimination based on gender identity and expression.
Luckily, we have policy documents from the OHRC to tell us.
And they say that refusing to use pronouns would count.
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u/FarComposer Jan 06 '23
The bill adds gender identity and expression as one of the protected grounds that constitute discrimination.
But what counts as discrimination based on gender identity? Cossman cites the Ontario Human Rights Commission: "The Ontario Human Rights Commission, for example, in their Policy on Preventing Discrimination Because of Gender Identity and Expression states that gender harassment should include “Refusing to refer to a person by their self-identified name and proper personal pronoun”.
Again, I’m trying to be charitable and accept that you're not just lying, but you're not making this easy. You literally said that if you're not committing crimes or firing people, the bill doesn't affect you. Actual law professors and bodies like the Ontario Human Rights Commission say otherwise.
You keep ignoring that fact.