Correction : This is a federal bill not a Ontario bill. This is before the Pariliament in Ottawa not here in Toronto. 作者: andrew 时间: 2011-2-13 20:56
真不可思议，SNOWSBRING请讲讲这里的法理依据，我们长长知识作者: andrew 时间: 2011-2-13 20:57 回复 snowspring 的帖子
I actually do not know much about this. I believe this Bill is to amend the Canadian Human Rights Code - this code applies to all federal insitutions ( like federal government) and federal regulated businesses and services ( like banks, trains, airline etc). But it does not appliy to provincial governement and provincial regulated business and services ( like hospitals, schools, etc) The Code prohibits discrimination for certain groups. Right now, the groups protected are under sex, religion, race, sexual orientation, national origin, age, etc. ( I do not have the list in front of me). The Bill will amend the Code to include one more ground (or grounds) like trans-gender ( and another one which I do not remember). I think trans gender means you are of a certain gender but you feel like another gender. The most often heard expression is like " I am a woman but trapped in a man's body" or vice versa. Now, people have gone through medical treatment and surgery to change their sex. Like from man to woman or vice versa. I believe after you change your gender you can legitimately say you are the other sex now and utilize all the places reserved for the other sex. The Canadian Human Rights Code will protect them under that sex if necessary, or if challenged. However, some people who did not do the medical transformation cannot. The Bill is to amend the Code so that these people can be protected under the Code.
The above is I think what the matter is about. Hope that helps the understanding. 作者: andrew 时间: 2011-2-13 22:29 本帖最后由 andrew 于 2011-2-13 22:34 编辑
You are quite right Andrew. We may want to look at the big picture and then look at the smaller picture. The small pricture is like just focussing on the washroom issue. Think about this. Right now there is nobody preventing a man dressing as woman going into a woman washroom any way if he is not discovered. Same thing there is nothing preventing a woman dressed up as a man and go into a man's washroom if she is not discovered. But if there is a disturbance then she/he can always be prosecuted. In fact right now many places have a wheelchair accessible washroom and either man or woman can use it. That is not a problem at all.
In any group, there are bad people and they abuse the right soceity gave them in the form of law. For instance there are welfare frauds. However should we deny/abolish these rights altogether because some people abuse them or should we not deny these rights but find out how we can stop the abuse.
Nevertheless, to amend the HR's Code is not a small thing. It is important that we look at every facet and think things through. That is why there is debate in the parliament and various parties can debate about it. People can also contact their MP and express their opinion - whether you are for or against or suggest amendments etc. This is part of the democratic process.
I for one have not had time to think this through. 作者: paul_zhou 时间: 2011-2-13 22:42
以后应该用这个标志
