Canada: private members' bill would add gender identity and expression to Human Rights Act and Criminal Code

NDP member of Parliament Bill Siksay says the bill will "add protection for members of the transsexual and transgendered communities to the Canadian Human Rights Act, by adding gender identity and gender expression as prohibited grounds for discrimination in the Act. The bill also adds gender identity and gender expression into the Criminal Code so that it can be taken into consideration at the time of sentencing for hate crimes."