http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications ... Id=8280564
https://openparliament.ca/bills/42-1/C-16/
I've been asked by a few people to give a more detailed post as to the implications of Bill C-16, which passed a few readings in Parliament. I'll add additional posts as news and information about the topic becomes avaiable, but for this main post, I'll leave it as a basic overview of what the bill entails. Very few MP's are actually fighting this bill and the way it looks now, it should pass the next few readings, the senate and then probably become law sometime in late 2016/early 2017. Some of the wording in the bill is extremely vague and very open to interpretation, probably on purpose so to enlarge the scope of who could be charged with a hate crime.
Canada is part of the land that the Lord called choice and all those that live on this land must serve Him.
If this bill passes, it means going forward, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints could possibly not be allowed to teach a lesson about Gender and Eternal Identity in a public setting like sacrament, seminary, institute or missionary discussions without the threat of being prosecuted as the views taught would be against the law and considered hate speech. There is currently no religious protection in the bill and it unclear how the courts would interpret the bill in regards to Freedom of Religion or how it applies to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.Ether 13:2 For behold, they rejected all the words of Ether; for he truly told them of all things, from the beginning of man; and that after the waters had receded from off the face of this land it became a choice land above all other lands, a chosen land of the Lord; wherefore the Lord would have that all men should serve him who dwell upon the face thereof;
C-16 just advances a malign political agenda. It gives sexual anarchists a powerful weapon to destroy our right to freedom of speech: if you disagree with the politically correct agenda, you’d better not say so or you will face serious legal consequences.Our gender was established before we were born into mortality and is an essential characteristic of our eternal identity.
https://www.lds.org/manual/the-eternal- ... y?lang=eng
What this bill will change:
- This bill will take away the free speech right for people to say that gender identity and gender expression are wrong and would now be classed as a discriminatory hate crime.
- This bill would allow anyone who identifies with the opposite biological gender of birth to enter a public washroom opposite to their biological gender.
- Freedom of the press weakened.
- Freedom of association weakened.
- Freedom of speech weakened.
- Freedom of religion weakened.
- In combination with provincial laws, force people to address others with gender neutral pronouns.
- Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia as government recognized mental illnesses. (Is it a mental illness or a hate crime or both?)
This bill goes far beyond equal rights into the territory of granting extra rights or special rights for some; and in the process of granting those extra rights for some, we automatically diminish and deny the legitimate time-honoured rights of many others.
For me and the millions of other Canadians who acknowledge the supremacy of God, as the first words of our charter affirm, there is the reality that our faith journey is the foundation of our world view. If freedom of religion is to be embraced, then it is of paramount importance that Bill C-16 not infringe upon that fundamental freedom. It is important that government clarify the nature of the protection being afforded and how it expects terms such as gender identity and gender expression to be interpreted. The implications are too unpredictable. Far too much is left to interpretation that would result in unnecessary accusation of human rights violations as well as litigation and endless court cases to further tie up our court system.
Harold Albrecht
Conservative MP for Kitchener—Conestoga (Ontario)
https://openparliament.ca/debates/2016/ ... lbrecht-2/
Women's rest rooms and locker rooms are traditionally family changing rooms. By passing the bill, are we then be saying that a person's need to express his or her gender or identity foreshadows the mother's need to also protect her child from seeing a naked man at, let us say, a YMCA children's swim class? Have we really gone this far in our society? Is this really where the majority of Canadians want to evolve or aspire to?
Cathay Wagantall
Conservative MP for Yorkton—Melville (Saskatchewan)
https://openparliament.ca/debates/2016/ ... gantall-2/
Dr. Jordan Peterson, a Psychology professor at the University of Toronto, has publicly refused to use gender-neutral pronouns, claiming that it's a matter of free speech. He argues choice of personal pronouns when addressing someone is a matter of freedom of speech. He believes that this bill C-16 will actually go a lot farther than the media and government are saying in regards to free speech.What’s Wrong With Bill C-16?
Wed, May 18, 2016 | Author: Ron Gray | The Christian Heritage Party of Canada
May 17, on “International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia”, the Liberal government introduced Bill C-16—draft legislation to grant full civil rights to transgendered persons. What could possibly be wrong with that?
Have we lost our minds?
What problem is this solving? Were there any reports of biologically female persons (who thought they were male) being molested in the women’s washroom?
No.
Were there any reports of biologically male persons (who thought they were female) being molested in the men’s room?
No.
But since the campaign for bathroom rights for transgenders went into high gear, we’ve already read reports of women being confronted in the women’s lavatory by males who say they have a legal right to be there—and one case of a man who assaulted an 8-year-old girl in the women’s washroom. He had the ‘right’ to be there.
After a half-century of progress on women’s rights, we’re now told by Prime Minister Trudeau that those rights—at least, the privacy rights of 51% of the population—are to be trumped by the alleged ‘rights’ of a mere 0.25% of the population—people who are biologically of one sex, but who think they are the opposite sex.
Instead of offering counselling and therapy to that one-quarter-of-one percent, our federal government wants to mandate that they have a right to go into facilities that match whatever gender they erroneously think is theirs.
https://www.chp.ca/commentary/whats-wro ... -bill-c-16
He took issue both with Bill C-16, federal legislation that would change the Canadian Human Rights Code and Criminal Code, making discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression illegal, and with the Ontario Human Rights Commission’s definition of “gender identity,” which is described as a person’s “sense of being a woman, a man, both, neither, or anywhere along the gender spectrum.”
“I don’t believe that it’s intelligent and appropriate for the government to mandate the words that its citizens should speak,” Peterson said.
“It’s one thing to tell people that there’s certain words they can’t say, but it’s an entirely different thing to tell them there are words that they have to say.”
The University of Toronto has since agreed to host a debate with Peterson, although details are not yet available. Media relations director Althea Blackburn-Evans said Peterson “has the right to express his views,” but that faculty members “also have responsibilities to create a learning environment at the University of Toronto that’s free from discrimination.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/1 ... clash.html
University of Toronto Tenured Professor Jordan Peterson has basically been threatened to be fired from his job for refusing to use Gender Neutral Pronouns in all his upcoming posts, lectures and debates because the University would be liable for what he says as their employee.
The University is obvious running scared over this issue and the contention it would bring it they had to legally fight it against the Ontario government and then eventually as a Charter of Rights and Freedoms free speech issue. The way they are acting already leads most to believe its a fight they actually wouldn't win.
This all boils down to a Bill attempting to be passed in Federal Parliament: C-16. Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, MP for Vancouver Granville and introduced Bill C-16 on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, May 17th, 2016, a day listing a bunch of made up phobia's to make everyone seem politically incorrect. The bill would update the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code to include the terms gender identity and gender expression.
http://www.straight.com/life/699766/jus ... ights-bill
This has become a very big issue in Canada, especially in Ontario. I've said multiple times, that Canada is about 5 years ahead of the 'social curve' than the United States is but I think in recent years that gap is becoming smaller, perhaps only a couple years ahead now.
Some of the highlights from his video that I found very interesting:
- Kathleen Wynne Premier of Ontario is attempting to make a social misunderstanding for not using Gender Neutral Pronouns a sexual assault equivalent to rape.
- Jordan Peterson has been trolled online after posting his lectures because people believe that he sounds like Kermit the Frog. Most people identify Kermits personality as a strong willed and a good leader so Jordan doesn't take offense to that. Native Charles Joseph, a brother of Jordan, made a frog mask for him. He believes that it is synchronicity that these two link especially since the significance of the frog in Kwakwaka'wakw mythology is that it is a harbinger of danger. If anything pollutes the waters, the frogs die which actually did happen all around the world the past few years. Jordan believes that a pollutant is going through our society and we need to clean it up or there is going to be trouble.
- The professor sent a letter to the University Dean explaining his decision and finished it off by saying: "Make your decision. I have made mine. May God Himself help us live with the consequences."
This whole issue reminds me of a clip I saw with Jerry Seinfeld talking about Political Correctness and how it has a very creepy side effect. Comedians have already been under attack here in Canada.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c ... -1.1021605
Troublesome times ahead for sure!