Saskatchewan puts gender identity protection in human rights code
Saskatchewan is changing and clarifying parts of its Human Rights Code.
Saskatchewan is changing and clarifying parts of its Human Rights Code.
The government is adding gender identity as a prohibited ground of discrimination.
"This brings Saskatchewan in line with a number of provinces who have also made this protection explicit, as Canadian human rights tribunals have been recognizing protection on this basis for some time," the province noted in a news release Tuesday.
The government will also remove an exemption in the code which allows a landlord to refuse to rent a suite in their home or the other half of their duplex to someone based on the prospective renter's sexual orientation.
People will still able to select a roommate however they like.
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