CONSTITUENCY REFERENDUM: BILL C-6
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Resources from the Office of Jamie Schmale, MP.:
Parliamentary resources:
- INITIALversion of Bill C-6 (as introduced by the government at 1st Reading)
- CURRENTversion of Bill C-6 (as amended by the House Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, December 11, 2020)
- House of Commons Debate on Bill C-6
o Vote at Second Reading – October 28, 2020
- Legislative Summary of Bill C-6(prepared by the Library of Parliament)
- Committee study of Bill C-6— House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. Here, you can find each of:
o 290 briefs submitted to the committee;
o Transcripts of 4 committee meetings held on the bill;
o List of the 32 witnesses heard by the committee.
o Transcript of Justice committee meeting during which amendments were considered
Government of Canada resources:
- News release from the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
- Department of Justice – Charter Statement on Bill C-6
- Department of Justice – Legislative Background to Bill C-6
- Department of Justice – Support for Bill C-6
- Department of Justice – Information on Bill C-16 (2016) respecting anti-discrimination provisions for gender identity and gender expression
- Government of Canada’s LGBTQ2 Secretariat
Websites or positions of some groups supportive of Bill C-6:
- No Conversion Canada
- Community-Based Research Centre
- Canadian Psychological Association
- Canadian Psychiatric Association
- Canadian Paediatric Society
- Canadian Association of Social Workers
- Dignity Canada Dignité
- Fierté Canada Pride
- Brief to Justice Committee – Dr. Kristopher Wells, with letter signed by over 115 academics and professionals
- Brief to Justice Committee – Jointly signed letter
o UNICEF Canada, Children’s Welfare League of Canada, Families Canada, Children’s Mental Health Ontario, Equitas – International Centre for Human Rights Education, Children’s First Canada, Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity, Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa, Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights, YWCA Canada, Jack.org, Planned Parenthood Ottawa, The Sandbox Project, The Young Canadians Roundtable on Health, The Ten Oaks Project, Promoting Resilience and Ending Violence Network (PREVNet), Mosaic-Newcomer Family Resource Network, Sexual Health Nova Scotia, Wisdom2Action, Transgender Media Portal, Platform, Kind Space, LGBT Youth Line, Black Health Alliance, FRAYME, AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia, Carleton University Student Union Gender and Sexuality Resource Centre, and 20 individuals.
Websites or positions of some groups with concerns about, or opposed to, Bill C-6:
- Pour les droits des femmes du Québec (PDF Québec)
- The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC)
- Christian Legal Fellowship
- Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms
- Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB)
- Associated Gospel Churches
- Association for Reformed Political Action Canada
- Campaign Life Coalition
- Canadian Association of Lutheran Congregations
- Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs