'Bathroom Bill' to be debated Monday

MP Bill Siksay

Bill C-389 to protect gender identity and expression

Bill C-389 has been scheduled for debated on Monday Feb. 7, meaning that it could be voted on as soon as Feb. 9.

The bill is an effort to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act "to include gender identity and gender expression as prohibited grounds of discrimination," as well as to amend the Criminal Code of Canada to add these terms the list of protected groups in Section 318.


Currently, the code protects attacks on groups based on "colour, race, religion or ethnic origin."

It is a private member's bill brought to the House by Burnaby-Douglas MP Bill Siksay (NDP). Private member's bills do not often become laws.

The contents of Bill C-389 can be found here.

Those interested in contacting their member of Parliament about this bill can use this website to do so.