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Human Rights platforms

Here's what the candidates in Markham—Unionville, and their parties, are promising.

Accessibility

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We don't have any PPC policies on Accessibility.
We don't have any NDP policies on Accessibility.

Liberal

Invest $40 million / year in a national workplace accessibility fund, with focus on making small and medium-sized businesses more accessible.

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To help more people with disabilities go to school,enter the workforce, and join the middle class, we will move forward with a new $40 million per year national workplace accessibility fund, with a special focus on making small and medium-sized businesses more accessible. This fund will match costs with employers and schools, providing up to a combined $10,000 to cover the cost of an accommodation.

Employers and schools will continue to be required to meet their accessibility obligations under provincial and federal law.

From Forward, retrieved 2019-10-01.

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We don't have any Green policies on Accessibility.
We don't have any Conservative policies on Accessibility.

Ban on blood donation

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We don't have any Conservative policies on Ban on blood donation.

Conversion therapy & intersex surgery

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We don't have any Conservative policies on Conversion therapy & intersex surgery.

Cooperation with torture

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We don't have any NDP policies on Cooperation with torture.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Cooperation with torture.
We don't have any Conservative policies on Cooperation with torture.

Detainment for anti-terrorism

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We don't have any NDP policies on Detainment for anti-terrorism.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Detainment for anti-terrorism.
We don't have any Conservative policies on Detainment for anti-terrorism.

Gender-affirmation

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We don't have any Liberal policies on Gender-affirmation.

Green

  • Ensure access to sexual health care and gender affirming health care, including hormone treatments and blockers, and gender confirmation surgeries.
  • Ensure that trans, non-binary, and Two Spirit people, without undertaking surgeries, are able to alter their sex designation.

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Ensure that trans*, non-binary, and Two Spirit people, without undertaking surgeries, are able to alter their sex designation on all federally-issued official documents, consistent with their gender identity.

Require accessible facilities in all federal buildings, including gender-neutral washrooms, changing facilities, etc. while also re-affirming trans, non-binary and Two Spirit people’s right to use whichever facilities with which they identify.

From Election Platform 2019, retrieved 2019-09-22.

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We don't have any Conservative policies on Gender-affirmation.

Gender-based violence

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NDP

  • Develop a National Action Plan to end gender-based violence, backed by funding to ensure shelter services and other programmes are available in all regions.
  • Promote domestic violence leave policies in workplaces.
  • Address violence against Indigenous women, LGBTQI2s+ people.

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We’ll develop a National Action Plan to end gender-based violence, backed by funding to ensure that shelter services and other programs are available in all regions of the country, especially areas that have traditionally been underserved. New Democrats will promote domestic violence leave policies in workplaces, improve police training on sexual assault, and require universities to develop plans to end sexual violence on campus. And we’ll address violence against Indigenous women, girls, and LGBTQI2S+ people by working with Indigenous peoples to implement the Calls for Justice of the National Inquiry.

From A New Deal for People, retrieved 2019-09-22.

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Liberal

Invest an additional $30 million to develop a National Action Plan for gender-based violence.

Green

  • Develop a Canada-wide action plan with a timetable and dedicated funding to eliminate violence against women, girls, and gender-diverse people.
  • Implement the recommendations of the IMMIWG.
  • Invest $40m over four years in the Shelter Enhancement Programme.

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In collaboration with women’s and Indigenous organizations, develop a comprehensive Canada-wide plan of action – with a timetable and dedicated funding – to eliminate violence against women, girls and gender-diverse people.

Implement all the recommendations of the Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

Increase access to shelters by investing $40 million over four years in the Shelter Enhancement Program, providing more than 2,100 new and renovated spaces in first-stage shelters and hundreds of spaces in transition houses.

From Election Platform 2019, retrieved 2019-09-22.

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We don't have any Conservative policies on Gender-based violence.

Gender-based work discrimination & pay inequity

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NDP

Prioritize pay equity to put an end to gender-based wage discrimination, require employers to be transparent about pay, and enforce pro-active pay equity legislation and regulations right away.

Liberal

  • Invest $9 million over three years in helping visible minority newcomer women find and keep a good job.
  • Work with economic development, agricultural, and trade organizations to ensure that underrepresented communities are better served and able to find and keep middle class jobs.

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To help more visible minority newcomer women find and keep a good job, we will build on the research, support and employment projects announced earlier this year, and move forward with an additional $9 million investment over three years.

We will also work with economic development, agricultural and trade organizations to ensure that underrepresented communities are better served and more informed about the programs and services that can help them find and keep good, middle class jobs.

And we will provide funding to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research so that they can create academic research grants for studies on race, diversity and gender in Canada.

From Forward, retrieved 2019-09-30.

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We don't have any Conservative policies on Gender-based work discrimination & pay inequity.

Hate crimes

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We don't have any PPC policies on Hate crimes.

Liberal

  • Strengthen the Anti-Racism Strategy and double its funding.
  • Boost funding for community-led initiatives to promote inclusion and combat racism.
  • Improve the quality and amount of data StatsCan does regarding hate crimes.
We don't have any Green policies on Hate crimes.
We don't have any Conservative policies on Hate crimes.

LGBTQI2+ awareness

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We don't have any PPC policies on LGBTQI2+ awareness.
We don't have any NDP policies on LGBTQI2+ awareness.

Green

Fund community-driven education and awareness programmes that lead to a greater understanding of intersex realities and diversity of sexualities and gender identities, and referral programmes to direct for trans, non-binary, and Two Spirit people to appropriate services.

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Ensure that the national census is designed to reflect the diversity of sex and gender and ask appropriate questions to ensure adequate, safe and effective data collection.

From Election Platform 2019, retrieved 2019-09-22.

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We don't have any Conservative policies on LGBTQI2+ awareness.

LGBTQI2S+ work discrimination

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We don't have any Liberal policies on LGBTQI2S+ work discrimination.
We don't have any Green policies on LGBTQI2S+ work discrimination.
We don't have any Conservative policies on LGBTQI2S+ work discrimination.

Online hate

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NDP

  • Convene a national working group to counter online hate and protect public safety.
  • Make social media platforms responsible for removing hateful and extremist content.

Liberal

Introduce regulations for social media platforms, requiring all platforms remove illegal content, including hate speech, within 24 hours or face significant financial penalties.
We don't have any Green policies on Online hate.
We don't have any Conservative policies on Online hate.

Race-based work discrimination

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NDP

  • Conduct a comprehensive review of the existing employment equity regime and help close the racialized wage gap.
  • Strengthen labour laws and ensure diverse and equitable hiring within the federal public service and federally regulated industries.

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A New Democrat government will conduct a comprehensive review of the existing employment equity regime to help close the racialized wage gap. New Democrats will strengthen labour laws and ensure diverse and equitable hiring within the federal public service, and in federally regulated industries. Jobs and training for underrepresented groups will be a core part of federal infrastructure plans.

Lastly, we will work with the provinces and territories to develop and enforce effective employment equity legislation, and to collect and analyze data on the racialization of poverty – because everyone should be able to build a good life with equal opportunity.

From A New Deal for People, retrieved 2019-09-22.

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Green

  • Fully implement federal pay equity rules.
  • Enhance use of Community Benefits Agreements to increase economic inclusion and opportunity for marginalized communities of colour.
We don't have any Conservative policies on Race-based work discrimination.

Racism and bias in justice

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NDP

  • Form a national task force to end over-representation of Indigenous peoples and Black Canadians in the federal prison system.
  • Develop culturally appropriate bail programmes.
  • Increase restorative justice, judicial discretion in sentencing.
  • Further integrate the Gladue principles.

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To address the chronic overrepresentation of Indigenous peoples and Black Canadians in the federal prison population, we will put in place a national task force to develop a roadmap to end this systemic injustice. Working alongside Indigenous communities, this approach will include addressing the need for greater judicial discretion in sentencing, developing culturally appropriate bail programs, increasing restorative and community justice programs, and better integrating Gladue principles in court proceedings. We will also develop and implement an African Canadian Justice Strategy, working with Black Canadians with experience and expertise on criminal justice issues.

From A New Deal for People, retrieved 2019-09-22.

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Liberal

Invest $11 million over four years to ensure all officials in Canada's enforcement and security agencies have access to unconscious bias and cultural competency training.
We don't have any Green policies on Racism and bias in justice.
We don't have any Conservative policies on Racism and bias in justice.

Racism in law enforcement

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NDP

Ban carding by federal law enforcement, work with local partners to end it in all jurisdictions, and review all information obtained through carding and retained and examine how it has been shared between police forces and government agencies.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Racism in law enforcement.
We don't have any Green policies on Racism in law enforcement.
We don't have any Conservative policies on Racism in law enforcement.

Sex work

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We don't have any NDP policies on Sex work.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Sex work.

Green

  • Reform sex work laws in Canada with a clear focus on harm reduction.
  • Make the industry legal.
  • Increase funding to bolster investigations and convictions in human trafficking cases.
  • Increase funding of organizations helping those driven to sex work by economic deprivation.

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Reform sex work laws in Canada with a clear focus on harm reduction, given the dangers that sex trade workers face. By making the industry legal and public, it will make it easier for those who are being trafficked to be found and saved.

Increase funding to bolster investigations and convictions in human trafficking cases.

Increase funding of community organizations providing services to those driven to sex work by economic deprivation.

From Election Platform 2019, retrieved 2019-09-22.

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We don't have any Conservative policies on Sex work.

Sexuality-discriminatory legislation

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We don't have any PPC policies on Sexuality-discriminatory legislation.
We don't have any NDP policies on Sexuality-discriminatory legislation.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Sexuality-discriminatory legislation.

Green

Repeal all federal laws and policies that discriminate on the basis of sexuality, including Section 159 of the Criminal Code, and that refer to intersex reality as a defect, aberration, or by any other derogatory terms.
We don't have any Conservative policies on Sexuality-discriminatory legislation.