Lethbridge's candidates' promises on Human Rights & Equality

Conversion Therapy

Geoffrey Capp

We would agree to prohibit intrusive and chemical methods, such as used on Prof. Alan Turing. Counseling of children by their parents must remain legal, and counseling of others, when welcome by the individual, should also remain legal.

Conservative

Ban conversion therapy.
Clarify that the ban does not criminalise non-coercive conversations.

Liberal

Within 100 days, reintroduce legislation to ban conversion therapy.
Extend the ban to include people over 18 years of age.

Re-introduce legislation within the first 100 days in office, to eliminate the practice of conversion therapy for everyone, and extend coverage of the ban to include people over 18 years of age.

— Forward. For Everyone., retrieved 2021-09-02

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NDP

Immediately legislate a ban on conversion therapy.
Work with the provinces & territories to support eliminating conversion therapy.

Kim Siever

Independent candidate in your district

As someone who was forced to believe I was straight for over 45 years, I support banning conversion therapy.

Data Privacy

Conservative

Pass legislation giving Canadians the right to understand & control the collection, use, monitoring, retention, and disclosure of their personal data.

We don't have any Liberal policies on Data Privacy.

NDP

Bring in legislation to prevent credit & debit card companies from selling customers' personal information.
Update privacy legislation to include a digital bill of rights.
Increase the powers of the Privacy Commissioner to make & enforce orders & levy finds & penalties.

Employment Discrimination

We don't have any Conservative policies on Employment Discrimination.

Liberal

Adapt & apply the Canada Business Corporations Act diversity requirements to federally-regulated financial institutions.
Require Crown corporations to implement gender & diversity reporting, beginning next year.

Adapt and apply the Canada Business Corporations Act diversity requirements to federally regulated financial institutions, applying an intersectional lens to ensure diversity among senior ranks of the financial sector.

Move forward with our commitment to require Crown corporations to implement gender and diversity reporting, beginning next year.

— Forward. For Everyone., retrieved 2021-09-02

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NDP

Add sexual orientation, & gender identity & expression to the Employment Equity Act.
Conduct a comprehensive review of the existing employment equity regime to help close the racialised wage gap.
Strengthen labour laws.
Ensure diverse & equitable hiring within the federal public service & federally-regulated industries.
Work with the provinces & territories on employment equity legislation.

We can also do more to end employment discrimination faced by members of the LGBTQI2S+ community. A New Democrat government will add sexual orientation, gender identity and expression to the Employment Equity Act, in order to address the disadvantages experienced by the LGBTQI2S+ communities – and particularly transgender people – in finding work.

— Ready for Better, retrieved 2021-08-27

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 under-represented 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.

— Ready for Better, retrieved 2021-08-27

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Gender Equity

Conservative

Implement a national mentorship strategy for women of all ages to prepare & help them network for senior leadership roles in corporations & civil society.
Seek out qualified female candidates for federal appointments.
Require federally-regulated corporations & federally-mandated organisations to implement recruitment plans to seek out qualified female candidates for senior leadership positions.

Liberal

Adapt & apply the Canada Business Corporations Act diversity requirements to federally-regulated financial institutions.
Require Crown corporations to implement gender & diversity reporting, beginning next year.

Adapt and apply the Canada Business Corporations Act diversity requirements to federally regulated financial institutions, applying an intersectional lens to ensure diversity among senior ranks of the financial sector.

Move forward with our commitment to require Crown corporations to implement gender and diversity reporting, beginning next year.

— Forward. For Everyone., retrieved 2021-09-02

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NDP

Prioritise pay equity by requiring employers to be transparent about pay & implementing pro-active pay equity legislation & regulations right away.
Introduce legislation to encourage political parties to run more women candidates.

Kim Siever

Independent candidate in your district

We need universal childcare and 100% parental leave. Also, women need to be paid equal to what their men coworkers are.

Hate Crimes & Hate Speech

Geoffrey Capp

CHP candidate in your district

Speaking the truth, even when it is discomforting, must remain lawful. Advocating harm or abrogation of rights to people on the basis of culture, identity or beliefs must not be acceptable. In a tolerant society, we will hear ideas that we do not agree with, but the Charter of Rights guarantees the freedom to speak and publish, not any right to be spared hearing it.

Conservative

Clearly criminalise statements that encourage violence against people or identifiable groups, focusing on online incitement.
Provide $25M to law enforcement to quickly investigate online threats of violence, hate speech, & disinformation campaigns by foreign governments or extremist groups.
Require social media platforms to remove illegal content, such as content that incites violence.

Liberal

Present a National Action Plan on Combating Hate by 2022 as part of a renewed Anti-Racism Strategy.
Establish a National Support Fund for Survivors of Hope-Motivated Crimes to help with uninsured costs for survivors.

Present a National Action Plan on Combating Hate by 2022 as part of a renewed Anti-Racism Strategy. It will include recommendations from the Antisemitism and Islamophobia summits and specific action on combatting hate crimes in Canada, including possible amendments to the Criminal Code, training and tools for public safety agencies, and investments to support digital literacy and prevent radicalization to violence.

— Forward. For Everyone., retrieved 2021-09-02

Establish a National Support Fund for Survivors of Hate-Motivated Crimes to help survivors with any uninsured costs that they have had to bear such as, mental health care, physiotherapy, medical equipment, and paramedical services.

— Forward. For Everyone., retrieved 2021-09-02

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NDP

Work to ensure all major cities have dedicated hate crime units within local police forces.
Convene a national working group to counter online hate.
Set national standards for identifying & recording all hate incidents.
Create a national action plan to dismantle far-right extremist organisations.
Make social media platforms legally responsible for removing hateful & extremist content.

It’s time for the federal government to tackle white supremacism, terrorism and the growing threat of hate crimes targeting communities in Canada. We will begin work immediately to ensure that all major cities have dedicated hate crime units within local police forces, and to convene a national working group to counter online hate. New Democrats will always stand up against all forms of hate, racism, including anti-Black racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, gender-based violence, homophobia, and transphobia.

— Ready for Better, retrieved 2021-08-27

New Democrats will take on white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups with a national action plan to dismantle far-right extremist organizations, including those that promote white supremacy. We’ll establish national standards for identifying and recording all hate incidents and their dispensation in the justice system and work in collaboration with non-profits to increase the reporting of hate crimes.

Anti-Semitism, anti-Black racism, Islamophobia and other forms of hate are too often allowed to flourish on the internet. A New Democrat government will convene a national working group to counter online hate and protect public safety, and make sure that social media platforms are legally responsible for the removal of hateful and extremist content before it can do harm.

— Ready for Better, retrieved 2021-08-27

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Indigenous & Black Incarceration

We don't have any Conservative policies on Indigenous & Black Incarceration.

Liberal

Develop a Black Canadians Justice Strategy to address anti-Black racism and discrimination in the criminal justice system.

NDP

Start a national task force to create a plan to end over-incarceration of Black & Indigenous people.
Address the impacts of mandatory minimums.
Provide greater judicial discretion in sentencing.
Develop culturally appropriate bail programmes.
Increase restorative & community justice.
Better integrate Gladue principles.
Develop & implement an African Canadian Justice Strategy.

To address the chronic over-representation 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 discriminatory impact of mandatory minimums, providing 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.

— Ready for Better, retrieved 2021-08-27

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LGBTQ2 Rights & Opportunities

We don't have any Conservative policies on LGBTQ2 Rights & Opportunities.

Liberal

Complete the Federal LGBTQ2 Action Plan within 100 days.
Provide $40M over 4 years for capacity funding to Canadian LGBTQ2 service organisations.

Complete the Federal Action Plan within the first 100 days in office.

Provide $40 million over 4 years starting in 2021- 2022 for capacity funding to Canadian LGBTQ2 service organizations.

— Forward. For Everyone., retrieved 2021-09-02

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We don't have any NDP policies on LGBTQ2 Rights & Opportunities.

Race-Based Data

We don't have any Conservative policies on Race-Based Data.

We don't have any Liberal policies on Race-Based Data.

NDP

Prioritise collecting race-based data on health, employment, policing, & more with the goal of improving outcomes for racialised communities.
Work with provinces to improve race-based data collection.
Develop reporting & accountability mechanisms alongside racialised & Indigenous communities.

Racism & Discrimination

We don't have any Conservative policies on Racism & Discrimination.

Liberal

Increase funding to both the Anti-Racism Strategy & the Federal Anti-Racism Secretariat.
Increase funding to multicultural community programmes.

Strengthen and boost funding to both the Anti-Racism Strategy and the Federal Anti-Racism Secretariat.

Build on the progress made over the last 6 years and increase funding to multicultural community programs. These programs play an important role in supporting community organizations across the country as they fight racism.

— Forward. For Everyone., retrieved 2021-09-02

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We don't have any NDP policies on Racism & Discrimination.

The Blood Ban

Geoffrey Capp

CHP candidate in your district

We support the concept that donors of blood must be healthy, and not carrying any communicable, incurable diseases. Since many STIs cannot be detected for months, those who do not faithfully practice monogamy with someone present a risk to the supply.

Conservative

End the blood ban.

We don't have any Liberal policies on The Blood Ban.

NDP

Immediately end the blood ban and put in place policies based in public health evidence to secure the blood supply.

Kim Siever

Independent candidate in your district

As someone who was banned from donating blood for over 20 years, I support abolishing the blood ban.

Trans Health & Access

We don't have any Conservative policies on Trans Health & Access.

We don't have any Liberal policies on Trans Health & Access.

NDP

Work with the provinces to ensure equal access to gender-affirming surgery across the country, & that gender-affirming procedures & medication is covered by public health plans.
Review & eliminate systemic barriers related to gender in the delivery of federal public services.
Provide funding to support the creation & expansion of shelters for trans youth.