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Human Rights & Equality

Trans Health & Access platforms

Here's what the 2021 Canadian election parties are promising.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Trans Health & Access.
We don't have any Conservative policies on Trans Health & Access.
We don't have any Bloc 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.

Green

  • Negotiate the Canada Health Accord to prioritise access to gender-affirming health services.
  • Listen to feedback on census questions.
  • Ensure trans, non-binary, & Two Spirit people are able to alter their sex designation on all federally-issued documents, without undertaking surgeries.
  • Require accessible facilities in all federal buildings, including gender-neutral washrooms & changing facilities.

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Negotiate the Canada Health Accord to prioritize mental health and rehabilitation services, access to safe abortion services and access to gender-affirming health services such as hormones, blockers, and surgery.

Be Daring., retrieved 2021-09-11

● Listen to feedback about the appropriate nature of new 2021 federal census questions attempting to capture data on trans and non-binary Canadians.

Be Daring., retrieved 2021-09-11

● Ensure access to comprehensive 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 on all federally-issued official documents, consistent with their gender identity.

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

● 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.

Be Daring., retrieved 2021-09-11

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