When asked in Question No. 8 whether the government would be acting on the re
commendation of the Canadian Human Rights Commission that social and economic rights be added as a field of human rights protection, the federal government stated that a comprehensive review of the Canadian Human Rights Act is scheduled to commence
shortly. This is of great interest to honourable senators, because we seem to be quite a few miles ahead of the government on this particular front since we unanimously ado
...[+++]pted Bill S-11, which proposes to put social condition on the list of prescribed grounds of discrimination in the Canadian Human Rights Act.
C'est un sujet de grand intérêt pour les honorables sénateurs, car nous semblons avoir une bonne longueur d'avance sur le gouvernement dans ce domaine, puisque nous avons adopté à l'unanimité le projet de loi S-11, qui propose d'ajouter la condition sociale aux motifs de distinction illicite prévus dans la Loi canadienne sur les droits de la personne.