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e-1434 (Discrimination)

Petition to the Government of Canada

Whereas:
  • The current eligibility requirements of employers seeking to apply for Government of Canada funding through the Canada Summer Jobs Program require organizations to sign an attestation stating that their organization’s core mandate respects individual human rights in Canada, including the values underlying the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as well as other rights, including reproductive rights and the right to be free from discrimination on the basis of sex, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, colour, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression;
  • We believe that requiring organizations to attest that this is their organization’s “core mandate” would force many organizations to choose between their beliefs, often rooted in their religion, and being able to receive funding; and
  • By its nature, this requirement discriminates against organizations based on their beliefs.
We, the undersigned, electors of the district of Haldimand-Norfolk, call upon the Government of Canada to remove this discriminatory requirement and allow Canadians to continue to exercise their freedom of religion and freedom of expression without facing institutionalized discrimination by the Government of Canada.
Government response tabled on June 13, 2018 (Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-32-21)
Open for signature
December 20, 2017, at 3:47 p.m. (EDT)
Closed for signature
April 19, 2018, at 3:47 p.m. (EDT)
Presented to the House of Commons
Diane Finley (Haldimand—Norfolk)
April 30, 2018 (Petition No. 421-02280)
Government response tabled
June 13, 2018
Photo - Diane Finley
Haldimand—Norfolk
Conservative Caucus
Ontario