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e-1484 (Discrimination)

E-petition
Initiated by Joyce Stankiewicz from New Hamburg, Ontario

Original language of petition: English

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, residents of Canada, 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 July 18, 2018 (Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-32-25)
Open for signature
February 6, 2018, at 9:40 a.m. (EDT)
Closed for signature
June 6, 2018, at 9:40 a.m. (EDT)
Presented to the House of Commons
Harold Albrecht (Kitchener—Conestoga)
June 18, 2018 (Petition No. 421-02505)
Government response tabled
July 18, 2018
Photo - Harold Albrecht
Kitchener—Conestoga
Conservative Caucus
Ontario