Bill C-16 added the words “gender identity or expression” to three places.

 

First: It was added to the Canadian Human Rights Act, joining a list of identifiable groups that are protected from discrimination. These groups include age, race, sex, religion and disability, among others.

 

Second: It was added to a section of the Criminal Code that targets hate speech — defined as advocating genocide and the public incitement of hatred — where it joins other identifiable groups.

 

Third: It was added to a section of the Criminal Code dealing with sentencing for hate crimes. If there’s evidence that an offence is motivated by bias, prejudice or hate, it can be taken into account by the courts during sentencing.

 

The bill, which enshrines the rights of transgender or gender-diverse Canadians by including them under human rights and hate-crime laws, has sparked some debate. Critics voiced concerns that the law will penalize citizens who do not use specific pronouns when referring to gender diverse people.

Bill C-16 added the words “gender identity or expression” to three places.

First: It was added to the Canadian Human Rights Act, joining a list of identifiable groups that are protected from discrimination. These groups include age, race, sex, religion and disability, among others.

Second: It was added to a section of the Criminal Code that targets hate speech — defined as advocating genocide and the public incitement of hatred — where it joins other identifiable groups.

Third: It was added to a section of the Criminal Code dealing with sentencing for hate crimes. If there’s evidence that an offence is motivated by bias, prejudice or hate, it can be taken into account by the courts during sentencing.

The bill, which enshrines the rights of transgender or gender-diverse Canadians by including them under human rights and hate-crime laws, has sparked some debate. Critics voiced concerns that the law will penalize citizens who do not use specific pronouns when referring to gender diverse people.

This was not something new, Peterson is wrong on all points

No, Peterson is wrong on all points

This was no something new, Peterson is wrong on all points

A thing to note here: Peterson claims that the discrimination laws "mandate" what he must say. This too is wrong, because the code states what he must not say; he must not call someone by the wrong name or the wrong gender. Now granted this does not leave many options. However, this is incidental because the code does not mandate a certain behaviour, it only prohibits the complementary behaviour. This is crucial because you can only ever be incriminated for things that you do, not for things that you do not do _{(unless it is specifically stated it is your duty to behave in a certain way but such is not the case here).}

If the mediation succeeds there will be a settlement. In this settlement the responsible party may agree to things such as...

If a settlement is reached, the mediator will shred the all documents they received during the case and only keep the settlement.

Yes, Jordan Peterson may cause a discrimination case in the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, if he deliberately calls a person by the wrong name or the wrong pronoun. But...

So on all points of the claim, Jordan Peterson is wrong.

This was not something new, Peterson is wrong on all points

A thing to note here: Peterson claims that the discrimination laws "mandate" what he must say. This too is wrong, because the code states what he must not say; he must not call someone by the wrong name or the wrong gender. Now granted this does not leave many options. However, this is incidental because the code does not mandate a certain behaviour, it only prohibits the complementary behaviour. This is crucial because you can only ever be incriminated for things that you do, not for things that you do not do _{(unless it is specifically stated it is your duty to behave in a certain way but such is not the case here).}

If the mediation succeeds there will be a settlement. In this settlement the responsible party may agree to things such as...

If a settlement is reached, the mediator will shred the all documents they received during the case and only keep the settlement.

Yes, Jordan Peterson may cause a discrimination case in the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, if he deliberately and repeatedly calls a person by the wrong name or the wrong pronoun. But...

So on all points of the claim, Jordan Peterson is wrong.