Vaccination is the most important public health tool at our disposal to reduce the risk of COVID‑19. It is important that those who can get the vaccine do so – to protect themselves, their colleagues, families, friends and communities.
The Big Three: Key inclusion principles for Canadian businesses, Marie-Claude Landry, Ad. E., Chief Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission
On the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we acknowledge and commemorate the devastating legacy of residential schools, where tens of thousands of Indigenous children were taken from their families and forcibly separated from their language and culture. Many never returned home.
The hate, intolerance, and violence on display during this election was unprecedented, unacceptable, and frightening.
Press Launch of the Follow up Report to the Canadian Human Rights Commission on the Human Rights of the Innu of Labrador, Marie Claude Landry, Ad. E. Chief Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission
Today, the Commission was pleased to receive the Follow up Report to the Canadian Human Rights Commission on the Human Rights of the Innu of Labrador. This third report on the Human Rights of the Innu of Labrador builds on two previous reports on the rights of the Innu, issued in 1993 and 2002.
Today, the Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission and the federal Pay Equity Commissioner welcome the timeline for the coming into force of the Pay Equity Act, which will ensure equal pay for work of equal value. This new law is an important tool in promoting gender equality, closing the gender wage gap and contributing to greater equity and inclusion in Canada.
We stand together in solidarity, grief and pain with the Cowessess First Nation of Saskatchewan over this latest discovery of hundreds upon hundreds of unmarked children’s graves at the former Marieval residential school site. We stand with residential school survivors and their families, Indigenous leaders and the entire Cowessess First Nation.
Today, we mark National Indigenous Peoples Day to recognize, honour and celebrate the diverse cultures, traditions, and achievements of First Nations, the Métis Nation, and Inuit in Canada.
I am outraged and heartbroken by the act of terrorism in London, Ontario. I mourn for the victims and my heart aches for their family, friends and community.