Opening Remarks of the Pay Equity Commissioner to the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, Karen Jensen, Federal Pay Equity Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission
Today we celebrate the start of Black History Month. It is a month to honour the legacy of Black Canadians and celebrate their contributions to building the Canada we share today.
Speaking Notes for Marie-Claude Landry, Ad. E., Chief Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission
Four years ago today, a young man walked into the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre in Quebec City and opened fire, killing six and wounding several others. The attack shook the nation to its core.
Today, on International Human Rights Day, we must reflect on the global pandemic that has impacted our everyday lives and the human rights of people in Canada.
Today, as we mark the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities, it is an opportunity for all Canadians to reaffirm our commitment to inclusion and equality by reflecting on how we can eliminate barriers for people with disabilities.
The Canadian Human Rights Commission is deeply concerned and troubled by reports that prisoners being held in Correctional Service Canada’s new Structured Intervention Units (SIU) continue to experience conditions of solitary confinement.
Speaking Notes of Marie-Claude Landry, Ad. E., Chief Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission
The Canadian Human Rights Commission condemns the violence perpetrated against Sipekne’katik and Mi’kmaq throughout Mi’kma’ki. The reported threats, attacks, assaults, and destruction of property are disturbing and graphic displays of the deeply rooted intolerance and systemic racism Indigenous peoples continue to face.