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Newsroom On this page you will find the Commission’s media advisories and news releases, open letters, speeches, as well as statement by the Commission, including statements announcing human rights discrimination settlements.


Canadian Human Rights Commission welcomes Canada’s first Pay Equity Commissioner

The Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) is pleased to welcome Karen Jensen, by Order in Council, as Canada’s first Pay Equity Commissioner.

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  • Statements
  • Pay Equity
  • 2019-09-19

Banning religious symbols puts everyone’s rights at risk

The Canadian Human Rights Commission is deeply disappointed by Quebec’s new law banning religious symbols for all provincial public servants in roles such as, police officers, judges, teachers and senior officials.

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  • Statements
  • Human Rights
  • 2019-06-17

Chris Stark: A champion for accessibility, inclusion and human rights in Canada

“Chris’s tireless efforts led to the first talking ATM in the world, which made banking more accessible for blind and partially sighted people.

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  • Statements
  • Human Rights
  • 2019-06-06

IMMIWG Calls to Justice and calls on Canadians to play a role

Today we congratulate the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls on releasing its final report.

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  • Statements
  • Human Rights
  • 2019-06-03

Presentation to Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights Study on Online Hate

Presentation to Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights Study on Online Hate, Marie-Claude Landry, Ad. E., Chief Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission

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  • Speeches
  • Human Rights
  • 2019-05-30

An Act to Amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and another Act

Speaking Notes for Marie-Claude Landry, Ad. E., Chief Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission

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  • Speeches
  • Human Rights
  • 2019-05-15

We’re all in it together

Speaking Notes for Marie-Claude Landry, Ad. E., Chief Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission

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  • Speeches
  • Human Rights
  • 2019-05-02

Number of people contacting CHRC to complain at all-time high

In its 2018 Annual Report released today, the Canadian Human Rights Commission says more people contacted the Commission to ask for help than any other year in its history.

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  • News Releases
  • Human Rights
  • 2019-04-17

CHRC welcomes national housing strategy legislation

“The Canadian Human Rights Commission welcomes the federal government’s introduction of federal housing legislation, in particular the appointment of a Federal Housing Advocate.

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  • Statements
  • Human Rights
  • 2019-04-12

Presentation to the Senate Committee on Social Affairs Science and Technology on Bill C-81

Speaking Notes of Marie-Claude Landry, Chief Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission

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  • Speeches
  • 2019-04-11

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