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The Newfoundland Human Rights Code
  • The Newfoundland Human Rights Code was passed by the provincial Legislature in 1969 and became part of the provincial law.
  • This comprehensive code includes Fair Accommodation Practices, Fair Employment Practices, Equal Pay, Discriminatory Publications, and much more.
  • The Code has been amended ever since to improve and expand procedures and protections to the people of Newfoundland.
Citation

Newfoundland Human Rights Code, 1969, no. 75, p. 359-376. https://historyofrights.ca/wp-content/uploads/statutes/NL_HRC.pdf

Further Readings

For some more background on the Code: https://historyofrights.ca/wp-content/uploads/statutes/NL_HRC3.pdf

For more information on Newfoundland and the origins of its Human Rights Policy: https://www.jstor.org/stable/41803334

Policy Type
Provincial Statute