The Quebec Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a fundamental law in the province of Quebec that came into force on June 28, 1976, and was unanimously adopted through a National Assembly vote in June 27, 1975.
The Charter sets out fundamental rights for all persons in Quebec including residents, tourists, workers and students.
The purpose of the Charter is to ensure all people are
In 1952, the province of Saskatchewan introduced The Equal Pay Act to prohibit employers from discriminating against male and female employees in their pay rate for comparable work.
Following suit with other provinces at the time, Saskatchewan implemented their own Fair Accommodation Practices Act in 1956.
This legislation meant that any and all people deserve the right to freely visit or obtain services from a hotel, victualling house, theatre, or any other
Saskatchewan developed its first general human rights legislation in 1947, which was also the first province in Canada to enforce a Bill of Rights (even before the Canadian Bill of Rights).
However, it was not until 1972 that Saskatchewan established a Human Rights Commission.
The Commission, which remains today, acts as body that is responsible for enforcing
The Saskatchewan Bill of Rights entered into force on May 1, 1947, and was the first Bill of Rights in Canada, predating the Canadian Bill of Rights (1960).
Following the implementation of Ontario's Fair Employment Practices Act of 1951 and the Female Employees Fair Remuneration Act of 1951, the Government of Ontario introduced the Fair Accommodation Practices Act
Nearly two decades following Ontario's Female Employees Fair Remuneration Act, the province introduced the Women's Equal Employment Opportunity Act in 1970.
In April 1951, the Government of Ontario enacted the Female Employees Fair Remuneration Act, which was a legislation aimed at protecting women's right to equal pay.
The legislation prohibited "an employer from discriminating between male and female employees by paying a female em
In 1950, the Government of Ontario amended the Conveyancing and Law of Property Act, which previously discriminated against home buyers, owners, tenants, and renters.
Specifically the Act mandated that home buyers agree that their property woul