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Originally Posted by rubecube
I made the Jordan Peterson quip because you made the ridiculous assertion that the left wants people jailed for not using the proper pronouns. The most notable person to make that ridiculous claim is Peterson.
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I gave an example of what an extreme person on the left would say. He gave the example of a person on the extreme right wanting them dead. On the left he used the word "please", like anyone on the extreme of either side would use the word please. Anyway, to say that it's a ridiculous claim isn't right as it as this Bill opens the door to it. Is it conceivable it could happen, sure. Are all the left pushing for it? Of course not.
https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/featur...c-16-explained
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The Canadian Human Rights Act does not mention pronouns either. The act protects certain groups from discrimination.
“Would it cover the accidental misuse of a pronoun? I would say it’s very unlikely,” Cossman says. “Would it cover a situation where an individual repeatedly, consistently refuses to use a person’s chosen pronoun? It might.”
If someone refused to use a preferred pronoun — and it was determined to constitute discrimination or harassment — could that potentially result in jail time?
It is possible, Brown says, through a process that would start with a complaint and progress to a proceeding before a human rights tribunal. If the tribunal rules that harassment or discrimination took place, there would typically be an order for monetary and non-monetary remedies. A non-monetary remedy may include sensitivity training, issuing an apology, or even a publication ban, he says.
If the person refused to comply with the tribunal's order, this would result in a contempt proceeding being sent to the Divisional or Federal Court, Brown says. The court could then potentially send a person to jail “until they purge the contempt,” he says.
“It could happen,” Brown says. “Is it likely to happen? I don’t think so. But, my opinion on whether or not that's likely has a lot to do with the particular case that you're looking at.” “The path to prison is not straightforward. It’s not easy. But, it’s there. It’s been used before in breach of tribunal orders.”
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