{"id":34919,"date":"2026-04-02T14:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/?post_type=runnymede-events&#038;p=34919"},"modified":"2026-04-02T14:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:51:15","slug":"bill-c-16-rights-protection-or-compelled-speech","status":"publish","type":"runnymede-events","link":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/fr\/runnymede-events\/bill-c-16-rights-protection-or-compelled-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill C-16: Rights Protection or Compelled Speech?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please join the Runnymede Society\u2019s Humber Polytechnic Chapter for a panel discussion reflecting on the legal, constitutional, and social implications of Bill C-16 nearly a decade after its enactment, with Mia Hughes (Macdonald-Laurier Institute) and Jared Brown (Brown Litigation), on Friday, April 24th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nearly ten years after Bill C-16 amended the Canadian Human Rights Act and Criminal Code to include \u201cgender identity or expression\u201d as a protected ground, this panel will revisit its impact in law and society. Speakers will examine whether the legislation has struck an appropriate balance between protecting individuals from discrimination and preserving freedom of expression.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Register <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/EPAh755Kw77eaC7U9\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"author":241,"featured_media":34920,"template":"","event_organizers":[130],"event_venues":[318],"library-theme":[236,319],"class_list":["post-34919","runnymede-events","type-runnymede-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_organizers-runnymede-society","event_venues-humber-polytechnic-gh-111","library-theme-freedom-of-expression","library-theme-gender-identity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/runnymede-events\/34919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/runnymede-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/runnymede-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event_organizers","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_organizers?post=34919"},{"taxonomy":"event_venues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_venues?post=34919"},{"taxonomy":"library-theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library-theme?post=34919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}