Commissioner Wilcox said while improvement and progress had been made in addressing discrimination in receiving housing since the 2018 report, systemic barriers and other challenges persist.
The Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission is calling the government's Parents' Bill of Rights disappointing and polarizing, while a group of U of S law professors says the government is "knowingly overriding the constitutional rights of its citizens."Interim Saskatchewan Human Rights Commissioner Barry Wilcox said he respects the decision of former commissioner Heather Kuttai to resign in protest of the government's Parents' Bill of Rights.
It urged the government to "slow down and reconsider the legislation and the effect that it may have on vulnerable youth in our province. It is never too late for sober second thought." Human Rights Commissioner Heather Kuttai resigned this week in protest of the bill. Kuttai is a former Paralympian and award-winning human rights advocate who had held the position for nearly 10 years.
Earlier this fall, the government enacted a policy that would make it mandatory for school officials to seek parents' permission if a student wishes to change their name or gender identity at school. A judge had ordered the policy be paused, saying there's no evidence the government did any meaningful consultation with teachers, students or parents.
They're concerned about "the government's pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause in Bill 137." They say this use of the clause is outside of the normal legal process and should only be used "in the most unusual and urgent of circumstances."
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