Resolution number
6
Whereas
- Gender identity is a fluid concept;
- Refugees may be persecuted because of their gender identity;
- Migrants’ gender identity may change before and after they arrive in Canada;
- Trans newcomers to Canada experience barriers in obtaining government documents which reflect their gender identity;
- CIC policies state that its documents cannot be changed to reflect persons’ lived gender identity;
- Provincial and Territorial Human Rights Codes protect the right to gender identity and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms prohibits discrimination;
Therefore be it resolved
that the CCR demand amendments to CIC policies such that immigration and citizenship documents reflect the gender of persons as they identify.
Subject
Working Group
Immigration and Settlement