The Select Committee on Human Rights was established by Order of the Legislative Assembly on April 9, 2008 (Motion No. 374). The committee was charged with reviewing and reporting to the Assembly its findings and recommendations regarding public opinion on legislative options for amending the Human Rights Act.
After submitting its Report to the Assembly on Thursday, November 20, 2008, the select committee dissolved.
Committee Members
- Hon. Marian C. Horne
- Donald Inverarity
- Steve Cardiff
Report
Press Releases
- Press Release - November 20, 2008 [27 KB]
- Press Release - September 18, 2008 [66 KB]
- Press Release - August 27, 2008 [61 KB]
Legislation
- Bill#102, Act to Amend the Yukon Human Rights Act [16 KB]
Bill #102 is a Private Member’s Bill that was introduced in the Yukon Legislative Assembly by Don Inverarity on April 23, 2007. The Bill received some Second Reading debate on May 23, 2007, and the debate was adjourned. The motion appointing the Select Committee on Human Rights (Motion #374) referred Bill #102 to the Select Committee. - Human Rights Act [153 KB]
Public Hearings
- Public Hearing Schedule [87 KB]
Submissions
- Association of Yukon Communities [119 KB]
- BYTE [165 KB]
- Gerry Ewert [11 KB]
- Gillian Fitzgibbon [71 KB]
- Gisele Maisonneuve [68 KB]
- Jesse Jewell [10 KB]
- John Pereira [84 KB]
- Laura MacFeeters [33 KB]
- Nacho Nyak Dun First Nation [224 KB]
- PSAC Yukon Equity Seeking Committees [34 KB]
- Public Service Commission [314 KB]
- Rod Carty [18 KB]
- Sean Fitzgerald [28 KB]
- Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce [96 KB]
- Whitehorse Fire Fighters' Association [354 KB]
- Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition [79 KB]
- Yukon Association for Community Living [55 KB]
- Yukon Council on DisABILITY [59 KB]
- Yukon Hospital Corporation [29 KB]
- Yukon Human Rights Commission [311 KB]
- Yukon Human Rights Board of Adjudication [268 KB]
- Yukon Status of Women Council [236 KB]
- Yukon Volunteer Bureau [41 KB]