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A new report says just five per cent of Canadian technology companies have a female founder and a similar fraction have a woman as CEO, figures which suggest the industry's gender diversity is lagging other sectors.

Canada's spy agency is asking the Federal Court to dismiss a lawsuit from five Toronto employees, saying it never engaged in or tolerated religious bigotry, used derogatory nicknames or subjected the staffers to reprisals.

Quebec justice minister tries to clarify details of Bill 62 and says it is "not repressive and there are no sanctions."

A political science professor says a racist heckler that interrupted a campaign rally for NDP leadership hopeful Jagmeet Singh is an example of the discrimination that deters minorities from politics.

The organization that delivers health programs for the Alberta government has fired two employees over a racial slur made against an Indigenous educator.

Shachar Erez recalls the day when, as an 18-year-old female Israeli soldier, the time had come to tell his commanding officer that he believed he was a man.

Servers clad in short skirts and stilettos could soon be a thing of the past, as British Columbia and Ontario take steps to ditch sexualized dress codes.

In Canada, we firmly believe in protecting the human rights of not only those that live within our borders. But if your income is above $120,000, this does not apply to you.

The legislation would make it illegal under the Canadian Human Rights Act to prevent someone from getting a job or to discriminate in the workplace on the basis of the gender with which they identify.