Claim: Since Bill C-16, an amendment to the Canadian Human Rights Act, became a law in 2017, several online media have spread the idea that Canadians could be jailed or fined simply for using an incorrect gender pronoun. While the aim of the law is to add "gender identity and gender expression" to the list of illegal grounds for discrimination, Bill C-16 cannot force anyone to use a specific pronoun. No Canadian has been jailed or fined for using the wrong gender pronoun.
Fact-check: No, Canadians cannot be jailed or fined just for using the wrong gender pronoun
Verdict: no, canadians cannot be jailed or fined just for using the wrong gender pronoun
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Louis Baudoin-Laarman
Date published: 2024-04-17T16:44:09