Over the objection of their own government, dozens of Liberal backbenchers voted Wednesday night in favour of a bill banning genetic discrimination. Protection from discrimination because of an individual’s genetic makeup will now be written into the Canadian Labour Code and the Canadian Human Rights Act. RelatedBut support for Trudeau’s position among the Liberal backbench was thin and S-201 cleared its last legislative hurdle by a vote of 222-60. Hours before the vote, Oliphant was nervous the bill would be gutted or have to be killed. Though the Trudeau cabinet lost the vote, the prime minister will still be able to say that, in doing so, he was keeping a campaign promise to let Liberal backbenchers vote as they please more often.

Source: National Post March 09, 2017 02:50 UTC