TORONTO — As part of an hour-long YouTube lecture on political correctness, University of Toronto professor and clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson is objecting to the Trudeau government’s Bill C-16, which proposes to outlaw harassment and discrimination based on gender identity and gender expression under the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code. Gender identity is defined by the Ontario Human Rights Commission as “each person’s internal and individual experience of gender. Peterson also said he doesn’t believe there is sufficient research to show these kind of HR practices, which he said may constitute “psychological intervention,” are effective. “I don’t think there is any evidence U of T is a racist university. “All that is necessary to invalidate a faulty claim is one counterexample,” said physics professor A.W.

Source: National Post September 29, 2016 01:58 UTC