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20 January 2020

How long before Paul Bernado...

...and Russell Williams decide to get, uh... "reassigned?"insert alt text here
Jamie Boulachanis, a murderer who recently became a woman in the definition under Canadian law, will make her second request on Monday to be transferred to a federal penitentiary for women to continue serving a life sentence.

The case, to be heard at the Montreal courthouse, pits Boulachanis’s rights to equality versus Correctional Service Canada’s concerns for public safety.

When the Federal Court case was heard last spring, Boulachanis had yet to undergo sex reassignment surgery.
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The Toronto Police Service, under the leadership of the Equity, Inclusion and Human Rights team, is undertaking public consultations as part of its ongoing Gender Diversity and Trans Inclusion Project.