The government was also ineffective in stemming violence against environmental, indigenous and land rights reform advocates. (news.mongabay.com)
Canada, Canadian Human Rights Act Review Panel, Promoting Equality: A New Vision, (Ottawa: Department of Justice, 2000) at page 46 [Promoting Equality]; William Black, «Human Rights Reforms in B.C.» (1997) 31 U. Brit. (ccdonline.ca)
The federal law has its roots in civil rights reform, when its first iteration, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, was passed in 1965 to address poverty and limited educational opportunities for people of color. (secondlineblog.org)