{"id":29838,"date":"2020-12-18T10:56:48","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T15:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=29838"},"modified":"2020-12-18T11:03:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T16:03:00","slug":"ontario-abandons-changes-to-the-marriage-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/legal\/2020\/12\/18\/ontario-abandons-changes-to-the-marriage-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario Abandons Changes to the Marriage Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposed Code of Practice for marriage officiants in Ontario\u2019s Bill 213 has been abandoned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/noteworthy\/2020\/10\/28\/proposed-changes-to-the-marriage-act-in-ontario-whats-it-all-about\/\">late October<\/a> we talked about the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/canlii.ca\/t\/54r4b\">Marriage Act<\/a><\/em> and Bill 213. It would have added a Code of Practice and modified the terms on which the government minister could cancel the registration of a person authorized to solemnize marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ola.org\/en\/legislative-business\/bills\/parliament-42\/session-1\/bill-213\/status\">December 8,<\/a> the bill received Royal Assent (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/laws\/e-laws-definitions\">Royal Assent<\/a> means that the bill has been passed by the Legislative Assembly, is signed by the Lieutenant Governor, and has become a statute. In other words, it is no longer a bill but a law).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ola.org\/sites\/default\/files\/node-files\/bill\/document\/pdf\/2020\/2020-12\/b213ra_e.pdf\">final version of the bill<\/a>, you will see that there is no mention of the <em>Marriage Act<\/em>. What happened? The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ola.org\/sites\/default\/files\/node-files\/bill\/document\/pdf\/2020\/2020-12\/b213rep_e.pdf\">committee reviewing the bill struck out<\/a> \u2013 that is, erased \u2013 all of the proposed amendments to the <em>Marriage Act.<\/em> The committee\u2019s amendments were accepted when the bill was passed. That means they were <em>not<\/em> part of the bill when it became law. That\u2019s a positive outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But let\u2019s take just a moment to reflect on comments made in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ola.org\/en\/legislative-business\/house-documents\/parliament-42\/session-1\/2020-12-03\/hansard-1#para67\">debate at third reading<\/a> which took place the committee made its amendments. During debate it was argued that a Code of Practice would have simply required officiants to \u201cadhere to\u201d or uphold the Ontario <em><a href=\"http:\/\/canlii.ca\/t\/54r48\">Human Rights Code<\/a> <\/em>(<em>HRC<\/em>) and that target of the Code of Practice was \u201c\u2019fly-by-night\u2019 marriage officiants\u201d who had allegedly \u201cbeen denying to oversee a same-sex marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are a few issues here. First, the <em>HRC<\/em> does indeed already protect against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/on\/laws\/stat\/rso-1990-c-h19\/latest\/rso-1990-c-h19.html#sec1\">discrimination in services<\/a> on the grounds of sexual orientation. We have a <em>HRC <\/em>to receive, review and remedy complaints of discrimination. A Code of Practice is therefore redundant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Second, if that was the intention behind Code of Practice, there\u2019s a very real likelihood it would, itself, violate the <em>HRC<\/em>. Why? The <em>HRC<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/on\/laws\/stat\/rso-1990-c-h19\/latest\/rso-1990-c-h19.html#sec18.1subsec1\">specifically allows<\/a> a person to decline solemnizing a marriage if it\u2019s contrary to that person\u2019s religious beliefs, and if that person is registered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/on\/laws\/stat\/rso-1990-c-m3\/latest\/rso-1990-c-m3.html#sec20.1subsec1\">as part of a religious body<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/on\/laws\/stat\/rso-1990-c-m3\/latest\/rso-1990-c-m3.html#sec20.3subsec1\">by the (government) Minister<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Third, with the exception of reference to the \u201cfly-by-night\u201d officiants, there was no apparent reason as to why the amendments were proposed; there was no identifiable or pressing concern that would be addressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the end, it seems that the amendments were viewed as redundant \u2013 existing legislation and methods are sufficient to address any concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The proposed Code of Practice for marriage officiants in Ontario\u2019s Bill 213 has been abandoned. 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