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- From: kwakely%cosy.uoguelph.ca@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu
- Subject: recognition of sam
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.225256.29981@mont.cs.missouri.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:52:56 GMT
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- The province of Ontario (Canada) now allows same sex partners/spouses
- to take advantage of provincial employee benefits (ie. extended medical
- dental plan, etc.). The action comes after a lengthy struggle by a
- provincial employee named Micheal Leshner. Leshner ended up winning the
- right through the Ontario Human Rights Commission since Ontario
- human Rights legislation forbids discrimination on the basis of
- sexual orientation.
-
- Kent Wakely
- Guelph, Ont.
- Canada
- Internet: kwakely@cosy.uoguelph.ca
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- P.S. It's not much, but it's a start
-