Rights Complaint: Information and Insurance Number

rights complaint: She also noted that the information was not necessary to identify a number's holder, according to National Observer. Social Development Minister Jean Yves Duclos said in a statement this week that his department will only collect the information if needed to receive a benefit or for legitimate purposes, such as policy and program development. Milloy's human rights complaint argued the department's policy of using the sex designation at birth discriminated against transgender persons. The government will no longer make it mandatory to provide sex or gender information for a social insurance number and provide a third option for those who want to provide the detail but don't identify as male or female. Milloy said other trans activists will likely refer to her settlement in pushing governments to adopt gender neutral identification. ; It is an acknowledgment that they've made which sets the stage for the removal of sex and gender everywhere, she said. ESDC also no longer requires supporting documents to change the gender designation in the registry. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.