The Canadian Jewish Congress reported today it had met with Prime Minister Jean M, Lesage of Quebec and submitted to him proposals for legislation to bar discrimination in various areas.
The Prime Minister was asked to consider laws to declare discrimination on grounds of race, national origin, color or religion as being against public order. The delegates also asked for consideration of a Fair Employment Practices Act which is now law in six provinces and in the federal authority, as well as a Fair Accommodation Practices Act. Five provinces have such an act.
The delegation was led by Samuel Bronfman, national president of the Canadian Congress, who told the Prime Minister that, in urging such legislation, the delegation did not ” presuppose a condition in our province which cries out for remedies.”
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