The Government of Ontario has introduced a bill in the provincial legislature aimed at creating a Fair Accommodations Practices Act which would replace a 10-year-old anti-discrimination measure with a procedure of investigation, conciliation and court action, if necessary, to wipe out discrimination in public places.
The measure, introduced by Premier Leslie Frost provides that "no person shall deny to any person or class of persons the accommodation, services or facilities available in any place to which the public is customarily admitted because of race, creed, color, nationality, ancestry or place of origin of such persons or class of persons."
The bill was introduced less than a week after a delegation of civic, labor, religious, Negro and Jewish groups met with the Premier on discriminatory practices in the province. The Canadian Jewish Congress, B’nai B’rith, Council of Jewish Woman and Jewish Labor Committee of Canada took an active part in the campaign to obtain introduction of a measure to correct and end such abuses.
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