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Dale Smith

Dale Smith is a freelance journalist in the Parliamentary Press Gallery and author of The Unbroken Machine: Canada's Democracy in Action.

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Siksay tables trans bill for a third time

NDP MP’s bill would add gender identity and expression to Human Rights Act and Criminal Code

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Prime Minister playing fast & loose with the law

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