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Arab People: Transgender People

arab people: There's a very unique form of discrimination that people on social assistance and people who are homeless experience, according to CBC. That was a very important insight for us, Chief Commissioner Renu Mandhane said on Friday. Just 39 per cent of respondents had at least somewhat positive feelings toward people receiving social assistance, the lowest percentage of any group, although transgender people, refugees, Muslims and Arab people did not fare much better. Human rights complaint launched against GTA tennis league Probe into racial profiling by Toronto police will only prove what black community knows, says activist With this first-of-its-kind public opinion survey, titled Taking the pulse People's opinions on human rights in Ontario, the commission looked to gain a better understanding of the state of discrimination in the province. It's the kind of information that will help us gauge where we're at, but also help us more effectively advance the public discourse around rights, Mandhane said. Environics Research Group surveyed 1,501 people from across the province, including 720 from the Greater Toronto area. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.