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	Bill Siksay - Bill Siksay's biography
		Bill Siksay was elected as the Member of Parliament for Burnaby-Douglas (in British Columbia) in June 2004, and re-elected in January 2006.
		Bill was a candidate for the ministry in the United Church in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
		Bill is the New Democratic Party critic for Citizenship and Immigration and Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender issues.
	www.billsiksay.ca /bio (486 words)

	Bill Siksay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William "Bill" Siksay, MP (born March 11, 1955, in Oshawa, Ontario) is a Canadian politician, the Member of Parliament (MP) who represents the British Columbia riding of Burnaby—Douglas for the New Democratic Party.
		When Robinson resigned the Burnaby—Douglas seat in April 2004 due to a controversy around his theft of a piece of jewellery, Siksay won the nomination to replace Robinson as the NDP candidate in the upcoming election, and won the riding in the Canadian federal election, 2004 on June 28.
		With his election, Siksay became Canada's first Member of Parliament to be elected to his first term in the House of Commons while already openly gay.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bill_Siksay (286 words)

	Edited Evidence * CIMM * Number 016 (Official Version) - Committees of the House of Commons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Siksay and concerns the remaining 118 stateless Vietnamese refugees in the Philippines.
		Bills such as the permanent residency bills take an average of nine years to pass through the various readings and procedures and then finally take effect as law in the Philippines.
		Siksay would agree that what happened at the last meeting was a discussion regarding the agenda, which is the essence of the committee.
	cmte.parl.gc.ca /cmte/committeepublication.aspx?sourceid=172414 (6076 words)

	Edited Evidence * CC38 * Number 011 (Official Version) - Committees of the House of Commons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Although Bill C-38 states that nothing in the act affects the guarantee of freedom of conscience or freedom of religion, the substance of this statement is unclear, because jurisdiction over the solemnization of marriage is assigned to the provinces under the Constitution Act of 1867.
		Therefore, besides inserting an explicit guarantee within Bill C-38, we strongly encourage the government to pursue cooperative federalism with the provinces to ensure that an explicit guarantee is provided within provincial legislation that protects the rights of religious officials, institutions, and civil marriage commissioners to freedom of religion and freedom of conscience.
		Bill Siksay: It seems to me that there is probably a fairly significant complex of social supports that are offered through, say, a church community to a very limited number of gay and lesbian Canadians as opposed to heterosexual Canadians, for instance.
	cmte.parl.gc.ca /cmte/committeepublication.aspx?sourceid=120328 (9755 words)

	Welcome to the Jewish Independent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Bill Siksay's first trip abroad was a three-week visit to Israel in 1978.
		Siksay, Svend Robinson's longtime constituency assistant and the controversial New Democrat's replacement as MP, took away from that trip an enthusiasm for Israel's religious and ethnic diversity, its democratic traditions and the vibrance of the Knesset.
		Siksay has been one of Robinson's closest staff members for the better part of two decades and he makes no effort to differentiate himself from Robinson's record.
	www.jewishbulletin.ca /archives/July04/archives04July30-03.html (1085 words)

	Canadians for Equal Marriage
		He said that the bill reflected the genius of Canada in the way in which it supported the full equality of gay and lesbian couples and at the same time provided for the protection of religious freedom.
		Bill Siksay: Madam Speaker, as far as I am concerned there is only one form of marriage in Canada and that is the commitment that we have been talking about here this afternoon.
		Bill Siksay: Madam Speaker, anyone who has had the experience of getting to know a gay or lesbian couple or gay or lesbian family would know the obvious answer to that question.
	www.equal-marriage.ca /resource.php?id=188 (4658 words)

	Welcome to the Burnaby Now - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Bill Siksay, former constituency assistant to MP Svend Robinson, has won the party's nomination to run in the Burnaby-Douglas riding.
		Bill Siksay, Robinson's former constituency assistant, was chosen as the New Democrat candidate in the Burnaby-Douglas riding on Tuesday night in a meeting attended by about 200 party members at Confederation centre.
		Siksay vowed to stand on the same side of the issues as Robinson, whom he described as one of the most effective politicians in Parlia-ment.
	www.burnabynow.com /issues04/061104/news/061104nn5.html (557 words)

	Siksay
		Siksay, Bill, came to Toronto from his riding of B.C. after also holding meetings in Vancouver and Ottawa on this subject.
		I found her to be a very caring and true person who as Bill had put it, had been involved already in working with transexual and transgender people to better understand our needs and see them flourish.
		Bill informed us that we were all free to write him later with our views on the whole process and meeting, and that he would do the same should any new updates need to be discussed.
	www.interlog.com /sarah/themenace/Pages/siksay.html (1816 words)

	Burnaby-Douglas NDP Constituency Association -
		Bill and the NDP Caucus saw the NDP’s Better Balanced Budget passed in 2005 which cancelled planned corporate tax cuts, and instead provided needed funding for health care, post secondary education, community infrastructure including affordable housing, and child care.
		Bill fought American-style, for-profit, private health care, and stood with NDP Leader Jack Layton when he presented a four point plan to deal with health care privatization.
		Bill consulted with local seniors prior to the introduction of the NDP’s Seniors Charter of Canada stating that seniors have the right to a fulfilling life with dignity, respect, and security.
	www.burnabydouglasndp.com (883 words)

	Welcome to the Burnaby Now - Opinion
		Siksay that politics should be of no concern to the layman and rather left to MPs to deal with.
		Siksay also euphemistically stated that, as our "representative," he would not be considering our views but would be voting with his party rather than his constituents.
		Siksay, "We (the NDP) believe that the responsibility to act on this issue lies with Parliament and that putting questions of fundamental human rights to a referendum is not appropriate." I would like to ask Mr.
	www.burnabynow.com /issues05/032205/opinion/032205le2.html (326 words)

	Bill Siksay at AllExperts
		In the NDP Shadow Cabinet, Siksay is critic for Citizenship and Immigration, and Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues.
		In January 2006, Siksay was re-elected to the Burnaby-Douglas seat with an increased majority.
		Siksay resides in Burnaby with his partner The Rev. Brian Burke, and remains an active member of the United Church of Canada.
	en.allexperts.com /e/b/bi/bill_siksay.htm (499 words)

	Burnaby-Douglas: Bill Siksay (NDP) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The secret of MP Svend Robinson's longevity was his constituency work, which Siksay handled extremely well for 18 years.
		Siksay clearly won a candidates debate on the Rafe Mair Show on AM 600 by speaking out forcefully against the voodoo economics espoused by Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper.
		Liberal Bill Cunningham, 35, did not step aside as the president of the Liberal Party of Canada in British Columbia while he was seeking the nomination, angering his riding-association executive.
	www.straight.com /node/2596/print (283 words)

	Bill Siksay
		Today NDP critic for Citizenship and Immigration Bill Siksay (Burnaby-Douglas) is calling on the Privacy Commissioner for Canada to immediately investigate the sale of sensitive information on over 30,000 refugees and refugee claimants at a B.C. government public auction in Surrey, B.C. in July 2005.
		NDP Immigration Critic Bill Siksay (Burnaby-Douglas) has tabled a motion calling on the government to establish an Immigration Advocate to protect immigrants from Liberal politicization of the immigration system.
		Bill Siksay, MP (Burnaby-Douglas) spoke last night at the “solidarity picket” organized by members of the Telecommunications Workers’ Union (TWU) outside the Telus Education Centre on Willingdon Avenue in Burnaby.
	www.billsiksay.ca (918 words)

	To Be Publications Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		OTTAWA – NDP MP Bill Siksay (Burnaby-Douglas) re-introduced a bill in the House of Commons on June 19 that would add protections for transsexual and transgender Canadians to the Canadian Human Rights Act by adding gender identity or expression to the list of prohibited grounds for discrimination in the Act.
		If passed, the bill would follow in the footsteps of Bill C-250, which added crimes against those presumed to be homosexual to the Criminal Code as a hate crime, which carries a more severe sentence.
		Siksay is working on it to the extent he can - after all, it is not one that a federal politician can directly affect, as health is a provincial responsibility.
	www.tobe.ca /tobe/content.jsp?sid=12699930613191752601525837821&ctid=1000001&cnid=1000845 (677 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Bill Siksay
		Bill Siksay, MP (born March 11, 1955, in Oshawa, Ontario to parents Patricia and William Siksay) is a Canadian politician, the Member of Parliament (MP) who represents the British Columbia riding of Burnaby—Douglas for the New Democratic Party.
		When Robinson resigned the Burnaby—Douglas seat in April 2004 due to a controversy around his theft of a piece of jewellery, Siksay won the nomination to replace Robinson as the NDP candidate in the upcoming election, and won the riding in the Canadian federal election, 2004 on June 28.
		In January 2006, Siksay was re-elected to the Burnaby—Douglas seat with an increased majority.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Bill_Siksay (545 words)

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		Bill Siksay, MP for Burnaby Douglas has called on the Liberal government to publicly acknowledge the genocide that is occurring in the Darfur region of West Sudan.
		Siksay stated in his letter that, "I share the concerns of the Canadian Students for Darfur and believe that Canada must act now to stop the killing and provide security for millions of internally displaced people (IDPs)".
		Siksay is the second MP to endorse the work of the student group, which has also been endorsed by MP David Kilgour.
	www.csfdarfur.net /news/press_release/CSFD_PressRelease4.doc (451 words)

	NDP \| Siksay Introduces Bill To Amend The Canadian Human Rights Act
		OTTAWA –NDP MP Bill Siksay (Burnaby-Douglas) introduced a bill in the House of Commons today that would include gender identity or gender expression as a prohibited grounds of discrimination in the Canadian Human Rights Act.
		This Bill is essential as it addresses the lack of protections against discrimination and harassment provided for Transsexual and Transgender people in the Canadian Human Rights Act.
		The Bill follows the lead of the Northwest Territories, which was the first region in Canada to prohibit discrimination on the grounds of gender identity in November of 2002.
	www.ndp.ca /page/1344 (305 words)

	59002 - Burnaby-Douglas
		Bill Siksay is sort of a Svend Robinson clone without the craziness factor.
		I think Bill Siksay has an advantage over both Cunningham and Drazenovic due to his popularity, but if both candidates campaign smartly, they might just be able to eek out a win.
		Bill Siksay won a narrow victory on the back of Svend's organization (In all fairness to Siksay he was a part of Svend's organization.) A key factor will be Svend Robinson running in Vancouver Centre.
	www.electionprediction.org /2005_fed/riding/59002-burnaby-douglas.htm (3896 words)

	Burnaby-Douglas NDP Constituency Association -
		Bill thanked party members for their support for him as he raised difficult issues such as; human rights protection for transgendered and transsexual Canadians, the indefinate detention of six men under the security certificate process - men being held without charge, without conviction and without knowing the evidence against them.
		Bill and the NDP Caucus saw the NDP’s Better Balanced Budget passed in 2005 which cancelled planned corporate tax cuts, and instead provided needed funding for health care, post secondary education, community infrastructure including affordable housing, and child care.
		Bill consulted with local seniors prior to the introduction of the NDP’s Seniors Charter of Canada stating that seniors have the right to a fulfilling life with dignity, respect, and security.
	www.burnabydouglasndp.com /index.html (985 words)

	Canadian Family Action Coalition - CFAC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		New Democrat MP Bill Siksay is attempting to garner support for new human rights legislation that would ban discrimination against gender identity”; and “gender expression,”; Canadian Catholic News reported last week.
		Siksay’s proposal is contained in a private member’s bill (C-392) which he introduced last May. It would make it a crime to act in a prejudicial manner toward “transsexuals, transgendered people, intersexed people, and all those who do not identify within the confines of traditional gender.”
		For example, if this bill were to become law, an employer could not refuse to hire a male solely on the basis of what Siksay calls his “inward sense” that he was really a female (gender identity”;) and dressed and acted accordingly (“gender expression”;).
	www.familyaction.org /print.php?filename=Articles/issues/sexuality/gender-rights.htm (374 words)

	:::► Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net ◄:::
		image:SiksaB.jpg thumbrightBill Siksay, British Columbia MP for Burnaby-Douglas '''William "Bill" Siksay''', Member of the Canadian House of Commons MP (born March 11, 1955, in Oshawa, Ontario) is a Canada Canadian politician, the Parliament of Canada Member of Parliament (MP) who represents the British Columbia riding of Burnaby—Douglas for the New Democratic Party.
		In the New Democratic Party Shadow Cabinet NDP Shadow Cabinet, Siksay is critic for Citizenship and Immigration, Canadian Human Rights and Western Economic Diversification.
		In May 2005, Siksay introduced a bill to amend the ''Canadian Human Rights Act'' to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity or gender expression expression.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Bill_Siksay.html (355 words)

	In List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Bill Siksay, NDP, Burnaby-Douglas, B.C. Bill Siksay was the longtime riding assistant to NDP MP Svend Robinson, who is facing a theft charge over a shoplifting incident.
		His Liberal opponent was Bill Cunningham, a Paul Martin loyalist who had the riding's nomination handed to him.
		But Siksay kept it an NDP riding, with Cunningham finishing second.
	www.ctv.ca /mini/election2004/static/ridings_in_out/frameset/siksay.html (80 words)

	Public Eye Online
		Taking his place is Bill Siksay, 49, an NDP member for 20 years and Robinson's constituency assistant for 18 years.
		Siksay praised the work Robinson has done over the years, and said he would continue it.
		Siksay, whose biography states that he has been living with partner Brian Burke, a United Church minister, for 24 years, offered a long list of causes he would also champion, from opposing the militarization of space to support for the Kyoto Accord to cut greenhouse gases.
	www.publiceyeonline.com /cgi-bin/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=574 (1746 words)

	NDP \| Siksay introduces bill to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act
		OTTAWA – NDP MP Bill Siksay (Burnaby-Douglas) re-introduced a bill in the House of Commons today that would add protections for transsexual and transgender Canadians to the Canadian Human Rights Act by adding gender identity or expression to the list of prohibited grounds for discrimination in the Act.
		This Bill is essential as it addresses the lack of explicit protection for transsexual and transgender people in the Canadian Human Rights Act.
		The Bill follows the lead of the Northwest Territories, which was the first jurisdiction in Canada to prohibit discrimination on the grounds of gender identity in November of 2002.
	www.ndp.ca /page/3843 (288 words)

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