Having to explicitly define every protected category in law seems ridiculous. Surely a description of what a protected category looks like would be more consistent and future proof.

I'm glad this has happened, but also sad and surprised that this wasn't already illegal.

I'll need to add another category of privilege to my spiel about recognizing my privileges that I give to students before addressing topics related to prejudice.

I've known about caste for decades, too, but I hadn't connected the dots to oppression in Canada today. Should have been obvious, in retrospect. But I suppose it's hard to know about prejudices that don't target us directly.

Hinduism (the religion) doesn't support mistreating people of any caste, but Hindu Nationalism (AKA the fascistic political movement "Hindutva") does, which is very concerning.