Friday January 11, 2002

ALBERTA JUSTICE MINISTER PROPOSES ALLOWING HOMOSEXUALS MARRIAGE-TYPE BENEFITS

EDMONTON, January 11, 2002 (LSN.ca) - A review of family law in Alberta released yesterday by provincial Justice Minister Dave Hancock recommends giving homosexual couples the same legal benefits as married couples. "Alberta Justice proposes that Alberta's legislation concerning personal relationships be amended to comply with the charter," the report says. "This would include persons in common-law or same-sex relationships."

Promised public consultations on the controversial measure will still take place however, Hancock has already ruled out blocking the measures completely by invoking the notwithstanding clause against a mandate to accommodate homosexual couples from the Supreme Court. Last November the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench ordered the province to rewrite its laws to allow people in same-sex relationships to inherit property when a partner dies. Hancock said the province will give Albertans until March 1 to react to the homosexual benefits proposal.

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