Campaign for Equal Families demonstration in support of Bill 167 at Ontario’s Legislative Building

Campaign for Equal Families demonstration in support of Bill 167 at Ontario’s Legislative Building

Photograph by Mary Anne Coffey
1994
Toronto, Ontario
Dye coupler print from a digital image of a dye coupler print
Gift of Mary Anne Coffey
Courtesy of the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives

Bill 167 was the proposed Equality Rights Statute Amendment Act in 1995. This bill sought to redefine the term “spouse” to provide same-sex couples with rights and obligations equal to those of opposite-sex common law couples.