PhoenixSerenity<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Mayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mayor</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/council" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>council</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Burnaby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Burnaby</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> have voted to add <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/caste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>caste</span></a> as a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ProtectedCategory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectedCategory</span></a> in the city’s <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CodeOfConduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CodeOfConduct</span></a> . The motion, tabled by Councillor Sav Dhaliwal, was passed <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/unanimously" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unanimously</span></a> to include caste as a protected category in city policies.<br>This follows recent steps taken by <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canadian</span></a> jurisdictions to ban <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CasteBased" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CasteBased</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> specifically.<br><a href="https://asianpacificpost.com/article/9675-burnaby-includes-caste-protected-category.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asianpacificpost.com/article/9</span><span class="invisible">675-burnaby-includes-caste-protected-category.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/GoodNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoodNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/EndDiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndDiscrimination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/EndClassism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndClassism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/StopPrejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopPrejudice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AsianMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AsianMastodon</span></a></p>