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Ottawa backs listing Black and LGBTQ workers under Canada's workplace equity laws

The federal government says it supports listing Black and LGBTQ people among groups facing systemic workplace barriers under the Employment Equity Act, CBC News has learned.

The Liberal government is backing the legislative change after a task force report recommended the move.

A source told CBCÌýNews earlier on Monday that Ottawa "broadly supports" that recommendation and othersÌýfrom a task force that reviewed the legislation. The government made an initial commitment Monday to modernize the act, the source said.

Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan and the task force chair, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University law professor Adelle Blackett, presented theÌýÌýthe House of Commons foyer on Monday.

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