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Nah, people who are Trans (and that's just not pre or post gender reassignment but can also include gender fluid and other non-conforming genders) don't need protection! Are you kidding??
Considering how recent it's been that even 'brother and sister' gay and lesbians want to get rid of the "T", I say there's still a heck of a lot more needed to be done to help people who are trans. It's still a stigma; I was even at a conference yesterday to deal with registration in the health related workplace and when the issue of gender reassignment came up, there was a lot of people who may have taken it seriously but also thought parts of the presentation were funny. And it's not, at all.
Trans is not like being left handed, FFS. But then we've had time to get over the whole issue of Left-Handed people are Devil-spawn. Trans people being openly so are still 'new' and in our society today, it's too, way too easy to not just vilify them but de-humanize them. So yeah, they do need protections and if the Federal government can't do it/won't do it, it's up to the provinces.