Everything that happened in Canada in 1960.
Parliament amends the Canada Elections Act to allow First Nations people to vote in federal elections without losing their Indian Status, ending decades of disenfranchisement.
W.A.C. Bennett's Social Credit Party wins the British Columbia provincial election, extending their hold on power in the province that began in 1952.
Parliament passes the Canadian Bill of Rights under Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, the first federal statutory protection of human rights in Canada, though it applies only to federal law.
The Canadian Bill of Rights, introduced by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, passes the Senate and receives Royal Assent, becoming the first federal human rights statute in Canadian history.
Quebec's revised civil code begins to address some property rights issues for married women, part of gradual legal reforms affecting French-Canadian women during the Quiet Revolution.