Law 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Firefighter, Quasi, Ontario Human Rights Code

• School: Western University
• Department: Law
• Course: Law 2101
• Professor: Mysty Sybil Clapton

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This is what the legislature in passing laws must follow. Sexual orientation, in alberta, was not considered a ground of prohibited discrimination. He argued that it was in violation of the charter, sexual orientation found to be read in, analogous ground under s. 15. The li(cid:271)raria(cid:374) who"s jo(cid:271) it was to e(cid:374)sure o(cid:374)ly lawyers were usi(cid:374)g the facility questioned him rudely, and questioned whether he was allowed to be there on that particular day: decided that clearly there was discrimination. It was appealed again, and won: court of appeal confirmed the following propositions, prohibited ground of discrimination need not be the sole or even a major factor leading to the discrimination. It is sufficient if it was a factor or operative element: there is no need to establish an intention or motivation to discrimination. The focus is on the effects of the discrimination: there need be no direct evidence of discrimination.