Law 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Ontario Human Rights Code, Articled Clerk, Pregnancy Discrimination
20 Nov 2015
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Law 2101 lecture 20 overview, canadian charter of rights and. Codes must conform to the charter (vriend: only way to save legislation from violating charter rights was for the scc to read into albert hra. Similarity is that they"re both concerned with equality. Though they apply to different actors: charter applies to government actors, human rights codes apply to private actors, e. g. employers, landlords, government and its capacity as an employer. Doesn"t apply to all private actors: areas in which the participation is necessary to public, human rights legislation and the common law life. No common law tort action for discrimination (bhaduaria) Pregnancy discrimination = sex discrimation (brooks) now. Sexual harassment = sex discrimination (janzen) now section 10(2) section 7. Exclusive to the members of the peel law association: administrator/librarian had asked for a group of 3 black men to provide their identification. Turns out they were all lawyers as part of the peel law.
