LAW 529 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Affirmative Action, Employment Agency, Supermarine S.5

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 529
• Professor: Liz Scott

Document Summary

This is not an examination of human rights in their larger political dimension (the exercise of democratic rights (freedom of speech, voting etc)) This is an examination of one subset of facet of human rights. Prohibitions against discrimination in employment as reflected in federal, provincial and territorial human rights codes. We are looking at the discrimination aspect of the employment. Co(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) la(cid:449) does(cid:374)"t re(cid:272)og(cid:374)ize dis(cid:272)ri(cid:373)i(cid:374)atio(cid:374) as (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g illegal at all. The only legal basis is statutes, only in legislatures, government. Prohibitions against discrimination are founded solely in legislation. They have no basis in the common law. Incremental advancement began in the mid 20th century. British columbias social assistance act 1945, forbade discrimination on the basis of race, colour, creed or political affiliation in the administration of social assistance: ontarios the racial discrimination act 1944. Prohibited the display of signs, symbols or representations of racial or religious discrimination. Ontario human rights code the code is a quasi-constitutional law.