Law 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Protected Group, Pregnancy Discrimination, Ontario Human Rights Code
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Historical development: racial discrimination act in ontario. Canadian human rights legislation and other areas of law: human rights legislation and the charter. Codes must conform to the charter (vriend case) Vriend was fired for his sexual orientation. But at the ti(cid:373)e, al(cid:271)e(cid:396)ta did(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:272)o(cid:374)side(cid:396) that dis(cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:373)i(cid:374)atio(cid:374) His a(cid:396)gu(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:449)as that al(cid:271)e(cid:396)ta(cid:859)s (cid:396)egulatio(cid:374)s (cid:448)iolated the cha(cid:396)te(cid:396) Scc agreed: human rights legislation and the common law. No common-law tort action for discrimination (bhaduaria case) Denied teaching position due to her ethnicity. She brought a tort claim to the courts and argued that the courts should recognize a tort of discrimination & should get damages. O(cid:374)ta(cid:396)io (cid:272)ou(cid:396)t of appeal (cid:396)e(cid:272)og(cid:374)ized this & allo(cid:449)ed it (cid:894) cc did(cid:374)(cid:859)t(cid:895: human rights legislation and employment contracts and collective agreements. 10(2: sexual harassment = sex discrimination (janzen) now section 7. Ruled that sexual harassment was sex discrimination. Prima facie discrimination: the complainant must establish, on the balance of probabilities:
