Quebec Human Rights Tribunal
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Soccer club did not discriminate by refusing to integrate girls into a boys’ team
A Montreal soccer club did not discriminate by refusing to integrate two girls into a boys’ team, ruled the Quebec Court of Appeal. Continue reading
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Strip search not discriminatory, rules Quebec Appeal Court
A Quebec Human Rights Tribunal that found that a prisoner had been discriminated against during a strip search because he had been viewed by a correctional services officer of the opposite sex was overturned by the Quebec Court of Appealed a Human Rights Tribunal decision. Continue reading
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Human rights lawyers hail Quebec tribunal’s finding that pension provision is discriminatory
A legislative provision in the Act respecting the Quebec Pension Plan that financially penalizes disability claimants at age 65 was declared unconstitutional because it infringed the right to equality under the Canadian Charter. Continue reading
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Quebec Human Rights Tribunal finds aluminum maker discriminated against students
A large aluminum manufacturer was ordered by the Quebec Human Rights Tribunal to amend their collective agreement and pay 157 students who were discriminated against on the basis of their age and their “social condition” $1,000 to each student in moral damages. Why it matters: “Discrimination in employment, based on the social condition, is prohibited… Continue reading
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Quebec Human Rights Tribunal awards damages to employee fired because of her health condition
A retirement home has been ordered by the Quebec Human Rights Tribunal to pay more than $11,000 in material, moral and punitive damages to an employee who was fired because of her health condition. Continue reading
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Quebec Court of Appeal overturns discrimination case
In a ruling that took human rights lawyers by surprise the Quebec Court of Appeal overturned a discrimination case against aeronautics multinational Bombardier Inc. after holding that there was no evidence that a Canadian pilot of Pakistani origin was a victim of ethnic discrimination. Continue reading
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Blind man wins discrimination case
A nightclub was ordered to pay $2,500 in moral damages to a blind man following a ruling that raises the bar for business to accommodate disabled people. Continue reading
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News roundup: A truce, a crucifix and class actions
A truce has ostensibly been declared by two men who dominated the legal and political scene in Quebec over the past year. Premier Jean Charest and former Justice Minister Marc Bellemare have seemingly dropped lawsuits against each other, launched in the wake of the judicial nomination scandal in the province. Continue reading
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Trucking company ordered to pay $10,000 for discrimination
A Montreal-area trucking company has paid the price for having a well-entrenched policy of refusing to hire female truck drivers. Continue reading
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News roundup: On crucifixes, missing judges and spying
The City of Saguenay and Mayor Jean Tremblay has been ordered to pay $30,000 in moral and punitive damages by a Quebec Human Rights Tribunal to a citizen for discriminating against his freedom of religion and conscience. The City and the mayor were also ordered to remove a crucifix and a Sacred Heart statue from… Continue reading