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B.C. Gets a Human Rights Commission Back
On November 1, the Government of British Columbia tabled legislation that will create a new Human Rights Commissioner, restoring for British Columbians an institution that was wiped out in 2002 by the Campbell Liberals. For 16 years, British Columbia has been the only province in Canada with no human rights commission. The elimination of the B.C. Human Rights Commission in 2002 was the second time in B.C.'s history that a human rights commission was eliminated. In 1984, the Social Credit government dismissed the Human Rights Commission, fired the staff and closed the regional offices. In the face of this volatile history, the Government of British Columbia has taken an important and unprecedented step: there will be one Human Rights Commissioner and the Commissioner will... |
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Discrimination Against Student with Serious Allergies
“The evidence shows that the applicant was doing well at school, until she experienced anaphylaxis in May 2014. Thereafter there were repeated acts of discrimination and harassment such as the long delay in posting signs, the failure to ensure that students understood the gravity of the applicant's allergy to fish and the failure on the part of Ms. Round [the London campus Director] to put a stop to the serious harassment and bullying of the applicant by other students. The threats by...
Human Rights Digest 19-7, October 2018
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