Law Professor Wins Bid for Human Rights Hearing
An employee of over a decade at the University of British Columbia, Lorna McCue has won her bid to a human rights tribunal hearing. McCue’s failure to submit any peer-reviewed research led to her being...
View ArticleEdmonton Shoe Store’s “No-Veil” Policy Unlikely to Withstand Human Rights...
Edmonton Shoe repair store owner, Ryan Vale turned 19-year old Sarii Ghalab away from his store twice last week. He stated that his reason for doing so was due to his store’s “no-veil policy”, that...
View ArticleAttendance Dropping at Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Based on quarterly attendance statistics, the number of people who visited the Canadian Museum for Human Rights is down 23% in the third quarter of 2015-2016 compared to the first half of the fiscal...
View ArticleCanada Pledges to Fight for the Lives of its Citizens that are Sentenced to...
The Canadian government announced on Monday that it will automatically plead for the lives of Canadians sentenced to death in the United States and any other country abroad. Foreign Affairs Minister,...
View ArticleOttawa Urged to Pass Law Penalizing Russian Human-Rights Abusers
Anti-Putin campaigner Bill Browder is seeking all-party support to adopt a Canadian version of the U.S. Magnitsky Act. The Magnitsky Act freezes assets and bans visas of Russian human-rights violators....
View ArticleResidents of Quebec Reserve File Human Rights Complaint Over Membership Law
Several residents of the Kahnawake reserve, near Montreal are filing complaints with the Canadian Human Rights Commission over a provision in the band’s membership law that requires a member who...
View ArticleOntario Human Rights Boss Warns against Cleavage, Short Skirts in Dress Code
Renu Mandhane, the new commissioner of Ontario’s Human Rights Commission is reminding employers that dress codes requiring low-cut tops and short skirts could violate human rights code. The commission...
View ArticleGay Former Navy Officer’s Human Rights Case in Court
Retired sub-lieutenant, Paul Ritchie is seeking a judicial review from the Federal Court of a decision from the Canadian Human Rights Commission that dismissed his claim of discrimination on the...
View ArticleAir Canada’s Use of United States ‘No-Fly’ Lists Probed by Human Rights Tribunal
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal is looking into whether Air Canada, the largest airline in the country, discriminated against an Arab-Canadian man by relying on ‘over-zealous’ United States security...
View ArticleDion Defends $15 Billion Arms Deal with Saudi Arabia, Stating It Has No...
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion continues to stand by the controversial $15 billion arms deal signed by the previous government with Saudi Arabia. International pressure continues to...
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