OBSTACLES TO CROSSING THE DISCRIMINATION THRESHOLD: CONNECTING INDIVIDUAL EXCLUSION TO GROUP-BASED INEQUALITIES

In two important unanimous judgments, Quebec (Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse) v Bombardier Inc (Bombardier Aerospace Training Centre) and Kahkewistahaw First Nation v Taypotat, the Supreme Court of Canada concluded that there was insufficient evidence of discrimination. Consequently, it dismissed both claims without requiring that the defendants justify the allegedly exclusionary criteria being challenged....