What is the meaning of the language of the Canadian Human Rights Code in the context of human rights legislation?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Kootenay Advertiser Ltd. v. British Columbia, 1998 CanLII 5569 (BC CA):

I would adopt that language as having particular application to this case; although the broad principles, of course, are those that have been laid down in many earlier cases, and particularly Athey v. Leonati 1996 CanLII 183 (SCC), [1996] 3 S.C.R. 458.

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