Is a complainant’s belief, speculation, or conjecture that there is a connection between their protected characteristics and an adverse impact on them?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Yang v. You, 2019 BCHRT 153 (CanLII):
A complainant’s belief, speculation, or conjecture that there is a connection between their protected characteristics and an adverse impact on them is not enough for a complaint to proceed to a hearing: Halligan v. Pollard, 2018 BCHRT 122 at paras. 27-28.
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