What is the object and duties of section 3 of the BC Human Rights Act?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Desmond Greg Friedland (Re), 2021 LSBC 53 (CanLII):

Lessing sets out that the object and duties in section 3 of the Act are reflected in a helpful passage from Law Society of BC v. Ogilvie, 1999 LSBC 17:

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