What is the test for determining whether there is a prohibited ground of discrimination?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Sweeney v. Law Society of British Columbia, 2020 BCHRT 3 (CanLII):

The Law Society argues that the facts alleged must be capable of supporting a reasonable inference that the adverse treatment alleged is related, in whole or in part, to a prohibited ground of discrimination: Schnurr v. Douglas College, 2007 BCHRT 40 at para. 23 (upheld in Schnurr v. Douglas College, 2008 BCSC 1799).

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