What is the test for making a distinction between race and ethnic minority status?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Browning v. Saskatchewan (Dept. of Finance), 2002 CanLII 62880 (SK HRT):
The question to be asked is found in Corbière v. Canada (Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs), 1999 CanLII 687 (SCC), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 203 at §16: In plain words, does the distinction undermine the presumption upon which the guarantee of equality is based – that each individual is deemed to be of equal worth regardless of the group to which he or she belongs?
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