Case Comment: Burke v Saskatchewan Human Rights
Commission, 2019 SKQB 339
In 2015, the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission (the
"Commission") received a complaint naming Gregory Burke
as well as two corporate employers as respondents. At the time, Mr.
Burke was the Museum Director for what is now the Remai Modern, and
he was alleged to have discriminated against female employees.
The Investigation and Court Application
In 2019, four years after the Commission commenced an
investigation into the complaint as part of the standard process,
Mr. Burke brought an application to the Court of Queen's Bench
seeking an order granting a stay of the entire proceedings or,
alternatively, seeking an order both granting a stay of the
proceedings to the extent they relate to him and removing him as a
respondent. Mr. Burke argued that the investigation process
resulted in inordinate delay, which caused him prejudice, and as a
result the complaint against him ought to be
