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In Canada, it is illegal to discriminate against people on the basis of sexual orientation, especially in the case of commercial business services available to the public.

The fourth version of the Equator Principles (EP4), a financial industry benchmark used by Equator Principle Financial Institutions (EPFIs) to assess and manage environmental and social risk in international project finance.

The amendments to the Ontario Human Rights Code have brought about significant changes to the way in which human rights complaints are adjudicated in Ontario.

For the second year in a row, Bennett Jones collaborated with the Ontario Bar Association Women Lawyer's Forum, Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers, South Asian Bar Association,

In an important case for employers utilizing third party contractors and subcontractors, the Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled that the concept of an "employer" does not extend to the owner of an industrial site who receives the benefit of services provided by employees of an arm’s length contractor.

The Ontario Human Rights Commission issued a new Policy on Preventing Discrimination because of Gender Identity and Gender Expression.

An Alberta court dismissed a complainant’s appeal of a human rights tribunal decision in Robinson v Edmonton (City), 2014 ABQB 29.

In Facey v Bantrel Management Services Co., 2019 AHRC 4 the Alberta Human rights Tribunal made a watershed costs award against a complainant

A recent decision of the Ontario Labour Relations Board (the "OLRB") provides important guidance to employers on the issue of what is required to be communicated...

The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously ordered that the federal Minister of Health (the "Minister") must exempt Insite, a safe drug injection facility in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, from provisions of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act ("CDSA").

Following our previous post on the British Columbia government's bill to amend the Human Rights Code [Code] earlier this year...

In Facey v Bantrel Management Services Co., 2020 ABQB 719 Rob Rakochey and Austin Ward successfully defeated an appeal of a watershed costs award granted against a complainant in a human rights case.

Byron Bach was a unionized employee with the BC Liquor Distribution Branch ("LDB"). Mr. Bach had been employed with the LDB as an auxiliary employee since 1999. Since 1996, Mr. Bach was also employed...

In March 2012, Google changed its privacy policies to combine the data of individual users of 60 internet services such as YouTube, Gmail and social network Google+.

Under Canada's new modern slavery legislation, the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (Act), Canadian public companies and private businesses that meet certain size thresholds...

In an important case for employers utilizing third party contractors and subcontractors, the Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled that the concept of an "employer" does not extend to the owner of an industrial site who receives the benefit of services provided by employees of an arm’s length contractor: Lockerbie & Hole Industrial Inc. v. Alberta (Human Rights and Citizenship Commission, Director), 2011 ABCA 3 (Lockerbie).

The BC Ambulance Service failed in its duty to accommodate a paramedic who could no longer palpate a pulse because of his mulitple sclerosis.