The Human Rights Code
According to the Ontario Human Rights Code (1990), all people are equal in dignity and rights, and each person, as part of the whole Canadian community, has a rich contribution to make to the development and well being of our province.
The Human Rights Code provide every person the right to freedom from discrimination in the areas of: services, accommodation, contracts, employment and membership in vocational associations and trade unions. No person may be discriminated against on the grounds of: race, ancestry, place or origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, handicap, age, marital status, family status, the receipt of public assistance, or record of offenses.
The Code prohibits harassment in accommodation and employment, as well as unwelcome sexual solicitation or advance.
The Code recognizes various types of discrimination.
- Direct discrimination is considered to be discrimination by a person acting on his or her own behalf, (such as a landlord who refuses accommodation to a person because of that person's disability).
According to the Ontario Human Rights Code (1990), all people are equal in dignity and rights, and each person, as part of the whole Canadian community, has a rich contribution to make to the development and well being of our province.
The Human Rights Code provide every person the right to freedom from discrimination in the areas of: services, accommodation, contracts, employment and membership in vocational associations and trade unions. No person may be discriminated against on the grounds of: race, ancestry, place or origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, handicap, age, marital status, family status, the receipt of public assistance, or record of offenses.
The Code prohibits harassment in accommodation and employment, as well as unwelcome sexual solicitation or advance.
The Code recognizes various types of discrimination.
- Direct discrimination is considered to be discrimination by a person acting on his or her own behalf, (such as a landlord who refuses accommodation to a person because of that person's disability).
- Indirect discrimination is carried out through another person, (such as a landlord instructing his or her superintendent not to take tenants with a certain disability).
- Discrimination because of association occurs when a person who associates with a member of a particular race, colour, disability, etc. is denied equal treatment because of that association.
- Constructive discrimination is also prohibited. For example, if an employer requires that employees be clean shaven, and the employer refuses to hire an applicant whose religion requires that he wear a beard, the employer may be considered to be practising constructive discrimination.
