07-16-2003, 01:35 PM
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Getting it.
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Originally posted by seretogis
How can you defend that?  I am assuming that since it was a Catholic school, that it is a private school and so is an independant organization (much like the Boy Scouts, or the printing company).
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Catholic schools are publicly funded in Ontario and as such should fall under that same laws as any public school. They are subject to:
THE CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
(section 15)
Equality Rights
15. (1) Every individual is equal before the and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age, or mental or physical disability.
(2) Subsection (1) does not preclude any law, program or activity that has as its object the amelioration of conditions of disadvantaged individuals or groups including those that are disadvantaged because of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age, or mental or physical disability.(5)
This is the same law that was enforced with regards to same sex marriages.
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