...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. Official Languages of Canada 16. (1) English and French are the official languages of Canada and have...

...equal "before and under the law and has the right to equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination" based on race, national or...religion, sex, age, or mental or physical disability. In addition to the "before and under" phrase, the phrase "equal benefit" suggests equality of result...

...program or activity that has as its object the amelioration of conditions of disadvantage because of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability." Clearly, employment testing will be seriously challenged in the courts over the years following enforcement...

...Victoria conference. Finally, section 15(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms states: "Every individual is equal before and under the law...religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability." Constitutional protection of minority language rights was a major objective of both the white paper...

...right to Equality the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination before and and, in particular, without discrimination based on...not preclude any law, program or activity that has Affirmative as its object the amelioration of conditions of disadvantaged individuals or actlon Progroups...

...however, continues by listing a number of specific forms of discrimination that are prohibited: "... without discrimination, and in particular, without...religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability." Apparently, the framers of the Charter (those who participated in drafting it) wished to signal to...

...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. 46. Note that several large women's groups recently argued in the United States Supreme Court, in California...

...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'. The present context of employment systemic discrimination leads the Supreme Court of Canada to reiterate...

...which is part of the Constitution Act (1982). have seen it fit to state as follows: S.15 (1) Everv individual is equal before and under the law and has...religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability. In line with this section, federal and provincial governments have undertaken employment equity and...

...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. Section 28 Notwithstanding anything in this Charter, the rights and freedoms referred to in it are...