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Delwin Vriend was employed as a laboratory coordinator at a private Christian college in Edmonton, Alberta. In January 1991, the college fired Mr. Vriend after they became aware that he was a gay man. Mr. Vriend attempted to file a human rights complaint, but the Alberta Human Rights Commission advised him that he could not file a complaint because sexual orientation was not included as a protected ground under the Individual’s Rights Protection Act<\/em>. Mr. Vriend sought a declaration that the Act violated his equality rights as guaranteed under s. 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court of Canada held that the exclusion of sexual orientation as a ground of discrimination in the Act created a distinction that resulted in the denial of equal benefit and protection of the law on the basis of sexual orientation. The court held that this was a violation of s. 15 of the Charter <\/em>that could not be saved under s. 1, and ordered that sexual orientation be read in to the provincial legislation. The full decision is available here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","resource-type":[10],"area-of-law":[138,211],"subject-area":[18],"grade-level":[24,25],"resource-audience":[],"resource-format":[],"class_list":["post-650","resource","type-resource","status-publish","hentry","resource-type-case-summaries","area-of-law-charter-law","area-of-law-human-rights-law","subject-area-law","grade-level-grade-11","grade-level-grade-12"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLandmark Case: Sexual Orientation and the Charter - Vriend v. 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