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Human rights law 2026 CHRT 23

Carrothers v. Avena Foods Limited

The Tribunal dismissed Kelvin Carrothers’ disability complaint against Avena Foods Limited after finding prima facie discrimination but undue hardship on accommodation.

  • Duty to accommodate
  • Bona fide occupational requirement
  • Undue hardship
  • Limitation and delay
  • Credibility findings
  • Duty-to-accommodate
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Human rights 2026 CHRT 20

Dunphy v. WestJet Airlines

The Tribunal dismissed a motion to add the Workers’ Compensation Board–Alberta as a respondent in a disability discrimination complaint against WestJet.

  • Duty to accommodate
  • Jurisdiction
  • Addition of parties
  • Workers' compensation interaction
  • Procedural fairness
  • Duty-to-accommodate
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Human rights law 2026 CHRT 19

Lidkea v. Correctional Service Canada

The Tribunal found CSC failed to accommodate a Deaf Métis complainant and ordered damages, targeted ASL-access remedies, and systemic reforms.

  • Failure to accommodate disability
  • Reasonable accommodation and effective communication
  • Asl interpretation technologies (vrs/vri/live)
  • Remedies and damages under chra
  • Systemic remedies and policy obligations
  • Failure-to-accommodate-disability
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Administrative law 2026 SST 77

AC v Minister of Employment and Social Development

The appeal is dismissed because the Appellant failed to prove on the balance of probabilities that he had a severe disability during the MQP ending December 31, 2017; medical evidence did not establish debilitating mental health or COPD symptoms before that date and subsequent work and activities undermine a finding of a prolonged incapacity.

  • Canada pension plan
  • Disability pension
  • Minimum qualifying period (mqp)
  • Severe and prolonged test
  • Onus of proof
  • Medical evidence assessment
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Human rights 2025 CHRT 116

Benner v. Royal Canadian Mounted Police

The Tribunal denied the RCMP’s request to strike parts of Joanna Benner’s amended pleadings, but required more detailed particulars about several allegations.

  • Discrimination
  • Harassment
  • Duty to accommodate
  • Scope of complaint
  • Pleadings and particularity
  • Commission referral
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Income tax act 2025 TCC 163

Andrews v. The King

The Tax Court dismissed Jazmin Andrews’ appeal, holding that her hearing impairment did not meet the Disability Tax Credit test for 2023.

  • Disability tax credit
  • Markedly restricted
  • Interpretation of statutory criteria
  • Hearing impairment
  • Disability-tax-credit
  • Hearing-impairment
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Human rights 2025 CHRT 104

Casler v. Canadian National Railway Company

The Tribunal dismissed Donna Casler’s complaint after finding that 14 to 20 years of delay caused irreparable prejudice to CN’s ability to answer the case.

  • Delay and dismissal for prejudice
  • Reasonable accommodation
  • Procedural fairness and natural justice
  • Abuse of process
  • Costs for misuse of process
  • Delay-and-dismissal
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Human rights 2025 CHRT 100

Ahlawat v. Employment and Social Development Canada

The Tribunal dismissed Amar Ahlawat’s human rights complaint against ESDC, finding no prima facie discrimination in EI fact-finding and no duty to accommodate.

  • Discrimination
  • Duty to accommodate
  • Misconduct
  • Procedural fairness
  • Evidence admissibility
  • Credibility assessment
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Human rights law 2025 CHRT 96

Dorais v. Canadian Armed Forces

The Tribunal found the CAF’s enrolment medical standard justified, but held that Joshua Dorais was discriminated against because his re-enrolment was not fairly assessed and accommodated.

  • Discrimination
  • Duty to accommodate
  • Universality of service
  • Medical fitness standards (cems)
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
  • Bona fide occupational requirement
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Human rights 2025 CHRT 92

Nolet v. Canadian Armed Forces

The Tribunal partly granted a scope motion, allowing section 10 and limited systemic discrimination issues, but refused a broad 2011–present expansion and denied disclosure as premature.

  • Scope of complaint
  • Systemic discrimination
  • Disclosure
  • Accommodation
  • Harassment
  • Retaliation
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