Fraser v. Canada: Supreme Court Expands Substantive Equality Rights
By EsqSocial Corporation 27/10/20
The Supreme Court of Canada recently grappled with issues of adverse effect discrimination and gender equality in the context of a government job-sharing program, and the treatment of job-sharing under a statutory pension plan. In Fraser v. Canada (Attorney General), 2020 SCC 28, the Court held that the RCMP pension plan's treatment of job-sharing work breached the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms because it had an adverse impact on women with children....
By: Bennett Jones LLP