What is the meaning of the language of the Canadian Human Rights Code in the context of human rights legislation?
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The following excerpt is from Kootenay Advertiser Ltd. v. British Columbia, 1998 CanLII 5569 (BC CA):
I would adopt that language as having particular application to this case; although the broad principles, of course, are those that have been laid down in many earlier cases, and particularly Athey v. Leonati 1996 CanLII 183 (SCC), [1996] 3 S.C.R. 458.
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