Is Canada's human rights legislation constitutional or statutory?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Sunrise Poultry Processors Ltd v United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 1518, 2013 CanLII 70673 (BC LA):
In addition, human rights legislation enjoys quasi-constitutional status (Canadian National Railway Company v. Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commissions) 1987 CanLII 109 (SCC), [1987] 1 S.C.R. 1114.
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