What is the effect of adverse effects discrimination on a disabled person?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Young v. Saanich Police Department, 2003 BCSC 926 (CanLII):
In Eldridge v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 1997 CanLII 327 (SCC), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 624, La Forest J. said at para. 64: Adverse effects discrimination is especially relevant in the case of disability. The government will rarely single out disabled persons for discriminatory treatment. More common are laws of general application that have a disparate impact on the disabled. ...
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