What is the burden of proving discrimination against a party?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Pacheco v. Local Pest Control, 2019 BCHRT 191 (CanLII):
In a human rights complaint, the burden to establish that discrimination has taken place rests with the complainant. It is not up to the respondent to prove that it did not discriminate: Heyman v. Saunders (No. 2), 2010 BCHRT 88 at para. 6.
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