What is the meaning of the phrase "undue hardship" in the Canada Human Rights Act?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ryan v. Ripplinger, 1993 CanLII 9118 (SK HRT):
Bearing in mind the definition of undue hardship in the Act, the dictionary definition of "intolerable" and the interpretive principles enunciated in the previously cited cases, I am satisfied that the meaning of the phrase "undue hardship" is clear and therefore it must be applied in that sense. Further, it cannot be interpreted so widely as to detract from the object of the Act, that is the preserving of human dignity: see Bhinder v. C.N.R. (1985), 1985 CanLII 19 (SCC), 7 C.H.R.R. D/3093 at [D/3096] para. 24720 (S.C.C.).
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