What is the test for establishing discrimination against a person who alleges sexual harassment?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ibrahim v. Immigrant Services Society of British Columbia, 2003 BCHRT 1 (CanLII):
It is also a well-established principle that to establish discrimination a complainant need not prove that the protected ground was the sole or even primary cause of the alleged behaviour; it is sufficient that the prohibited ground was one of the factors that influenced the conduct complained of: Nixon v. Vancouver Rape Relief Society, 2002 BCHRT 1 at para. 131.
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