Does a prohibited ground have to be a factor in differential treatment?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Pathak v. City of Vancouver and another, 2012 BCHRT 195 (CanLII):

It is not necessary that the prohibited ground be the sole factor in the adverse or differential treatment, provided it is at least a factor: O’Connor v. Town Taxi, 2000 BCHRT 9, para. 55.

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