Can the School Authority and Surrey School District be held liable for discriminatory collective agreements?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from A and B v. Board of Education of School District No. 36 (Surrey) and another, 2020 BCHRT 167 (CanLII):
As the STA and the Surrey School District were joint authors of what the Complainants allege to be a discriminatory collective agreement provision, this allegation must proceed to a hearing against both Respondents: Central Okanagan School District No. 23 v. Renaud, 1992 CanLII 81 (SCC), [1992] 2 S.C.R. 970. Positive obligation to bargain
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