What is the test for determining whether there has been an infringement of section 15(1) of the equality right?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Burnett v. British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Board), 2002 BCSC 1112 (CanLII):
The parties agree that the general principles for determination of whether there has been an infringement of section 15(1) equality right are found in Law v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), 1999 CanLII 675 (SCC), [1999] 1 S.C.R. 497 [170 D.L.R. (4th) 1].
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