The Centre for Feminist Legal Studies invites you to an exciting panel on the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision, Fraser v Canada, on Friday, October 30th at 12:30-2:00pm Pacific Time.
On October 16, 2020 the SCC released its decision in Fraser v Canada, holding that the pension regime for RCMP members discriminated on the basis of sex in the way it disadvantaged workers (disproportionately women) who job-shared due to childcare responsibilities. Fraser is a rare victory for women under s. 15 of the Charter and a strong endorsement of substantive equality principles and the availability of s. 15 to address discrimination by adverse effects.
Does Fraser signal a new vision of equality and new pathways to address systemic discrimination through s. 15 of the Charter? What are the possibilities and limitations of this decision?
Speakers
Moderated by Debra Parkes (Peter A. Allard School of Law)
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/968792980281589
To RSVP: email cfls@allard.ubc.ca
- Centre for Feminist Legal Studies