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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
^That's America though. I'm pretty sure in Canada such restrictions are not allowed. In America though the way it works is private clubs are allowed to do basically whatever they want (outside criminal activity obviously); but a public business cannot discriminate like a private club. But again I think it works differently in Canada.
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http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/n...8-df800aecec38
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe...rticle4503636/
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Of course, private clubs are legally allowed to exclude on the basis of gender; health clubs and spas do it without raising concerns.
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Now, whether or not it "should" be allowed is an argument definitely worth having. I read over the CHRC act and "membership" sounds really convoluted and I think the spirit of the act insists that you can't discriminate, there are loopholes that make it fairly easy to.
In the States, it sounds like the issue is hit and miss depending on the state:
http://fitnessmarketing.com/2011/04/...iscrimination/