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Originally Posted by Regorium
I know you're having a completely off-topic and irrelevant argument with rubecube (shocking..), but this isn't the question at hand.
He can absolutely refuse to drive the bus on religious grounds. In Canada, we tolerate bigotry because we have freedom of religion, and freedom of thought. His supervisor or manager would probably feel bad about it, but they are obliged to make all possible accommodations for him.
There are a few facts that are very key:
1) He was never assigned to the route that had this particular bus.
2) He never brought up the issue with his manager/supervisor.
3) He went to the media and represented himself as Calgary Transit.
This brings the point that Calgary Transit did not discriminate against him specifically. They didn't FORCE him to drive the bus in violation of his own beliefs. They didn't force him to change his beliefs or go against his religion. Yet he went to the media on some sort of personal crusade, while as a representative of Calgary Transit.
These are the reasons that he was "railroaded" and fired. Not because his views aren't accepted.
You can go back to your scheduled argument with rube now.
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Thank you for giving us the well reasoned, correct answer.