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Old 08-01-2024, 04:38 PM   #4148
timun
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Originally Posted by SebC View Post
A noble objective, but it should still be subject to cost/benefit analysis just like everything else.


No person shall
(a) deny to any person or class of persons any goods, services, accommodation or facilities that are customarily available to the public, or
(b) discriminate against any person or class of persons with respect to any goods, services, accommodation or facilities that are customarily available to the public,
because of the race, religious beliefs, colour, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical disability, mental disability, age, ancestry, place of origin, marital status, source of income, family status or sexual orientation of that person or class of persons or of any other person or class of persons.
(Alberta Human Rights Act, section 4)



Reducing a person's accessibility to public transit because we did a cost-benefit analysis and decided "it's not worth the money" is precisely why we have this in the Human Rights Act...

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