s. 15 Charter of Rights and Freedoms

RCMP Pension Violated Job-Sharing Officers’ s. 15 Charter Rights

• October 23, 2020
• Susan Kootnekoff
• Image: "Pension Plan - retired couple on a stack of coins" by verchmarco is licensed under CC BY 2.0

In Fraser v. Canada (Attorney General), the Supreme Court of Canada recently held that the RCMP violated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the Charter) for women who job shared. This case involved indirect, or adverse effect, discrimination. This occurs...