What is the impact of section 15 of the Charter on discrimination?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Wetzel v. The Queen, 2004 TCC 767 (CanLII):
In Law v. Canada, 1999 CanLII 675 (SCC), [1999] 1 S.C.R. 497 at p. 507, Iacobucci J., said: Section 15 of the Charter guarantees to every individual the right to equal treatment by the state without discrimination.
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