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Canadian citizenship. In Canada, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender (LGBT) or Gender and Sexual Minority (GSM) refugees and asylum-seekers are those who make refugee claims to Canada due to their sexual orientation or gender identity . According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), refugees are displaced persons who ...
His Majesty The King (T-1458-20 [ 2]) is a landmark case known as the Black Class Action filed with the Federal Court of Canada on December 2, 2020. [ 3][ 4] The $2.5-billion claim filed by both current and former Black public servants seeks damages for "the unjust practice of Black employee exclusion due to systemic discrimination" dating back ...
Andrews v Law Society of British Columbia, [1989] 1 SCR 143 is the first Supreme Court of Canada case to deal with the equality rights provided under Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. British law graduate Mark David Andrews challenged the validity of Section 42 of the Barristers and Solicitors Act contending that the ...
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Groupon, Inc. is an American global e-commerce marketplace connecting subscribers with local merchants by offering activities, travel, goods and services in 13 [ 2] countries. Based in Chicago, Groupon was launched there in November 2008, launching soon after in Boston, New York City and Toronto. By October 2010, Groupon was available in 150 ...
Iacobucci J. Law v Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), [1999] 1 SCR 497 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The ruling is notable because the court created the Law test, a significant new tool that has since been used by Canadian courts for determining the ...
Cardoza-Fonseca, 480 U.S. 421 (1987), [1] was a United States Supreme Court case that decided that the standard for withholding of removal, which was set in INS v. Stevic, [2] was too high a standard for applicants for asylum to satisfy. In its place, consistent with the standard set by the United Nations, the Court in held that an applicant ...
PolitiFact fact-checks immigration claims Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., made from her kitchen table in the GOP response to President Biden’s State of the Union address.