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MONTREAL A Montreal single mother is being forced to consider a David vs. Goliath fight in court after she claims a co-op rejected her family s request for housing for a plethora of discriminatory reasons. The mother has asked that her name be redacted to protect the privacy of her two daughters. She states that she applied for an apartment at the Milton-Parc Housing Co-operative in January 2018, but was told she did not fit the ideal criteria. They told me We want a family with a father, a mother and young children, she said. I rebutted, But wait, almost half of the families in Quebec are single-parent families.
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Quebec’s human rights commission has said a Montreal housing co-operative should pay $26,000 to a woman it rejected for an apartment in 2018.
The commission found sufficient evidence of discrimination by the Milton-Parc Housing Co-operative for the case to be taken to the Human Rights Tribunal, three years after the apartment the mother applied for was given to another family.
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The commission recommended the co-op to pay the mother $26,000 by April 30 and to prioritize her and her daughters when a unit that meets their needs becomes available.
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OTTAWA, ON, April 27, 2021 /CNW/ - The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointments under the judicial application process established in 2016. This process emphasizes transparency, merit, and the diversity of the Canadian population, and will continue to ensure the appointment of jurists who meet the highest standards of excellence and integrity.
Julianne K. Lamb, Q.C., a partner at Guild Yule LLP in Vancouver, is appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Madam Justice Lamb replaces Mr. Justice T.C. Armstrong (New Westminster), who elected to become a supernumerary judge effective January 16, 2021.