Hearings at the Novascosia Human Rights Commission on housing discrimination against people with disabilities have been postponed while the state is deciding how to proceed.
Donald Murray, chair of the Commission's Investigation Commission, said that until July 11, government lawyer Kevin Kindred would take himself from a decision by the Supreme Court of Novascosia. Allows you to decide whether to try to exempt.
Last year, the Court of Appeals ruled against the state, saying that the government's failure to provide disabled people with "meaningful" access to their homes was a violation of their basic rights. Stated.
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Novascosia's human rights law states that the state can exempt the ruling if it can prove that discrimination is justified in a free and democratic society.
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But Kindred If at today's hearing we are confident that the government can provide housing and services to people with disabilities in a practical way, we are prepared to waive the exemption.
N.S., despite the medical opinion that the original human rights lawsuit can be accommodated in the community. It was started by three people with intellectual disabilities who had been trapped in the Dartmouth Mental Hospital for years.
This report by Canadian Press was first published on June 27, 2022.
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