Janna Crown

2020 Vision of Substantive Equality: SCC’s recent decision in 'Fraser v Canada 2020 SCC 28'

The Supreme Court of Canada recently revisited the concepts of substantive equality and adverse effect discrimination in Fraser v Canada, 2020 SCC 28, where the Court considered whether the RCMP’s policy of denying members who job-share the option to buy back full-time pension credits amounted to discrimination under s.15(1) of the Charter.