Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Canada (Ratification: 1964)

The Committee notes with interest the repeal, on 23 June 1987, of the British Columbia Public Sector Restraint Act of 1983 which, as the Committee had noted in previous comments, provided for circumstances justifying termination of the employment relationship which were so widely defined that enforcement of the Act did not appear to offer substantial protection against discrimination, as defined in the Convention.

With regard to the provisions of the British Columbia Human Rights Act, 1984, which had been the subject of previous comments (concerning the replacement of a general prohibition of discrimination on any grounds unless reasonable cause was shown, by a detailed enumeration of grounds upon which discrimination is prohibited), the Committee requests the Government to continue to supply detailed information on the practical application of the British Columbia Human Rights Act, 1984, and in particular of section 13(1)(b) of the Act.

The Committee is raising other points in a request addressed directly to the Government.