Respondents discriminated against contractor with ALS and committed reprisal by suing him for filing complaint.
The complainant, an independent contractor diagnosed with ALS, alleged discrimination and reprisal by the respondents.
The Board of Inquiry found that the respondents treated the complainant differently due to his deteriorating health, including reducing his hours and removing his telephone.
The respondents terminated his contract, ostensibly for stealing propane, but the Board found they were wilfully blind to a plausible explanation because they wanted to terminate him due to his disability.
The Board also found the respondents committed reprisal by threatening criminal prosecution and initiating a Small Claims Court action against the complainant after he filed his human rights complaint.
The parties were given time to mediate a remedy.
Ketola v. Value Propane Inc. (No. 1), 2002 CanLII 46510
