Police vision standard for depth perception found discriminatory and not a bona fide occupational requirement.
The applicant, who has strabismus, was denied the opportunity to continue in the application process for a police constable position because he failed to meet the stereo acuity vision standard.
He alleged discrimination on the basis of disability.
The Tribunal found that the standard was prima facie discriminatory and that the respondents failed to establish it as a bona fide occupational requirement.
The evidence did not demonstrate that the standard was reasonably necessary to ensure the safe performance of police driving duties.
The Tribunal awarded the applicant $8,000 for injury to dignity, ordered the issuance of a Certificate of Results, and directed the respondents to cease relying on the standard.
Lauzon v. Ontario Provincial Police, 2011 HRTO 1404
