The complainant, a Mohawk Indian, was denied the opportunity to register his fish in the respondent's fishing derby because he did not possess a provincial fishing licence, which he was not legally required to have.
The complainant died before the hearing.
The Board of Inquiry found that the respondent's neutral rule requiring a fishing licence had an adverse effect on the complainant based on his ancestry, constituting indirect discrimination under the Human Rights Code.
The Board awarded special and general damages to the complainant's estate.
