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Article

3 Feb 2011

Author:
Stikeman Elliott LLP [Canada]

Quebec Human Rights Tribunal orders large damage award against Bombardier [Canada]

On November 29, 2010, Bombardier Inc. was ordered by the Quebec Human Rights Tribunal to pay over $300,000 in damages to a Muslim pilot of Pakistani origin who, although a Canadian citizen, was denied access to a training program offered at the company's training center in Montréal...The Tribunal ultimately found that Bombardier had been guilty of discrimination against the pilot...[T]he security measures adopted by American authorities [i.e. restrictions on training foreign pilots under an American licence and denying the pilot’s clearance required for the training course under such a licence] had a disproportionate impact on individuals from Muslim countries such as Pakistan.