Unlike in the United States, “in Canada, unequal treatment has become the constitutional standard," Queen's University law professor Bruce Pardy says.

Canadians have constitutional right to unequal treatment, new report argues

'The law cannot simultaneously apply the same laws and standards to everyone and also adjust them depending upon the group,' Bruce Pardy writes

20 Oct 2024, 10:00 by Ari David Blaff · National Post

Equity, not equality, is a constitutionally protected right in Canada, argues a new report published by a Calgary-based think tank.

“Canadians have been sold a bill of goods,” Bruce Pardy, the author of the report and a Queen’s University law professor, told National Post by email. “Many of them think that they have a right to equal treatment under the law. They think that discrimination is illegal. But nothing could be further from the truth. In Canada, discrimination is lawful as long as it is committed against the right groups — and in particular against straight white men.