Do we know whether he's an MRA type or just a run of the mill weirdo? I'm guessing a mixture of the two.
I heard about this on Facebook because I’m also from Edmonton where this is all occurring. People commenting about it on Facebook make it sound like he could be an MRA type because he’ll often share news stories about female teachers going to jail for fucking their students (in other words the dude’s a Sherdogger).
I think the bigger story here is that the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in favor of the mother in 2014.
I hope the original Supreme Court decision holds precedence and this gets dismissed immediately.
Parents should 100% have the right to be selective about who is around their children.
The Supreme Court actually refused to hear the appeal. He lost his motion for leave to appeal the decision of the Alberta Court of Appeal’s decision not to hear his appeal from the lower court. So because the Supreme Court and the appellate level Court never heard the case it’s not actually of that much precedential value.
So basically the procedural history was this:
1. He lost at first instance at the Human Rights Commission
2. He lost on the internal appeal at the Commission
3. He lost on judicial review of the Commission’s decision by the province’s superior court
4. The province’s Court of Appeal refused to hear an appeal of the judicial review
5. The Supreme Court refuses to hear an appeal of the Court of Appeal’s refusal.
What the Commission said was basically this:
1. That the Human Rights Act did apply to this situation; and
2. That he was discriminated against; BUT
3. The discrimination was permitted because the Commission held that gender of the babysitter was a bona fide occupational requirement (“BFOR” - the only way an employer can justify discrimination under Canadian law) if the parent deems it so. So basically parents are given wider discretion to choose what is and isn’t a BFOR than a regular employer when it comes to the care of their children.
