Essay About First Legal Issue And Preceding Example

Justine Blainey
Justine Blainey
The first legal issue here is that The Ontario Hockey Association has expressed gender discrimination towards Justine Blainey. The fact that she is a female has caused the OHA to deny her acceptance on the team, despite her talent and skills. Now the question arises, does the OHA have the right to create a policy that prohibits females? It is understood that the OHA is a private organization and that they are capable of creating their own policies and regulations. However, to what extent are they “free”; up to the point that they can create a policy which prohibits girls? The question is does any institution have that right to deny an individual or a group of people the right to participate in a sporting event or membership in a team? This issue here shows how the OHAs policy is going against Blaineys equality rights, which is s.15 under the Charter. The preceding example was only one perspective of the case; the other issue is: does Blainey have the right to go against