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This is actually not the first case in Canada, but the second case. The first case was settled outside of court (just before the tribunal was to rule) by B&B owners in PEI and they were agreed to pay a fine ($1000) and given the choice of allowing all people to stay at their B&B or to close their B&B, htye closed it. B&Bs are considered public spaces and corporations in Canada cannot have religious beliefs.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/18/b-c-gay-couple-barred-from-bb-gets-rights-tribunal-hearing/
Canada protects people's religious freedoms, but in the same breath protects people from discrimination based on sex and marital status. (In Canada about 10% are common-law and in Quebec about 17%.)
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/18/b-c-gay-couple-barred-from-bb-gets-rights-tribunal-hearing/
Canada protects people's religious freedoms, but in the same breath protects people from discrimination based on sex and marital status. (In Canada about 10% are common-law and in Quebec about 17%.)