Former Alberta human rights chair serves province $2.1M wrongful dismissal lawsuit

Alberta's former human rights commission chief has filed a lawsuit against the justice minister for "malicious treatment" and wrongful dismissal. In September, Collin May's appointment as head of the provincial human rights body was rescinded by a cabinet order following an open letter from the Muslim community concerned with a book review he published that has been called Islamophobic. May first joined the Alberta Human Rights Commission and Tribunals (AHRC) as a commissioner in 2019. He was ap