Opinion: Expanding human rights protection at work is a shared responsibility

The Supreme Court of Canada last month released its decision in a case concerning the scope of protection against employment discrimination under the B.C. Human Rights Code, and in particular, whether the code captures relationships outside of the employer/employee relationship.
In B.C. Human Rights Tribunal v Schrenk, the majority of the Supreme Court of Canada adopted an expansive interpretation of employment discrimination not limited to the employer/employee relationship or to relationships