This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.A bus driver sent home to change out of the kilt he wore to work on a casual Friday was not a victim of anti-Scottish discrimination, Ontario’s human rights tribunal has ruled.
“The applicant is proud of his ancestry and wears a kilt on special occasions. I find that he has not pointed to any evidence in his testimony to establish that he had the right, protected under the code, to wear a kilt at work or while on duty,” adjudicator Josee Bouchard wrote in her decision. Macdonnell “has pointed to no evidence in his testimony to establish that he was harassed because of his ancestry,” Bouchard wrote.
Macdonnell testified the ban, in response to another driver who had previously shown up to work in a kilt, upset him and he wanted to make a point. He said he was proud of his Scottish ancestry, listened to Scottish music and ate haggis. He also said he was married wearing a kilt, although he did not own one.
“He explained that on casual Fridays, employees wear all sorts of attire, such as shorts and ball caps, and he did not see what was wrong with wearing a kilt,” Bouchard said. “In his view, forbidding employees to wear a kilt while on duty on casual Fridays is clearly discriminatory.”
Because he’s white anglo saxon bring on the revolution ya bunch of tarts
Neither are a religious requirement
I bet if that was a burka or hijab it would be a different outcome
Oh.... Would that this sort of controversy were what we’re dealing with today in the US.
People fighting for real HumanRights must laugh at the stupidity taking place in Canada and the US
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