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The Public Service Alliance of Canada challenges the discriminatory and arbitrary limits on damages under the Canadian Human Rights Act (“CHRA”) . Since its first enactment, this legislation has prevented federally regulated employees and other human rights claimants from obtaining full compensation for their experience of discrimination. Regardless of the level of pain and suffering experienced, or the level of wilfulness or recklessness of the discriminatory conduct, damages arestatutorily capped.  \n2. This limitation is not present for those seeking compensation for similar harms or injuries due to other wrongful acts that are not linked to a prohibited ground of discrimination. In this way, the limits on damages under the CHRA create a distinction based on enumerated or analogous ground, that serves to reinforce, perpetuate, and exacerbate the disadvantage of those experiencing discrimination.  \nThe Plaintiff  \n3. The Public Service Alliance of Canada (“PSAC”) is the largest federal public sector union in Canada, representing nearly 230,000 workers in every province and territory in Canada as well as in locations around the world. Most employees represented by PSAC are federally regulated, including employees of the federal public service whose labour relations are governed by the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act (“FPSLRA”), as well as employees of Crown Corporations, airports, and other entities governed by the Canada Labour Code.  \n4. Any claims by federally regulated employees represented by PSAC (hereafter,“federal employees”) that they have been discriminated against in the course of their employment are governed by the CHRA.  \nThe Canadian Human Rights Act  \n5. The CHRA is the anti-discrimination legislation enacted by federal Parliament. It applies to federally regulated entities, such as the federal government, First Nations, and companies under federal jurisdiction, including banks and airlines.  \n6. The CHRA prohibits discrimination by those federally regulated entities in, among other things, employment and employment applications. Discrimination in these contexts is prohibited on grounds of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability and conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered.  \n7. A discriminatory practice within the meaning of the CHRA may be the subject of a complaint to the Canadian Human Rights Commission (“Commission”) . The Commission is tasked with pre-screening complaints to decide whether to deal with them. If a complaint is not dismissed at the pre-screening stage, the Commission may investigate the complaint before determining whether to refer the complaint to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (“Tribunal”) for an inquiry.  \n8. After its inquiry, if the Tribunal finds that a complaint is substantiated, the Tribunal may order a host of potential remedies against the respondent pursuant to section  \n53 of the CHRA. Those remedies include damages for pain and suffering experienced as a result of the discriminatory practice, as well as special damages if the respondent engaged in the discriminatory practice wilfully or recklessly (hereinafter referred to collectively as “CHRA Damages”) . The maximum quantum of CHRA Damages is capped in the statute, as follows:  \n53. (2) If at the conclusion of the inquiry the member or panel finds that the complaint is substantiated, the member or panel may, subject to section 54, make an order against the person found to be engaging or to have engaged in the discriminatory practice and include in the order any of the following terms that the member or pa","cbCaiviOKACP2zmB","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiviOKACP2zmB","pdf",670955,11,"English","# Facts\n## Overview\n## The Plaintiff\n## The Canadian Human Rights Act\n## Application of the CHRA by labour boards and arbitrators","[{\"question\":\"What is being challenged under the CHRA in this Statement of Claim?\",\"answer\":\"The Public Service Alliance of Canada challenges discriminatory and arbitrary limits on damages under the Canadian Human Rights Act, including statutory caps on compensation.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the CHRA complaints process proceed in this document?\",\"answer\":\"A complaint may be pre-screened by the Canadian Human Rights Commission, investigated if not dismissed, and potentially referred to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal for inquiry and remedies.\"},{\"question\":\"What remedies and damages are addressed under section 53 of the CHRA?\",\"answer\":\"The Tribunal may order compensation for pain and suffering and may order special compensation if the discriminatory practice is found to be wilful or reckless, with a maximum quantum capped by statute.\"}]","Statement of Claim - Facts | PDF",1789968428,28]