History
Delwin Vriend was dismissed from his position as a lab coordinator at King's College, a private religious college in Edmonton, Alberta, because of his sexual orientation. He was prevented from making a complaint under the Alberta Individual Rights Protection Act because the legislation did not include sexual orientation as a prohibited ground of discrimination. Vriend sought a declaration from the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench that the omission breached section 15 of the Charter.
Justice Russell of the Court of Queen's Bench found in favour of Vriend as the college violated s. 15 of the Charter and could not be saved under section 1. The Alberta Court of Appeal, in a decision written by Justice McClung, overturned the trial decision.
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