Justice committee  It's a good question. I think that we always have to start from the perspective that it is up to a complainant to demonstrate that they have been discriminated against on a ground that's contained in the act, even for other grounds. For example, family status right now is a grou

Justice committee  Sorry—is it because expression has been omitted that Parliament did not intend to include it? Is that it?

Justice committee  Without entering too far into the realm of speculation, I think that's correct. The fact that Parliament has chosen not to include it would not be interpreted to mean that expression is not covered. To get back to your earlier question, obviously it's up to Parliament to decide

Justice committee  To follow up on what Ms. Stone has said, with respect to the existing grounds in the act, as she has said, there is no element of subjectivity as the existing standard for measuring whether discrimination has been made out in a given case. Arguably, a parallel could be made wit