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Yukon court orders new hearing on women's exclusion from private association

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In a 1991 challenge involving the Yukon Order of Pioneers, the territorial Supreme Court set aside a human rights adjudication and required a fresh hearing. The court held that discrimination concerns needed to be considered together with freedom of association, rather than deciding that the exclusion was lawful.

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Original source Yukon Human Rights Commission official decision summary ↗

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