Close X
Friday, November 15, 2024
ADVT 
National

Supreme Court won't hear spy service analyst's appeal over discrimination case

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 17 Oct, 2024 09:51 AM
  • Supreme Court won't hear spy service analyst's appeal over discrimination case

The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear the case of a Canadian Security Intelligence Service employee who filed a discrimination lawsuit against the spy agency.  

In March, the Federal Court of Appeal upheld a ruling that found Sameer Ebadi should have followed the internal grievance procedures available to him. 

In the initial ruling, Federal Court Justice Henry Brown said the court lacked jurisdiction to address Ebadi's statement of claim filed in January 2020. 

Ebadi, who uses a pseudonym due to the sensitive nature of his intelligence work, is on long-term disability leave. 

He is a practising Muslim who fled to Canada from a repressive Middle Eastern country and began working as a CSIS analyst in the Prairie region over two decades ago.

His claim says he was passed over for promotion despite an excellent work record, and that he suffered bullying, emotional and physical abuse, discrimination and religious persecution from fellow employees.

MORE National ARTICLES

Freeland meets with finance ministers in Toronto

Freeland meets with finance ministers in Toronto
The meeting will focus on the economic situation both domestically and globally, according to a federal source with knowledge of the gathering, including discussions on how to provide incentives and supports to be competitive with the U.S.'s Inflation Reduction Act.

Freeland meets with finance ministers in Toronto

Global meeting in B.C. looks at ocean conservation

Global meeting in B.C. looks at ocean conservation
Fisheries and Oceans Minister Joyce Murray and Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault are both to attend the IMPAC5 conference, joining thousands of delegates from 123 countries. Conference sessions begin Saturday and will last through the week.

Global meeting in B.C. looks at ocean conservation

Extreme cold grips much of Eastern Canada

Extreme cold grips much of Eastern Canada
In scores of cities and towns, government and private agencies were scrambling to provide shelter for vulnerable people as the wind was expected to make the temperature feel like -40 C to -50 C in many areas.

Extreme cold grips much of Eastern Canada

Chinatown graffiti vandal arrested: VPD

Chinatown graffiti vandal arrested: VPD
Officers patrolling the neighbourhood arrested the vandal – a man in his 60s – Wednesday afternoon, after he allegedly wrote graffiti on a building near Abbott and West Pender Street, then tagged a sign near Main and Keefer Street. 

Chinatown graffiti vandal arrested: VPD

Tom Clark to be Canada's envoy in New York City

Tom Clark to be Canada's envoy in New York City
Clark will be Canada's consul general in New York, putting him in charge of Ottawa's efforts to sow cultural and economic ties in the Big Apple, as well as in neighboring American states and in Bermuda.

Tom Clark to be Canada's envoy in New York City

Test requirement extended for travel from China

Test requirement extended for travel from China
The government says it's concerned about reports of a dramatic increase in COVID-19 cases in China, and the lack of data available from China about potential variants that could be spreading through the country.

Test requirement extended for travel from China