A serial “human rights” complainer in Edmonton finally has a legal victory – in Saskatchewan..The case brought forward this time by James Cyrynowski involved him not being called back with information on a cleaning job..Cyrynowski contacted the woman to ask about a cleaning job her company offered. The woman asked his name and he replied “James.” Cyrynowski claims he never heard from the woman again..He filed a complaint with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission claiming he had been discriminated against because he was a man..The SHRC tossed the appeal due to lack of evidence and Cyrynowski appealed..And in a lengthy 15-page decision last month, Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench Justice G.A. Meschishnick agreed and sent the case back to the SHRC for another review..Meschishnick ruled the SHRC was “not reasonable” in rejecting the complaint..The justice listed several other cases – some of which went to the Supreme Court – as part of the ruling..“In my view this is a situation where there is a fundamental gap in the justification of the Commissioner’s decision to dismiss the complaint,” Meschishnick wrote..“I am not permitted as a reviewing court to provide my own justification for the outcome. Nor am I to speculate on what the Commission might have been thinking.”.The Alberta Human Rights Commission last month threw out a Cyrynowski complaint he laid after a mother looking for a babysitter asked if he had any children himself..Cyrynowski said he replied to an ad from a woman, known in documents as Danielle, looking for a babysitter for her three children on February 6, 2019.. Mossleigh pub briefly opens before authorities move in .“(The woman) replied by asking James about his employment status, whether he had any children of his own and requesting references.,” said the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) in a statement..In his complaint, he stated: “I applied for a caregiver job on Kijiji. I was asked if I have children. I do not. I did not get the job.”.On June 6, 2019, the AHRC accepted Cyrynowski’s complaint against Danielle, and sent her a letter requiring that she provide a detailed response to the complaint..Cyrynowski is the same person who filed a complaint against Todd, a single father of two who was also asked him to provide his age and gender. In October 2019, two years after he filed a complaint against Todd, Cyrynowski dropped that complaint, after the JCCF represented Todd..In that case, Cyrynowski filed a complaint against a mother of a five-year-old boy, who placed a Kijiji ad stating her preference for “an older lady with experience.”.A human rights investigator initially recommended the mother be required to pay Cyrynowski $1,000 to $1,500 for “damages to dignity.”.The investigator’s recommendation was rejected by the director the AHRC, who instead dismissed Cyrynowski’s complaint and upheld the right of a parent to exercise her own preference in regard to who looks after her child in her own home..Cyrynowski appealed the decision to the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench, then to the Alberta Court of Appeal, and both courts upheld the rejection. The Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear a further appeal..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
A serial “human rights” complainer in Edmonton finally has a legal victory – in Saskatchewan..The case brought forward this time by James Cyrynowski involved him not being called back with information on a cleaning job..Cyrynowski contacted the woman to ask about a cleaning job her company offered. The woman asked his name and he replied “James.” Cyrynowski claims he never heard from the woman again..He filed a complaint with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission claiming he had been discriminated against because he was a man..The SHRC tossed the appeal due to lack of evidence and Cyrynowski appealed..And in a lengthy 15-page decision last month, Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench Justice G.A. Meschishnick agreed and sent the case back to the SHRC for another review..Meschishnick ruled the SHRC was “not reasonable” in rejecting the complaint..The justice listed several other cases – some of which went to the Supreme Court – as part of the ruling..“In my view this is a situation where there is a fundamental gap in the justification of the Commissioner’s decision to dismiss the complaint,” Meschishnick wrote..“I am not permitted as a reviewing court to provide my own justification for the outcome. Nor am I to speculate on what the Commission might have been thinking.”.The Alberta Human Rights Commission last month threw out a Cyrynowski complaint he laid after a mother looking for a babysitter asked if he had any children himself..Cyrynowski said he replied to an ad from a woman, known in documents as Danielle, looking for a babysitter for her three children on February 6, 2019.. Mossleigh pub briefly opens before authorities move in .“(The woman) replied by asking James about his employment status, whether he had any children of his own and requesting references.,” said the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) in a statement..In his complaint, he stated: “I applied for a caregiver job on Kijiji. I was asked if I have children. I do not. I did not get the job.”.On June 6, 2019, the AHRC accepted Cyrynowski’s complaint against Danielle, and sent her a letter requiring that she provide a detailed response to the complaint..Cyrynowski is the same person who filed a complaint against Todd, a single father of two who was also asked him to provide his age and gender. In October 2019, two years after he filed a complaint against Todd, Cyrynowski dropped that complaint, after the JCCF represented Todd..In that case, Cyrynowski filed a complaint against a mother of a five-year-old boy, who placed a Kijiji ad stating her preference for “an older lady with experience.”.A human rights investigator initially recommended the mother be required to pay Cyrynowski $1,000 to $1,500 for “damages to dignity.”.The investigator’s recommendation was rejected by the director the AHRC, who instead dismissed Cyrynowski’s complaint and upheld the right of a parent to exercise her own preference in regard to who looks after her child in her own home..Cyrynowski appealed the decision to the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench, then to the Alberta Court of Appeal, and both courts upheld the rejection. The Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear a further appeal..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694