Selling Indigenous-themed inventory may be discrimination: Ontario Human Rights Commission
New guidance by the Ontario Human Rights Commission on anti-Indigenous discrimination could spell trouble for retail businesses and lead to a chilling effect on speech.
New guidance by the Ontario Human Rights Commission on anti-Indigenous discrimination could spell trouble for retail businesses and lead to a chilling effect on speech according to some civil liberties advocates.
The commission recently put out a “Combatting anti-Indigenous discrimination and harassment in retail settings” notifying retail store owners that they could be held responsible for discrimination for how other customers react to Indigenous shoppers, stocking Indigenous-themed items that may be deemed “inappropriate” and providing “slow service.”
