@jonnywakefield.bsky.social:
New from me: former Alberta justice minister Jonathan Denis is taking legal action after the province’s human rights commission shot down attempts to anonymize his unsuccessful discrimination complaint against a high-end jewelry store.
Ex-Alberta justice minister Jonathan Denis battling human rights tribunal, jewelry store over discrimination complaint, Denis maintains the commission did not inform him its decisions in the case would be made public by Jonny Wakefield, Mar 30, 2026, Edmonton Journal
A former Alberta justice minister is taking legal action after the province’s human rights commission shot down attempts to anonymize his unsuccessful discrimination complaint against a high-end jewelry store.
Jonathan Denis claims he was discriminated against when he was asked to leave a Tiffany & Co. store in Calgary in 2022 for not wearing a mask. The ex-Progressive Conservative MLA told staff at the store he was medically exempt from masking due to asthma.
OMG! All the more reason to mask indoors in public, SARSCoV2 can be viciously harmful to those with asthma. I have bad asthma worsened by living poisoned by living frac’d; I have no problem wearing N95s!
The Alberta Human Rights Tribunal ultimately sided with Tiffany, finding the company took reasonable steps to accommodate patrons who could not wear masks for medical reasons during the COVID-19 pandemic.
It later dismissed Denis’s attempt to anonymize his name and suspend publication of the decision pending an appeal, on the grounds that publicizing the case would violate his privacy.Well, he shouldn’t have violated the rules then. Rich old white man privilege? This douche passed law school?
In an email Monday, Denis’s firm, Guardian Law Group, maintained Tiffany’s practices are discriminatory and criticized the human rights commission’s handling of the case.
“After a four-year delay, the commission refused to even investigate the matter — despite our client being fully vaccinated and other similar cases which have found such practices to be discriminatory,” the email states.Everyone fucking knows (except it seems UCP idiots) vaccinations for coronavirus protect persons from severe health harms and hospitalization, but do not stop transmission. N95 or better Masks do!
“The commission has breached its own policy in publicly disclosing our client’s private medical information. As we have filed an appeal and are now seeking damages against the commission, we have no further comment at this time and look forward to the court’s decision.”oh fucking bla bla bla idiot spoiled rotten lawyers. I bet they’re all old white men too.
According to an application for judicial review filed in the Court of King’s Bench, Denis maintains the commission did not inform him its decisions in the case would be made public.FFS! Even I know that decisions are made public. I guess spoiled rotten rich boy thinks he gets special favours cause he was a bad justice minister and a dirty lawyer?
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Requests for anonymization, publication restrictions denied
Denis visited a Calgary Tiffany’s store on Jan. 30, 2022, to view items that were not available online. He told the tribunal that when asked to wear a mask, he provided staff with his medical exemption. A manager eventually became involved and asked Denis to leave the store.
Denis filed a complaint in 2023, arguing his treatment violated Section 4 of the Alberta Human Rights Act. That section prohibits discrimination in the provision of goods and services on the basis of a variety of protected categories, including people with physical disabilities.asthma is a disability? Alberta is so fucking big oil gas and bitumen polluted, many have asthma. Clean up the pollution and enforce our ignored pollution laws, asthma cases will plummet.
The Alberta Human Rights Tribunal disagreed, finding the masking rules Tiffany imposed in response to public health orders did not create an “undue hardship.” Specifically, the tribunal found the jeweller’s online and virtual shopping options, alongside with curb-side pickup, were reasonable accommodations for people who could not wear masks for medical reasons.
That decision was upheld in January after Denis requested a formal review.
“The tribunal has consistently held that the duty to accommodate does not require a service provider to permit in-person access where reasonable alternatives exist, particularly in the context of COVID-19 public health measures,” human rights commission member Malik Hattum wrote.
“The complainant’s (Denis) materials do not identify any evidence that the alternative accommodation measures relied upon by the respondent (Tiffany & Co.) were inaccessible to him, discriminatory in their effect, or insufficient to meet the respondent’s obligations under the act.”
In subsequent decisions, the tribunal also shot down Denis’s attempts to anonymize the decision or delay its publication. Hattum said that anyone seeking to anonymize a decision or restrict its release must prove their privacy outweighs the public interest in open proceedings
“Beyond a general reference to privacy and safety in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the complainant has not explained how publication of his name would result in harm that differs in nature or degree from that experienced by other complainants whose matters are decided publicly.”
The tribunal also disputed Denis’s claim that information about asthma constituted sensitive medical information, or that he might not have proceeded with a review had he known it might be published under his name.You gotta be fucking kidding me? Rich dirty old white man lawyer expects special privilege for his selfish idiocy and callous disregard for the well-being of others to remain private?
“The complainant’s (Denis) own materials demonstrate that he was aware publication was a possibility, as he raised anonymization in his original submissions.”
The tribunal’s most recent decision in the case, published March 9, dismissed Denis’s request for reconsideration of the decisions on anonymization and publication. Hattum said the application was largely a reiteration of Denis’s earlier arguments.is he abusing the process? smells like it to me
Denis also made unspecified allegations of “bias” on the part of the tribunal, which Hattum rejected.poor rich baby
Denis’s court application seeks judicial review of all four human rights commission decisions in the case, an injunction on the release of his information and identity, as well as costs and “damages as appropriate.” Fucker! Costing taxpayers heaps of money to feed his shitty egoDates for the hearing have not been set.
Denis’s initial complaint did not seek any compensation from Tiffany & Co., Guardian Law said.
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@travisfigures.bsky.social:
Anti mask… AND seeking anonymity.
Powerful brain.and if the douche fucker got COVID a few times, he’ll have lost some or a lot of it
@brucearthur.bsky.social:
Alberta’s former justice minister launched a human rights complaint about being asked to wear a mask in a jewelry store during Covid, and didn’t realize his complaint would be made public, and yes this is the guy who was once in a video making fun of Indigenous people while probably drunk
Ah, he also has close ties to Pierre Poilievre, and to the ratfucker-style podcast guy, David Wallace, who is now popping up in the Sam Mraiche affair in Alberta
@anotherbill.bsky.social:
There’s a real story about how the wealthy and powerful have their names redacted from court proceedings in Canada. Our courts should always be open and participants should receive equal treatment, no matter their social strata.
@notjustdave.bsky.social:
He’s the Craig Chandler of Tyler Shandros.
@tangibullah.bsky.social:
Ex-Alberta justice minister Jonathan Denis isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed. Film at 11!In my experience, many lawyers are quite stupid and incredibly terrible at managing money. They go to school to memorize and learn to lie and break the law which doesn’t exercise the brain.
@fencepostmalone.bsky.social:
He’s like a matryoshka doll of cowardice.also in my experience, too many lawyers lack courage
@bcpcurt.bsky.social:
Male Karen energy.
@janine22.bsky.social:
Priceless – the former justice minister claiming he didn’t know that human rights decisions are published
@margaretdumont.bsky.social:
The Streisand Effect never fails.
@travisfigures.bsky.social:
He’s really nuts. The fact he became a Justice Minister is really embarrassing. I think he needs medical help.In my view, con gov’ts always pick nuts that shit on the law for their justice ministers/AGs
@josephshea.bsky.social:
I believe this falls under FAFO regulations.
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