Please read carefully following: file:///home/chronos/user/Downloads/PPPPP.pdf I’ve been fighting the federal government for several years now so as to get my rights back and to get compensation for having been discriminated by the Federal Public Service as a gay man. Even though the government has recognized that it has thus discriminated against me because of my orientation and that as a consequence my health was adversely affected, it now claims that it would be prejudiced because of the lenght of time it took me to submit my claim. However, my lawyer, Sean Mcgee of Nelligan, O’Brien, Payne in Ottawa, says the government has not been able to prove such a prejudice exists. Morever, he says that since it has recognized it has admitted to discrimination causing me to seriously suffer, it could have settled my case since by so doing it infringed upon the law. I should also mention, as a recent Gaycalgary magazine article notes, that the homophobia I suffered during the whole of my career was very pernicious indeed making it difficult for me to know that it was systemic discrimination. Only after years of psychological treatment and upon consulting with a lawyer, Julius Grey, that I hear the word homophobia as the basic reason for this systemic discrimination. So how could I have acted sooner than I did since I only became aware then of the real reasons or causes for the discrimination to which I’d been subjected throughout my career with the Federal Public Service Moreover, I’d been depressed for so many years not enabling me to act sooner. In such circumstances, as the decision of my appeal to the Federal Court indicates, the government can use its discretionary powers and accept such complaint. All this shows the need for society, the employees and gays themselves to be sensitized about such issues to enable people discriminated as a result of homophobia to act in an expeditious and diligent manner. Moreover, I would like to mention that, according to reputable lawyers and experts in this area, the refusal of both the Supreme Court of Canada and the Federal Court of Appeal to overturn the decision of the Commission to not allow my complaint is a first in Canadian jurisprudence. My lawyer, Sean McGee of Nelligan, O’Brien, Payne in Ottawa, told me that there has never been a case won by a party where no proof or evidence has been provided to support its claim, which is the case here. Also, Mr. McGee doesn’t understand why the Chistensen case(Christensen v. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec), where the complaint is also based on abuse and even took 10 more years than mine to submit, won at the SCC just 3 days before my hearing before the Federal Court of Appeal in 2009 but I was refused a hearing at the SCC and even was rebutted by the Federal Court of Appeal. For these reasons, I’m advised to make sure this exceptional story which is of public interest makes it in the media so as to alert the public to the important issues involved in this case and to get it on side.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 02:35:36 +0000
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