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Seneca College v Bhadauria

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She argued that the college had violated the common law tort of discrimination. The Court of Appeal for Ontario accepted the existence of such a tort. Since Bhadauria could show that such a right existed and that it had been violated by the practices of the college she would be entitled to remedy.
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The Court allowed the appeal. It held that there was no tort of discrimination in Canadian common law. The court reasoned that a tort of discrimination was unnecessary since Bhadauria already had access to the human rights regime.
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Bhadauria, an East Indian woman, was qualified to teach in Ontario and had seven years experience. She had applied ten times to
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but was never granted an interview. Bhadauria claimed that she was not interviewed because of her ethnicity.
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Martland and Ritchie JJ took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
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