Quebec City has been ordered to pay a man more than $100,000 in damages for discrimination by refusing him as a candidate for a firefighter position because he is colour blind.
Sébastien Samson-Thibault, who was already working as a firefighter for several years for the City of Rivière-du-Loup, Que., applied for his dream job in Quebec City in 2015. However, he was refused after filling out a medical questionnaire in which he indicated he had difficulty distinguishing between the colours red and green.
However, the ruling said these medical questions in the questionnaire from Medisys Health Group Inc. infringed his right "to be treated equally, without discrimination on the basis of disability," without performing an individualized assessment. The tribunal ordered the city to pay $98,188 in material damages and $10,000 in moral damages. The city and co-defendant Medisys were also ordered to pay the complainant $2,500 in damages for moral prejudice.
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