Woman claims salon refused her a pedicure because of her weight

[Pruzhany]

Originally Posted by johnnytang24

Sue for what? What exactly are her damages?

Keep in mind that this is Canada and not the US:

“The Human Rights Code prohibits discrimination in services available to the public, which includes stores and restaurants. Discrimination is defined as treating a person differently on the basis of one of the characteristics in The Code (such as age, sex, disability, ancestry etc.) but also as failing to reasonably accommodate the special needs of a person where those needs are based on one of those characteristics.”

[Mikelee81]

It was a private business.

Then they can refuse to do business with whomever they like. Sorry if you don't it.

A pedicure business can refuse to give you a pedicure for any reason just like a cake baking company can refuse to do business with anyone they don't want to do business with.

The problem is not them, it is people like you.