Giroux v Yellowknife Housing Authority, 2014 NWTSC 42

Michelle Theriault represented the Respondent. The tenant had her tenancy terminated by the housing authority for repeated breach of no pets policy. Tenant appealed termination of tenancy for breach of no pets policy of housing authority. The Court dismissed the appeal. The tenant alleged breaches of Charter rights and human rights. The court ruled that the standard of review was correctness as human rights legislation is not an area of particular expertise for a rental officer. The policy did not discriminate against a particular class, namely low-income persons — Uncontradicted evidence was that families earning up to $102,000 were eligible. Public housing tenants are not shown to be an identifiable group. Tenant raised s. 15 of Charter at hearing before rental officer but did not show what ground of discrimination she was alleging.