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>>> "<fan_tai2001@yahoo.com>" posted:
>>> One large furnished room for rent <>Single Chinese only.

>> then "leon" asked:
>> Is there something in this ad that may be illegal?

> and "Bob" replied:
> If this is a case of shared accommodation (which it sounds like) then
there
> is no breach of the Ontario Human Rights Code.

In Canada, as is the case elsewhere, rights and anti-discrimination
legislation has little practical effect. They are more political statements
than anything else.

Not long ago, white english people in Toronto discriminated widely against
Chinese, Jews, Blacks, Italians, etc. in everything from housing to
employment. Just a generation ago property deeds containing clauses such as
"not to be sold to (various minorities)" were upheld by the authorities.

The human rights codes which became popular by the mid 1970's to early
1980's in this country, were simply a reflection of the changing
demographics in Canadian society.

Remember, the "nothwithstanding clause" in the Constitution of 1982, which
allows for overriding of civil rights, has already been used by such
governments as Quebec in their language legislation, for example. (The mass
migration of an entire generation of over 300,000 young adult english
speakers from that province is not a trivial matter.)

If people want to like each other and get along, they will. If they don't,
then legislation and human rights codes are useless. So, don't bother asking
whether something is illegal or not because that's not the issue here.