Court proceedings would enable the employer to seek
costs against the member if he lost, as well as enabling the
complainant member's evidence to be tested by cross-examination.
In general, the statutory human rights system in Canada is characterized by the presence of prominent, accessible, specialized public institutions that embody and reinforce public and legislative policy
against discrimination, including but not limited to administrative tribunals with broad discretion to award non-monetary and structural remedies, at no
cost to the individual
complainant.