Since there is difficulty for certain individuals that fall under
enumerated grounds under the
Charter and the Ontario Human
Rights Code to get legal services, it falls upon the individual to be their own «lawyer».
Moreover, the Court of Appeal held that the quasi-constitutional
right to accommodation in the workplace, pertaining to an
enumerated ground of discrimination under section 10 of the
Charter, such as a disability, constitutes a preeminent standard that transcends the law, employment contracts and collective agreements.