Meir? Sorry, I must be missing something, but what does this have to do with
Passover?
Thanks :)
~Harleen
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Meir Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> REMIND ME!!!!!
>
> THIS IS 2009?
>
> ON THE EVE OF PASSOVER??????????????
>
>
>
> http://digital.nationalpost.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
>
>
> 7 Apr 2009
> The Gazette
> CANWEST NEWS SERVICE
>
> Disabled man's right to travel alone challenged
> Air Canada to argue in Federal Court
>
>
> OTTAWA - In a case that balances passenger safety and the rights of the
> disabled, Air Canada is challenging a deaf and blind man's contention that
> he should be allowed to fly without an attendant.
>
> The airline will argue in Federal Court that not allowing Eddy Morten to
> fly
> alone is justified discrimination.
>
> Morten of Burnaby, B.C., counters that he has a system for safe air travel
> with his service dog, he has been self-sufficient all his life, and that he
> has made many past trips on planes, trains and buses.
>
> "I have never needed a babysitter," Morten, a father of two and a
> Paralympic
> bronze medallist in judo, wrote in an email.
> "Air Canada routinely allows people who are blind, people who cannot walk
> and people who may be very disabled due to aging to travel unattended. Why
> not me?"
>
> Air Canada is fighting Morten in court after losing a Canadian Human Rights
> Tribunal decision in January.
>
> The tribunal did not order the airline to allow Morten to travel alone, but
> said he had the right to be assessed for self-reliance rather than
> automatically ordered to bring an attendant.
>
> The tribunal, ruling that Air Canada had not met its obligation to
> accommodate Morten to the point of "undue hardship," ordered the airline to
> pay Morten $10,000 in damages. Air Canada is not contesting the award.
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