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THIS IS 2009?

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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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