Is the complaint against someone who works in the following industries?
- Federal government departments, Crown corporations and agencies,
- air transportation, including airlines, airports, aerodromes and aircraft operations
- banks, including authorized foreign banks
- grain elevators, feed and seed mills, feed warehouses and grain-seed cleaning plants
- First Nation governments (including certain community services on reserve)
- most federal Crown corporations, for example, Canada Post Corporation
- port services, marine shipping, ferries, tunnels, canals, bridges and pipelines (oil and gas) that cross international or provincial borders
- radio and television broadcasting
- railways that cross provincial or international borders and some short-line railways
- road transportation services, including trucks and buses that cross provincial or international
- telecommunications, such as telephone, Internet, telegraph and cable systems
- uranium mining and processing and atomic energy
Why does this detail matter?
Determining jurisdiction when dealing with discrimination and other legal matters is important. This means that we determine what level of government or courts is responsible for receiving your complaints.
Specific industries and workforces fall under the Government of Canada’s responsibility, as listed above. The remaining industries (excluding the military) tend to fall under the responsibility of the Government of Nova Scotia.
Identifying this will help you to decide what Human Rights Commission to contact first.
