The world is full of pain and tragedy. In Syria, government forces continue their military operations against rebel strongholds, leading some prominent Americans to call for airstrikes. In North Korea, starvation remains a real and present danger for millions. In Mexico, there is genuine concern that fighting between rival drug cartels could cause the country to essentially collapse.
Closer to home, in Ottawa, there’s the woman who has a hard time fitting her car into her driveway. Plus, she’s a mother. Obviously a human rights issue.
The woman, Pamela Howson, has a tale of sorrow and woe that is hard to hear. She had asked Ottawa to allow her to build a parking pad on her front yard, but the city told her she’d need to apply to the minor variance committee. But she wasn’t having any of that, and who can blame her, given the ordeal she’s had to endure. She was practically forced to turn to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario to address the city’s callous discrimination against her — it turns out that her car is 2.25 metres wide, but in order to get to her parking space behind her house, she has to pass through a driveway that’s only 2.6 metres wide. That’s a mere 6.7 inches of clearance per side. Can you even imagine such cruelty?
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Pamela Howson: Ottawa woman launches the lamest discrimination claim ever | Full Comment | National Post
Howson is a former investigator for the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal
Closer to home, in Ottawa, there’s the woman who has a hard time fitting her car into her driveway. Plus, she’s a mother. Obviously a human rights issue.
The woman, Pamela Howson, has a tale of sorrow and woe that is hard to hear. She had asked Ottawa to allow her to build a parking pad on her front yard, but the city told her she’d need to apply to the minor variance committee. But she wasn’t having any of that, and who can blame her, given the ordeal she’s had to endure. She was practically forced to turn to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario to address the city’s callous discrimination against her — it turns out that her car is 2.25 metres wide, but in order to get to her parking space behind her house, she has to pass through a driveway that’s only 2.6 metres wide. That’s a mere 6.7 inches of clearance per side. Can you even imagine such cruelty?
more
Pamela Howson: Ottawa woman launches the lamest discrimination claim ever | Full Comment | National Post
Howson is a former investigator for the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal
Lol.