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Wheelchair-bound man denied housing because not Muslim

Wheelchair-bound man denied housing because not Muslim ‘If it’s legal, it should not be legal – it’s insulting, that’s what it is’ Despite Canada’s reputation for casting a very broad social safety net and a Human Rights Code that aggressively punishes acts of discrimination, Austin Lewis, a 21-year-old paralyzed man confined to a wheelchair since a disease attacked his spinal cord when he was 8 years old, has just been told he has one less option for government-subsidized housing. His problem? He’s not a Muslim. Noting he wouldn’t be treated in this way in the far less-progressive southern U.S., Lewis… View Article