Schedule B - Constitution Act, 1982 (79)
PART I - Canadian charter of rights and freedoms
Equality Rights
15 (2) Subsection (1) does not preclude any law, program or activity that has as its object the amelioration of conditions of disadvantaged individuals or groups including those that are disadvantaged because of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.
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