Justine Blainey

The first legal issue here is that The Ontario Hockey Association has expressed gender discrimination towards Justine Blainey. The fact that she is a female has caused the OHA to deny her acceptance on the team, despite her talent and skills. Now the question arises, does the OHA have the right to create a policy that prohibits females? It is understood that the OHA is a private organization and that they are capable of creating their own policies and regulations. However, to what extent are they "free"; up to the point that they can create a policy which prohibits girls? The question is does any institution have that right to deny an individual or a group of people the right to participate in a sporting event or membership in a team? This issue here shows how the OHA's policy is going against Blainey's equality rights, which is s.15 under the Charter. The preceding example was only one perspective of the case; the other issue is: does Blainey have the right to go against