Lawyers for Major League Baseball, the Cleveland Indians team and Rogers Communications have struck out in their attempt to have a discrimination claim thrown out on jurisdictional grounds. The claim, lodged by activist Douglas Cardinal, alleges that Cleveland’s team name and mascot are offensive and discriminatory. Cardinal won an interim decision allowing the case to move forward. No date has been set for a hearing before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. Cardinal has argued that the use of the Cleveland team name “Indians” and the “Chief Wahoo” logo during games at the Rogers Centre amount to discrimination under the Ontario Human Rights Code.

Source: thestar June 05, 2017 17:31 UTC