A Mississauga woman who alleges she was prevented from buying a townhouse in Fergus, Ont., because she is Black has brought a complaint against the homebuilder to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. Reid’s and Rocha say a meeting was scheduled with Walkes for the same day, but at 2:30 p.m. The other buyer secured the unit with a deposit during his earlier noon meeting with Rocha, Reid’s and Rocha say in their filing to the tribunal. “While the timing was unfortunate for Walkes, neither Reid’s nor Rocha engaged in any discriminatory conduct,” Reid’s and Rocha say. Yet Fergus, with a population of 20,400 people and 8,150 households only has 100 Black people (roughly 0.5 per cent).

Source: thestar May 27, 2019 09:00 UTC