When people started criticizing the Canadian Museum for Human Rights for following Manitoba's public health order requiring full vaccination for entry, its CEO saw an opportunity for an important conversation about what is — and isn't — discrimination. So on Tuesday, when the museum was reopening, Khan — whose background is in human rights law — issued a detailed statement in response. Isha Khan, the CEO of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, said she saw the criticism as an opportunity for a conversation about what discrimination and human rights are. "There are real human rights issues, but we don't want to conflate just treating groups differently … under the current restrictions as discrimination in the way that I think some want to." That said, she thinks it's important for people to stay grounded and be aware of what human rights and discrimination actually are.

Source: CBC News July 30, 2021 16:18 UTC