Fact Scenario 2 Vriend v. Alberta, [1998 ] SCC Delwin Vriend was employed as a laboratory coordinator by a college in Alberta. After he disclosed that he was homosexual, his employment was terminated. He filed a complaint of discrimination under Alberta's Individual Rights Protection Act (now Human Rights , Citizenship and Multiculturalism Act ). He was advised that his complaint could not proceed because sexual orientation was not a prohibited ground of discrimination under the Alberta statute. 1. Did the failure to include sexual orientation as a prohibited ground of discrimination under Alberta's Individual Rights Protection Act (now Human Rights , Citizenship and Multiculturalism Act ) violate Delwin Vriend's equality rights under section 15 of the Charter ? The SCC concluded that the failure to include "sexual orientation" as a prohibited ground of discrimination in Alberta's Individual's Rights Protection Act was a violation of s. 15 of the Charter