Sandy Smith is a 20 year old full time employed individual looking for an apartment to rent. She approaches a provincially incorporated private company, ABC Limited, which owns and rents out apartments and makes an offer to lease an apartment. She is told by ABC Limited that they do not rent to anyone under 21 years old. Sandy reads them of section 15(1) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms which states:

Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.She also advises them of section 2(1) of the provincial Human Rights Code which reads as follows:Every person has a right to equal treatment with respect to the occupancy ofaccommodation, without discrimination because of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family status, handicap or the receipt of public assistance.

The applicable law to challenge the refusal to lease the apartment is [place].

Question 26 options:

The provincial Human Rights Code

The Charter of Rights and Freedoms