Jeffrey Moore V British Columbia Case Analysis

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Introduction
This paper analyses the legal aspects influencing education provision in Canada. It focuses primarily on issues concerning learning disability and special education. The case used to analyze the legal aspects is the Jeffrey Moore Vs. British Columbia case that was issued a final ruling by Canada’s Supreme Court in 2012. The ruling serves as a landmark given that it serves a precedent for related cases of learning disability. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Jeffrey Moore declaring that education is not “a dispensable luxury” based on the School Act enacted in British Columbia (Supreme Court of Canada, 2012). Hence, Jeffrey should not have been discriminated based on his learning disability from a public school. As shall be seen, the Moore Vs. British Columbia case touches on other facets such as human rights, bias and prohibitive grounds in areas of adequate accommodation.
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British Columbia case presents specific issues related to special education provided in public schools and well as funding. It is worth noting that Jeffrey’s father decided to sue the public school he attended initially because they had eliminated a special program for student with learning disability after the Provincial Government cut back the education funding. When the school’s administration told Jeffrey’s parents that the type of remedial education can only be provided in a private school, his parents had to move him to one. This action by the school administration is discriminatory because it prevents a student from receiving education, which is universal in nature meaning that all Canadian children are entitled (EduCanada, 2017). More so in a public institution mandated to offer the

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