It is there provided that the purpose of the act is to give effect to the principle that every individual should have an equal opportunity with other individuals to make for themselves the life they are able and wish to have, consistent with their duties and obligations as a member of society, without being hindered or prevented from doing so by discriminatory practices based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, marital status, family status, disability or conviction
for an offence for which a pardon has been granted. In the fo
llowing part of the statute ...[+++], under the heading ``proscribed discrimination'', we learn what this statute deals with.
L'objet de la loi est de donner effet au principe suivant: le droit de la personne, dans la mesure compatible avec ses devoirs et ses obligations au sein de la société, à l'égalité des chances d'épanouissement, indépendamment des considérations fondées sur la race, l'origine nationale ou ethnique, la couleur, la religion, l'âge, le sexe, l'état matrimonial, la situation de famille, l'état de personne graciée ou la déficience.