Canada's spy agency asks federal court to toss lawsuit filed by Muslim employee alleging rampant racist abuse, discrimination
Published Wednesday, April 28, 2021 5:42AM EDT Canada's spy agency is asking a court to toss out the claim of an employee who alleges he endured racial discrimination and physical abuse from colleagues. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says Sameer Ebadi should have turned to internal grievance and harassment processes instead of filing a suit in Federal Court. Ebadi, who uses a pseudonym due to the sensitive nature of his work, says he pursued his claim in court because he has no faith the spy service's internal procedures will provide anything close to a fair and ...