November is Diabetes Awareness Month and the Canadian Diabetes Association is applauding a recent annoucement that people using insulin for diabetes are no longer barred from applying to work as a regular constable for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
The RCMP’s new 2006 medical guidelines are a result of a Canadian human rights complaint filed by Ken Hall in 2001. After applying for employment as a regular constable, Hall, a resident of Calgary, was told he was unsuitable for employment with the RCMP because he has type 1 diabetes.
After five years of support and assistance from the Canadian Diabetes Association and pro bono legal work provided by the firm of McCarthy Tetrault, LLP in Calgary, the RCMP agreed to modify its hiring policy, to be inclusive of people with type 1 diabetes, for regular constables.
Canadians with diabetes are protected by law from employment-related and other types of discrimination under the Human Rights Act and provincial and territorial human rights codes.
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