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Lebanese Palace: City and Section Guarantees

lebanese palace: The business had alleged the City's ban on hookahs and water pipes violated Section 15 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, according to CTV. The section guarantees against discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age, or mental or physical disability. In a memo, City Solicitor Rick O'Connor says the The Lebanese Palace Inc., owner Brian Mahmoud, and patron Fadi Itaif have withdrawn their application, which was to go before Ontario Superior Court next month. O'Connor says, in response, the City is withdrawing its sole by-law charge against the Lebanese Palace, which was issued last June. Further, O'Connor confirms the City has received 15,761.69 owed in legal fees from the same plaintiffs, after their previous attempt to obtain an emergency injunction to block the by-law was dismissed by the court. O'Connor says the business has been complying with the by-law since last summer. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.