Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission: Dino Gilpin

Dino Gilpin: Dino Gilpin who is black and originally from Sierra Leone went to the commission after he was refused service at the Halifax Alehouse on Feb. 20, 2010, when they wouldn't accept his Canadian citizenship card as a valid form of photo identification, according to CBC. Five months later, the court dismissed the charge and A Halifax man who complained that a popular downtown bar had discriminated against him based on his colour has won a victory at the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission. When staff at the bar asked Gilpin to leave, he refused and the manager called Halifax Regional Police to escort him out of the building. Gilpin was charged with public drunkenness and spent the night in jail. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.