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Levan Turner and Canada Customs and Revenue Agency

Canada Customs and Revenue Agency: Levan Turner claimed he was excluded from job opportunities in Vancouver and Victoria by the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency when he applied for two positions back in 2003 because of his race and size. , according to Huffington Post. Turner first filed a complaint in 2005, which he lost in 2010, but then the ruling was set aside by a Federal Court of Appeal review in 2012, and sent back to the tribunal for a new hearing. The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has slammed Canada's Border Services Agency for discriminating against a black job seeker in B.C. The agency was later replaced by the (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.