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An Ontario court has dismissed an important discrimination case filed by vegan firefighter Adam Knauff, who was denied appropriate food while in the field battling raging wildfires. On February 5, Mr. Knauff\u2019s case was brought<\/a> to the Divisional Court of Ontario, reviewing a Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario decision that refused to accept that ethical veganism is a secular belief system that deserves to be protected under provincial anti-discrimination laws.\u00a0<\/p>\n While the court did not rule that veganism could not be a protected belief, the three judges unfortunately dismissed the case as they felt there was no longer a \u201clive dispute\u201d to settle, as\u00a0Mr. Kanuff had already reached a settlement with his employer that covered the other issues in the case.\u00a0Animal Justice is deeply disappointed by this outcome, as it took years of hard work to bring this case before an Ontario court, and because vegans and their ethical beliefs deserve protection from discrimination.<\/p>\n Knauff and his legal team still have an opportunity to seek to appeal the decision.<\/p>\n BREAKING: An Ontario court has dismissed a case about discrimination against a vegan firefighter whose employer wouldn\u2019t provide him with appropriate food while in the field. The court halted the suit on technical grounds, but did NOT reject #veganism<\/a> as a protected belief. pic.twitter.com\/7vVK146cO1<\/a><\/p>\n\n