The first two convictions under Ontario’s anti-discrimination law were handed down in a court in Chatham, Ontario, against two restaurant owners convicted of discrimination by refusing to serve Negro patrons.
In handing down fines of $50, the maximum under Ontario’s seven-month-old Fair Accommodations Practice Act. Magistrate Ivan Craig ruled that it was within the constitutional power of the Province of Ontario to pass such a measure. Both restaurants involved in the case are located in Dresden, Ontario.
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