Dying with Dignity alleged in its court filing that it was Shanaaz Gokool herself who set the salaries of the new staff members at levels higher than her own as a bargaining chip in her own contract talks
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Ms. Gokool’s $1.75-million wrongful dismissal lawsuit – which has not yet been tested in court – is unfolding as Dying with Dignity and other organizations weigh in on how the federal government should revise Canada’s assisted-dying law. But behind the scenes, the organization seemed to be in turmoil, according to the duelling accounts laid out in court documents.Ms. Gokool, who moved to Canada from Trinidad and Tobago as a toddler, alleged in her lawsuit that Dying with Dignity’s board of directors subjected her to years of systemic discrimination before firing her last July.
Ms. Gokool said in an interview that she only learned of Mr. Dunkin’s report after reading about it in the statement of defence.
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