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The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has dismissed a complaint that playing God Save The Queen and Canada’s national anthem in public schools could potentially breach the Charter Of Rights.

Blind River, Ont., high school math teacher Gabriela Rosilius, who is a secular humanist, made the complaint after claiming she suffered discrimination by having to listen to both songs when school started every morning according to Blacklock’s Reporter.

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“A person whose rights have not been infringed may not file an application he or she believes to be in the public interest,” wrote the Tribunal, adding complaints must be backed up by actual evidence of discrimination.

Currently, no province forces school boards to play God Save The Queen and Manitoba was the last one to mandate its playing in the classrooms in 1998.

Rosilius later clarified in testimony that God Save The Queen was not played at her school but the royal tribute, O’Canada and Christmas carols at the Christmas pageant should be banned as “non-secular activities”.

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The teacher said “if her rights are infringed, then others’ rights are as well.”

However, the complaint was rejected by the Tribunal under the Human Rights Code.