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The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ruled that a Nova Scotia aboriginal community discriminated against a female member by denying her work in the local fishing industry because of her gender.

The tribunal decision found that Stacey Marshall Tabor encountered discriminatory behaviour on the Millbrook First Nation for several years due to the fact that she was a woman.

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The decision found that Tabor was frequently passed over for fishing boat positions in favour of male candidates, some of whom were less qualified than she was.

The tribunal also said Tabor was subjected to derogatory remarks, citing an instance when a senior band member said “the only place for women’s breasts on a boat was on the bow as a figurehead.”

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The tribunal says the First Nation provided inconsistent and unreliable evidence to refute Tabor’s claims and ultimately ruled that her complaints were substantiated.