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July 2021 Campaign Update: A PRECEDENT-SETTING HUMAN RIGHTS SETTLEMENT REACHED Two self-advocates with complex disabilities. A dedicated and passionate legal team. Countless champions for social justice. And their goliath opponent: a government unwilling to fix a broken system that caused them so much harm. These are the ingredients of a landmark human rights case. And while it may sound like the plot to a Hollywood underdog movie, it’s a real-life story and it happened right here in Manitoba.
After a five-year legal battle (2016-2021), Tyson Sylvester and Amelia Hampton reached a precedent-setting human rights settlement with the Government of Manitoba and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority.