Human Rights Digest summary of Hutchinson v. British Columbia (Ministry of Health)
The Human Rights Digest PDF on CanLII was read on 20 September 2026. It is a secondary digest, not the reasons for decision. The full Hutchinson decisions were not opened in this pass.
Identification
| Element | As seen in the digest and in a BCHRT finding-aid listing |
|---|---|
| Digest | Human Rights Digest, 2005 CanLIIDocs 513 |
| Digest URL inspected | https://www.canlii.org/w/canlii/2005CanLIIDocs513.pdf |
| Case as named in the digest | Cheryl Hutchinson and the B.C. Ministry of Health; CSIL described as providing funds directly to qualified adults with disabilities to hire their own caregivers |
| Year Hutchinson accepted on CSIL (digest) | 1998 |
| Citations listed on the BC Human Rights Tribunal “Judicial reviews of decisions” page (also inspected) | Hutchinson v. B.C. (Min. of Health) 2004 BCHRT 58; petition dismissed 2005 BCSC 1421; stay application dismissed 2004 BCSC 1536 |
Annotation
The digest states that Hutchinson was accepted as a CSIL client in 1998 and that a ministry policy barred hiring her father as a paid caregiver; the tribunal found discrimination and the digest reports the B.C. Supreme Court dismissed the ministry’s challenge. Those are the digest’s claims.
For this catalogue the 1998 acceptance date is useful only as a later date by which CSIL already existed: a program called CSIL existed by 1998 in this secondary account. It does not settle 1993 versus 1994.
The BCHRT listing confirms the neutral citations. Because the reasons themselves were not retrieved here, do not treat this record as a verified-inspected reading of 2004 BCHRT 58 or 2005 BCSC 1421.
Open questions
- Full text of 2004 BCHRT 58 and 2005 BCSC 1421 (CanLII HTML was not accessible in this environment).
- What the reasons say, if anything, about CSIL’s origin year or design records.