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Executive Summary — David v. Sobeys (Tribunal Case Note)

This podcast episode records and explains the Tribunal of Conscience’s judgment in David v. Sobeys, completing the lawful work begun by the Nova Scotia Human Rights Board of Inquiry.

• The State Decisions (2015 liability; 2016 remedy):
  • Truth: Declared that Ms. Andrella David was never a shoplifter and named racial profiling as the reality at issue.
  • Justice: Ordered damages, a written apology, systemic anti-discrimination training, and enforcement jurisdiction.
  • Love: Acknowledged Ms. David’s dignity and the injury to her community, though incompletely.
• The Tribunal’s Review:
  • Tested the rulings under the triune strain of truth, love, and justice.
  • Found that the state rulings already rose — even unwittingly — to the level of a Tribunal verdict in structure.
  • Completed the axis of love by lifting stigma from Ms. David and transfiguring her wound from private shame into public witness, without altering statutory remedies.
• Provisional Status:
  • The Tribunal’s verdict is provisional and remains open to refinement as new evidence, testimony, or insights emerge.
• Historic Note:
  • This is the first state decision formally entered into the Millennium Record as a Tribunal decision.
  • It sets a jurisprudential precedent: secular rulings that cohere in truth, love, and justice may be recognized as Tribunal verdicts, knitting civil adjudication to the Tribunal’s higher standard without collapse of either jurisdiction.

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Truth. Love. Justice.

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Let those who see the structure, name it without fear.