A Nanaimo traveller who wasn't allowed to skip the ferry lineup because he hadn't received BC Ferries' approval for medically assured loading had his human rights case dismissed, but he may still receive a settlement.

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal recently released a decision from July 17, when it dismissed a complaint from Roger Chin.

The complaint was made after a 2019 incident when the traveller, who has had a brain injury, sought to board a ferry despite a two-sailing wait from Departure Bay to Horseshoe Bay. He had a doctor's note from 2016, but did not have a letter indicating approval under BC Ferries' medical-assured loading program. He subsequently applied for the program and was denied, according to the rights tribunal.

In 2020, the B.C. Ministry of Public Safety and Solicito

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