Answer the following questions (you may have to do external research in order to answer these questions. Be sure to cite your sources if you use any external sources of research):
1. Did the standards result in safer and more effective firefighting crews, or were they inadvertently keeping women out of a traditionally male job?
2. Was this a BFOQ (bona fide occupational qualification) ? The ministry was challenged on the basis of sex discrimination. What did the Supreme Court rule, and what was its reasoning?
3. Female applicants had the chance to train and try the test at B.C. university campuses. Was this special preparation discriminatory?