Ontario's Top Court Rules That Three Saudi Student Doctors Can't Sue U of Ottawa for "Discrimination and Negligence"

Well, you can't say they didn't give it that old college try:

TORONTO – Allowing three doctors from Saudi Arabia who alleged discrimination and negligence to sue the University of Ottawa would be an abuse of process, Ontario’s top court ruled Friday. 

In rejecting an appeal from the trio, who had sought $156 million in damages, the court sided with a lower court that struck down their attempted lawsuit without deciding on its merits. 

“It is the province of the motion judge to make factual findings,” the Ontario Court of Appeal found. 

“We see no basis to interfere with the factual finding.” 

The students — Khalid Aba-Alkhail, Manal Alsaigh and Waleed AlGhaithy — were either denied advancement or dismissed from the school’s neurosurgery program. 

They appealed unsuccessfully through the university’s various internal processes.
In November 2011, three physicians launched their high-profile lawsuit against the university and 10 others with a 120-page statement of claim. 

Among other things, the doctors claimed defamation, conspiracy to injure, negligence and discrimination — a theme some students took up on their behalf. 

“As Arabic medical residents they were subjected to unwarranted criticism and disparagement of their work,” the suit alleged...

Silly Saudis. They should have taken their complaint to Ontario's "human rights" court, where they were bound to get a shoulder to cry on and, in all likelihood, a big pay day. Of course, not as big as the $156 million they were seeking, but, in "human rights" terms, a big pay day nonetheless.