Randy is a U$.$S$.$ citizen and works as an independent contractor for Cephonics Corp, an American company with nineteen employees. Randy lives in Canada and maintains thirty transmission towers owned by the company throughout the Canadian provinces. Randy requests a contract to maintain twelve additional towers in Canada, but Cephonics denies the request and instead awards the contract to Belinda because they want to give more work to women. Does Randy have a claim against Cephonics for a violation of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of $1964?$

a$.$

No$,$ because Cehponics is too small to be covered by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of $1964$

b$.$

No$,$ because Randy lives and works in Canada and American employment law does not apply to him

c$.$

Yes, because Cephonics discriminated against Randy on the basis of gender, which is a protected class under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of $1964$

d$.$

Yes, because Cephonics unfairly denied Randy a term or condition of employment

e$.$

No$,$ because independent contractors are not covered by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of $1964$