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Posts Tagged ‘Human Rights Commissions’

Korea’s HRC accuses Korean Air of sexism

December 30th, 2008 | 2 Comments

The National Human Rights Commission of Korea has accused Korean Air Lines of sex discrimination because the airline refuses to hire male flight attendants. The company forthrightly admits that it won’t even entertain applications from men who want to be flight attendants. Korean Air told the commission to shove off respectfully declined to comply. Korean [...]

Canadian “Human Rights” Commission flunks objectivity test

December 17th, 2008 | 3 Comments

Last April, Marc Lebuis of the excellent Quebec blog Point de Bascule filed a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission against Montreal Muslim imam Abou Hammaad Sulaiman Dameus Al-Hayiti. Imam al-Hayiti had written a book, published in Canada and available for download here (in French), containing nasty slurs against many groups in Canadian society, [...]

Human rights proceedings “akin to a lawsuit”

December 12th, 2008 | 2 Comments

So says David Larter, executive director of the Prince Edward Island Human Rights Commission. That is a startling admission for a bureaucrat in his position to make. He needs to get with the programme: Hasn’t he read the script for defenders of Canada’s “human rights” commissions?   Our human rights commissions avoid adversarial procedures. Canada [...]

Keith Martin: The ball is in Parliament’s court

November 26th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Commenting in today’s National Post on the significance of the Moon Report, Liberal MP Keith Martin says it’s time for Parliament to act on free speech. While Prof. Moon’s report is excellent, the actual power to implement his recommendations, or any others that relate to the CHRA, resides not with the commission but with Parliament. [...]

Shocker: Moon recommends Section 13 be repealed

November 24th, 2008 | 4 Comments

The Canadian Human Rights Commission has released Prof Richard Moon’s report on Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act and the regulation of hate speech on the internet. I have only read his conclusion but, based solely on that, we can say that the report is not what was expected. This is the full [...]

Keith Martin: A Liberal MP who defends liberty

November 23rd, 2008 | 1 Comment

MP Keith Martin (Lib – Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca) has introduced two private member’s motions to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and rein in the increasingly obnoxious Canadian Human Rights Commission. These latest motions replace and expand motion M-446, which Dr Martin introduced in the previous Parliament. Ezra Levant has more information. Here’s the exact [...]

Debate tonight in Halifax: “Human Rights and Free Speech”

October 30th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Tonight is scheduled the first of two public discussions in Halifax on the now-obvious conflict between civil liberties and “human rights” commissions. This evening’s event, “Human Rights and Free Speech: Have Commissions or the Media Gone Too Far?”, is sponsored by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs (CCEPA) and will be held at [...]

Do Human Rights Commissions Threaten Civil Liberties?

October 17th, 2008 | Comments Off

My response to that question would be “Is the Pope Catholic?”, but others take a different view. I have just received via e-mail notification that Halifax is to be the site of another public meeting on the status of free speech. This in addition to the recently announced symposium at King’s College. The Canadian Centre [...]

BC HRT on Steyn article: We deem it publishable

October 11th, 2008 | 1 Comment

The bullies and cowards at the BC Human Rights Tribunal have rejected the complaint against Maclean’s magazine over the excerpt from Mark Steyn’s book America Alone. The panel has concluded that the complaints are not justified because the complainants have not established that the Article is likely to expose them to hatred or contempt on [...]