Friday, January 04, 2008

Steyn vs. Canadian Human Rights Commission

Mark Steyn's site now has a page for regular updates on his battle with Canada's HRC.

excerpt from latest post:
In the three decades of its existence, no defendant dragged before the Canadian Human Rights Commission under a Section XIII complaint has ever been acquitted. A "court" that only reaches the same verdict is not the most reassuring example of justice's blindness. Furthermore, over half of all Section XIII cases have been brought by a single complainant, Richard Warman. Mr Warman is not only a near parodic definition of a nuisance plaintiff but he is also a former employee of the very same HRC that has been so attentive to his "grievances". When we run one of our election competitions at this website, there's a little bit of small print way down at the bottom saying that any employees past or present of SteynOnline or Mark Steyn Enterprises are ineligible to enter. That's standard boilerplate in the commercial sector. But apparently in Canada's highest "Human Rights" "court" there's no problem about a former employee using it as his own personal inquisition (and, indeed, given the fines he's collected, personal piggy bank). The willingness of the CHRC to serve as Mr Warman's enforcer for what he boasts of as a personal enemies list ought to be a public scandal.