Posted on 03/28/2008 5:47:28 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
Light at the end of the tunnel?
These commissions are (not without irony) an abomination of human rights.
It is as if they have absolutely no conception of authentic civil rights.
Canada needs to re-establish some basic democracy and rule of law. Eliminate these monsters. Fire them all. Close these bogus commissions down 100%.
Seems like the public is slowly starting to wake up, despite the best efforts of the CBC and the Federal Liberals to cover for them.
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These commissions are amazing really.
The socialist/Orwellian totalitarians must get some kind of orgasmic high out of their gross misuse of raw power.
What kind of low lifes staff these commissions, former East German Stasi members? Don’t they know “1984” was a novel, not a organizational plan?
To ponder their sins.
That slur on Americans is unforgiveable ~ as a final act the HRC apparatus should certainly take that puke out and flog him within an inch of his life, then do with him as they will.
Oh, yes, I'd pay good money to see that.
The further you get away from elected responsibility, the more totalitarian you become. Leftists have learned this, and they like it. The pay’s great and within their own little circle they have prestige that was denied them in their youth, when they were incompetetent as athletes, and couldn’t prosper in spelling bees either. They majored in sociology enroute to law school, and thus learned nothing of value either. What else is such a mother to do?
Parachute drop them into AQ territory for a lesson in how human rights can be abused.
“In fact, for an organization that is supposed to promote “human rights,” the HRC’s agents seem curiously oblivious to basic aspects of constitutional law. In one famous exchange during the Lemire case, Steacy was asked “What value do you give freedom of speech when you investigate?” — to which he replied “Freedom of speech is an American concept, so I don’t give it any value.” (I guess Section 2 has been excised from his copy of the Canadian Charter of Rights.)”
I took a look. the Charter does not use the word “speech” but “expression.”
Mr. Steacy must have a very strange “out” for that one, maybe one grounded in Marxist doubletalk.
I pray that he is right.
“Expression” is actually a more expansive word than “speech”. It includes any means used to express an idea — including, but not limited to “speech”.
Well, at least they didn’t offend Muslims, deny Global Warming, or hold homophobic opinions. Those things seem to be the only real sins left.
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"The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it
subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.
i.e. There is complete freedom of speech in Canada insofar as the laws permit it.
(Compare this to the clear and unambiguous statement in the First Amendment.)
Former union leader Steacy is absolutely right.
Freedom of Speech is not a Canadian concept
never was
never will be.
My observations about any organization or legislation (or anything, for that matter) with the words “Human Rights” in the name is that they universally prevent rights rather than support them. As an example, any “Human Rights” organization is almost guaranteed to be opposed to civilian firearms ownership.
You nailed it. These commissions are the final resting place for every vicious weasel loser you knew in high school. You remember, the trecherous, grandiose, resentful little snakes who failed at everything and were universally disliked and untrusted.
A disaster for Canada’s Human Rights Commission? That’s like, a disaster for a disaster.
btt
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