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Attributing the acts of this commission as acts of the "Canadian government" is akin to attributing the decisions of the US 9th Circuit as acts of the US government except that the 9th circuit has more power to legislate in the guise of exercising judicial power and the 9th circuit is a federal court.

The tribunal is a regulatory tribunal and as such has judicial independence of government.

The tribunal is a provincial body, not a federal one.

The tribunal is not a court of inherent jurisdiction and as such stare it cannot rule on constitutional construction.

The tribunal's rulings cannot bind other courts.

The minority Canadian government is taking steps to commence a parliamentary enquiry into the conduct of the federal equivalent of this provincial tribunal.

The decisions of this tribunal, like all regulatory tribunals, are subject to court supervision by recourse to the prerogative writs such as certiorari or quo warranto.

Bear in mind that the federal government has no jurisdiction over the enabling legislation respecting provincial regulatory tribunals.

Bear in mind that the current Tory government is a minority government and the opposition consists of parties based on varying degrees of liberalism.

It remains to be seen as to whether a Supreme Court of Canada dominated by Liberal appointees will eventually clip the wings of these high flying "human rights" tribunals.

That said, These tribunals (federal and provincial) have managed to make "human rights" an instrument of oppression and an implement of war in the hands of jihadist complainants.