The latest in human rights

Alright, some of these stories might be a tad dated, but I thought they were worth highlighting all the same.

Especially this one, from Scary Fundamentalist:

With an increasing number of remedial orders issued by Human Rights Tribunals being overturned on judicial review nationwide, it seems prudent to have as much judicial oversight as possible. Especially in light of the fact that most, if not all, orders contravene the respondent's Charter rights in increasingly novel ways.

McNoughton responds by advising governments to block the reach of the courts, making Tribunal decisions more "certain and final". How dare those pesky judges question that which is handed down by the almighty Tribunal?

Her opinions leave plenty of food for thought when wondering why McNoughton was not renewed as the BCHRT chair.

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Meanwhile, Blazing Cat Fur laments: The Jackbooted Deviants Of The CHRC:

In their failed effort to railroad Free Dominion the Jackbooted Deviants at the Canadian Human Rights Commission cited the following "potential hate crime", a Flyer entitled "Does Mohammed merit criticism" which was erroneously attributed to the Freedo site.

The Flyer contained one of the "Mohammed Cartoons" as well as a picture of a Christian Girl who had been beheaded by Savage Bloodthirsty Muslims in Indonesia.

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The Wee CHRC Deviant Catherine Labelle knew enough to doubt that they could act on the Flyer which had been distributed to mailboxes and hence was beyond CHRC internet jurisdiction. However after a back and forth e-mail consult it was suggested that the complainant contact the Cops so they could exact at least some revenge against the individual who dared distribute the flyer, the individual who dared criticise the child rapist moon worshipper mohammed. You can follow the back and forth here.

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Finally, Patrick Ross at the Edmonton Conservative Examiner:

Late last year Court of Queen's Bench Justice Earl Jones determined that the AHRC frequently overstepped its constitutional and legal boundaries. The tribunal seemed to consider itself bound by few rules of procedure, and its rules of evidence were extremely lax. It's since been the role of Mason to fix the problems.

It's unsurprising that Alberta would make the decision to the lead the country in reform of its Human Rights Commission. Hopefully, other provinces will choose to follow Alberta's example.

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More to come, I'm sure...