Written on 30 Jul, 2008 at 8:03 in
Human Rights Commissions | Author:
Pete Vere Senior Writer Pete Vere
Senior Writer
The Alberta Human Rights Tribunal has rendered a decision against Pastor Stephen Boissoin, a Baptist youth minister who in 2002 wrote a letter to the Red Deer Advocate denouncing homosexual activism in local public schools. The letter, which was published during the height of Canada’s debate over same-sex “marriage,” garnered much attention due to Boissoin’s having compared ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jun, 2008 at 7:33 in
Columnist, Paul Tuns | Author:
Paul Tuns Editor In recent months, the media have finally begun covering the goings-on of human rights commissions, thanks to separate complaints by different Muslims against Ezra Levant (the former publisher of The Western Standard), Maclean’s magazine and now the Halifax Chronicle-Herald newspaper. It took a complaint against one of their own tribe for journalists to finally wake up to the danger that this country’s federal ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Apr, 2008 at 14:27 in
Politics | Author:
Editor’s note: Here is a form letter sent to people inquiring about what the Prime Minister’s Office will do to protect freedom of speech and other genuine human rights, whether the government will support removing Section 13(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act or what other actions it might take to review the scope of human rights tribunals’ prosecutorial activities. One recipient of this letter posted it at ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Mar, 2008 at 11:52 in
Human Rights Commissions, Politics | Author:
Paul Tuns Editor Liberal introduces motion to modify Human Rights Act,
while Tories told to stay quiet
Liberal MP Keith Martin has introduced a motion (M-446) in the House of Commons to strip the Canadian Human Rights Commission of its Section 13(1) powers to investigate and punish the lawful expression of opinions and facts.... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Mar, 2008 at 11:12 in
Columnist, Human Rights Commissions, Rory Leishman | Author:
Rory Leishman
Every federal and provincial human rights code in Canada prohibits discrimination on the basis of religion, so why do faithful Christians not take advantage of these laws to protect themselves from anti-Christian discrimination?
To anyone who is at all familiar with human rights litigation, the answer is, or should be, obvious: Canada’s human rights ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Feb, 2008 at 9:54 in
Human Rights Commissions | Author:
Two separate human rights commission complaints launched by student pro-life groups in British Columbia have received rulings. The struggles of pro-life university students to be allowed to present their views on campus has drawn the fire of some major legal players in British Columbia.
John Hof, head of Campaign Life Coalition in the province, says student groups facing discrimination on ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 Feb, 2008 at 10:39 in
Features | Author:
Ezra Levant Editor’s note: In 2006, the now-defunct Western Standard magazine published the so-called “Danish cartoons” of the Muslim prophet Mohammed in a news story covering the international backlash against the publication of the editorial cartoons in a Danish newspaper. In response, filed a complaint with the Alberta Human Rights Commission. On Jan. 11, 2008, the Standard’s erstwhile publisher, Ezra Levant, appeared in Calgary before the commission. His opening remarks are ... (Continue reading)
