Comments on: Canadian Human Rights Commission vs. parliamentarian’s speech

By: Todd Rogers

Todd Rogers — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:41:49 +0000

Holy *&%! I’m afraid to write what I think about that lady – I’m afraid to THINK what I think about her!

From time to time I venture across the Rainbow Bridge to get some Cuban smoke in my mouth. Were they to discover what I thought about her, I might be forced to pay a visit to her “court.” After all, small-minded feces-for-brains Stalinists are of course a vulnerable group; I might inadvertently subject them to hate thoughts.

By: Walker

Walker — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:26:13 +0000

Todd: You’re right on the money: http://ezralevant.com/2008/10/alberta-hrc-christians-have-no.html

By: Todd Rogers

Todd Rogers — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:08:40 +0000

I wonder if they have ever investigated human rights complaints made by those who may be slightly to the right. For example, a professor who claims his rights were abused because his politics were too conservative. Or perhaps The League of Puritanical Voters was subjected to hate speech from radical factions of Atheists for Marxism.

By: Bill Poser

Bill Poser — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:24:15 +0000

Canada desparately needs the equivalent of a Bill of Rights.

Actually, it has one, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It is part of the Constitution Act of 1982. Article 2(b) reads:

2. Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms:
b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication;

The difference between Canada and the US is in the jurisprudcence interpreting the protection of freedom of speech.

By: Xmas

Xmas — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:13:42 +0000

Did MP O’Neill vote for the law that created the Human Rights Commission in the first place?

If so, I’d put a hoist and a petard in these comments.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:12:31 +0000

Building on what Soronel Haetir said, perhaps the most effective way to secure free speech in Canada is for usually non-litigious people to sue their representatives in order to highlight the absurdity of these “human rights” kangaroo courts.

By: Soronel Haetir

Soronel Haetir — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:06:51 +0000

Perhaps this one will help our neighbor to the north get their act together on this sillyness. After all, it’s the legislators that have the power to change the system.

By: Bob Lipton

Bob Lipton — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:04:38 +0000

Apparently if you have the money to fight a lawsuit or you’re a member of Parliament, you have free speech in Canada. Otherwise, it’s ferme ta bouche.

Bob

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:19:57 +0000

Canada desparately needs the equivalent of a Bill of Rights.

Either that or the provinces need to apply for admission as US states, in order to protect its citizens’ (true) civil rights.