the blog quebecois

The Winnipeg Sun:

Imagine a society where people were free to express their opinions on most subjects, no matter how unpopular, and the only thing standing in their way was the sanction of open debate and public scrutiny.

In other words, it would be a society where adults were treated as adults.

This society cannot become reality as long as human rights commissions exist in their current form.

This transcends ideological lines, as it is not good in any society to always have to look over your shoulder or watch what you say in case the thought police are on your tail.

Created by legislation, these tribunals have become a way for mainly left-wing interest groups to bypass elected legislatures and criminalize opinion they dislike.

Joseph Quesnel looks at Human Rights Commissions, in particular the complaint filed against Free Dominion.

These farcical commissions -- call them by their true names, kangaroo courts and star chambers -- have no place in an ostensibly-free society. I once took a look at a year's worth of decisions by the British Columbia HRC and I could predict without fail the outcome of each case by reading a summary of the complaint.

They are stacked with activists; the rules of evidence are non-existent; you are not entitled to legal counsel during the proceedings. They are an utter blot upon Canadian jurisprudence.

To be sure, you can appeal their prestamped "verdict" in Provincial Court at the Superior or Queen's Bench level. That is, if you have $10,000 (for starters) in loose change to finance it. Make that $100,000 if you take it to the Supremes. With the government bankrolling your opponent all the way.

These disgraceful institutions should be dynamited and then the ground salted so that nothing ever grows there again.