Velocity?
June 18, 2008
That’s an interesting way to put it, Ms. Lynch.
“We’ve been working on this for a long time internally,” [Jennifer Lynch] said, adding she identified it as an issue last summer, soon after taking over as chief commissioner [of the CHRC]. [But you just like to hide your light under a bushel huh Jen;) - BCF]
That said, she conceded that the “velocity” of the public debate “took all of us by surprise. It’s clear the public want to have the debate. Our job really is to animate and lead on the debate.” [Uh huh so that's why you appoint a fellow traveller in Richard Moon to conduct your rubber-stamp inquiry. - BCF]
Surprised by the “velocity” of the debate, and presumably the response, eh?
One wonders what Ms. Lynch was expecting to happen once it became common knowledge that the Canadian Human Rights Commission and its provincial contemporaries didn’t give a care in the world about the fundamental human right of freedom of expression, which all Canadians are ostensibly ensured by law? Perhaps she was expecting us to be good little Canuckistanis and just roll over to take the medicine the government had for us?
Update: It appears Ms. Lynch has a bit of a problem with the truth as well since, in her words, CHRC investigators have never posted bigoted comments to Internet forums or websites. Despite evidence to the contrary.
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