Cross-examining the CHRC
tagged Canada, Canadian Human Rights Commission, CHRC, Ezra Levant, HRC, human rights commission, internet, Maclean's, Marc Lemire, Mark Steyn, Morley Scott, Richard Warman and Rod Phillips
Well, today is it — the big day when Marc Lemire gets his opportunity to cross-examine staff of the Canadian Human Rights Commission about the possibility that, during the course of “undercover” activities on the internet, they may have engaged in actions that, legally, could be described as entrapment (for example, posting racist diatribes on white supremacist forums and then using those diatribes as grounds for a hate crimes complaint). Former HRC staffer Richard Warman may find himself subject to a particularly detailed kind of scrutiny, if Lemire has his way.
Ezra Levant has an excellent primer published explaining what’s what about this hearing.
Lemire may be a racist, and despicable on that count, but his fight against the CHRC may just be the start of something larger that, in an ideal case, will lead to either the dissolution or severe limitation of scope of human rights commissions in Canada.
Be sure to check the websites of Ezra Levant and Mark Steyn for what I’m sure will be up-to-the-minute details of any and all news that gets out pertaining to Mr. Lemire’s stand against the human-rights-violations-in-motion that are Canada’s human rights tribunals.
And while you’re at it, be sure to have a read of Five Feet of Fury and Blazing Cat Fur for all the colour commentary to go along with the news. The Morley Scott to Levant and Steyn’s Rod Phillips. Or…the Rod Phillips to their Morley Scott.
Either way, it’s funny.
Update: Welcome, Steynians!
