16 Aug 2011 Great News: Ontario plans review of rights tribunal

Toronto Star, August 13 2011 : Earlier this year, Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak reversed his stand on his promise to scrap the human rights tribunal. He now says that if he is elected in the Oct. 6 provincial election, he would “fix” the human rights system, which he once referred to as a “kangaroo court”.

Ontario is launching a one-year probe into the province’s human rights watchdog. Toronto lawyer Andrew Pinto will examine changes made in 2008 to the Human Rights Code — including if the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario is effectively doing its job.

Hudak’s fix includes adopting clearer rules of evidence in terms of complaints. Keep reading