Human Rights Commission Tag

29 Apr 2011 No Freedom of Thought, Belief, or Expression

The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal recently issued written reasons why it dismissed a complaint against a Knights of Columbus chapter located in the small town of L’Orignal , Ontario . The fact that the complaint was dismissed came as no surprise, but the reasons for the dismissal are certainly alarming, and provide yet another warning to Canadians how their fundamental freedoms are in serious danger.
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15 Apr 2011 A Warped Sense of Entitlement

For the most part, the Human Rights Act and Codes prohibit negative discrimination; that is, treating someone adversely on the basis of a protected ground like race or sex. While this policy is open for misuse, most notably the gradually widening definitions over what constitutes prohibited grounds, it does mirror the fundamental principle upon which any legitimate government is based: the Rule of Law.
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31 Mar 2011 A Tragic Flaw in Human Rights Tribunals

By Daniel Lublin Employers often complain that human rights tribunals are stacked against them. One employer’s recent experience, related below, demonstrates why.  After a night of drinking at a company-sponsored retreat in North Carolina, Anne-Marie Sutton slipped into a bathing suit and joined some colleagues in a hot tub. Sutton, a contractor for an Ontario accounting firm, had travelled with the company to the retreat.
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18 Mar 2011 Playing Fast and Loose With Definitions

Tr Wh Fortunately, unlike criminal violations, systemic discrimination was a rapidly disappearing problem. It is arguable whether the Human Rights Commissions and Tribunals had much of an effect on this; racial discrimination was rapidly rising to the forefront of social conscience in the decades before any legislation was put in place.
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