Today’s Lynch List

Alright, here we go.

First off, a success story, apparently: From Pareta: Touch my linky: A Canadian Law Reform Success Story:

Not too long ago there was a huge dust-up between a few in the Ontario government wishing to help those Ontarians struggling “to navigate the torturous process” of Human Rights Commission complaints and the white dude peanut gallery who built the system.now helping Jessica Maciel, a young woman who was fired for being pregnant and subsequently vindicated.

Today we see those so-called controversial changes

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Second, Mark Mercer writes about Alberta’s Bill 44 for the Ottawa Citizen: Sex-ed is part of an equal education:

Alberta, this summer, enacted legislation allowing parents to remove their children from classes when the lesson concerns sex, sexuality (including sexual orientation), or religion. Under Bill 44, children whose parents have removed them from class are not responsible on tests or assignments for the material they have missed. It will be implemented starting next fall.

Bill 44 directly contradicts the principle that every child has the opportunity to acquire as good an education as every other child. It is this principle that underlies Canada’s commitment, backed by law, to compulsory education to age 16. After all, no one can enjoy equality of opportunity in life if he or she has been denied equality of opportunity in education, and equality of opportunity in life is a bedrock value of liberal society.

Read the rest here. H/t to Blazing Cat Fur.

Third, a letter to the editor at the National Post: The Good Ship CHRC fairy tale:

Re: Saving The CHRC Through Amputation, George Jonas, Oct. 31.

The great thing (perhaps the only great thing) about Jennifer Lynch and the Canadian Human Rights Commission is that their antics can be fitted into so many literary frames. So while George Jonas espies glimmers of a famous Herman Melville saga involving a big fish and an obsessed skipper, and mentions as well George Orwell and noted literary genius Monty Python, other famous works of literature can be used, too.

For example, one can envision CHRC honcho Jennifer the Red Queen and Professor Richard Moon as the Mock Turtle in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, with either Ezra Levant or Mark Steyn in the role of Alice. And isn’t Carroll’s sequel, Alice’s Adventures Through the Looking Glass, a perfect metaphor for a “human rights” tribunal hearing, since its “jurisprudence,” such as it is, is the mirror opposite of what occurs in a regular courtroom, where there’s a presumption of innocence and the truth is a defence?

But perhaps Mr. Jonas’s Moby Dick comparison does work best. After all, it’s the only one that affords us the opportunity to say re the “good ship CHRC”: Thar it blows!

Mindy G. Alter, Toronto.

Read it here. H/t to Blazing Cat Fur.

Fourth, our old pal Mohammed Elmasry shows his face again. From Scaramouche: Elmo shills for the “bagels ‘n’ samosas” scam:

Guess who’s all for “interfaith” comingling? None other than Dr. Mohamed Elmasry, the same guy who told a TV audience that every Israeli adult is fair game for an exploding shahid and the man behind the Islamist bid to push the sharia envelope by silencing Mark Steyn and Maclean’s Magazine. Here’s Elmo, all sweetness and light, from his new bully pulpit, e-rag the Canadian Charger:

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Fifth, Rex Murphy writes in the Globe and Mail: Crucifix out, warming in:

A case could be made that, whenever you hear of an action by a human-rights tribunal of any kind, you should mark it down that – quite likely – they are busy circumscribing the real rights or dignity of the various branches of Christianity, with a particular focus on Catholicism.

In this case, the European Court of Human Rights – in response to one complaint, from one atheist – told an entire country that has been the centre of world Christianity for 2,000 years to get rid of its most revered and cardinal symbol. It’s the same old story: In the name of official tolerance, mandated intolerance.

Read it all here. H/t to Freedom Through Truth.

Sixth, via Akwesasne Womens Fire: Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Delayed 3rd time:

This inquiry is open to the public.  Akwesasne Community is Welcome to Attend.  An initial investigation took place with human rights commission, enough evidence was presented to push it forward to Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.  CBSA asked for this Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to be rescheduled again, for the third time, since January.  Fallan Davis has tried to be heard for the past 4 Years, so what is another month?  CBSA’s lawyer has illness in his family, and CBSA does not want to get another lawyer to represent them.

The new dates for the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal have been rescheduled for

 

HEARING DATES: November 30th to December 18th
November 9, 10, 12, 13 November 30 – December 4     December 4, 14 – 18

START TIMES: 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

FILE NO: T1342-7208      Fallan Davis vs. C.B.S.A.

GROUNDS: Age, Race, Sex

LOCATION: NAV Canada Training Centre – Cornwall Ontario

Read it here.

Seventh, via Benzinga.com: Minister Aglukkaq Announces Appointment to Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission:

OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Nov. 9, 2009) – The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, and the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Labour, today announced the appointment of Mr. Alwyn Child to the Hazardous Material Information Review Commission (HMIRC).

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Mr. Child has also dedicated much of his career to improving human rights in Canada, beginning in 1981 as an investigator for the Canadian Human Rights Commission, and eventually becoming the Director of Policy and Planning and International Programs.

Read it here.

Finally, Kathleen Ruff on your screen; the conference; and old friends of Barbara Hall.