Tory MP: HRC cases "scurrilous"; supports Keith Martin's bill

Here is a copy of their e-mail exchange. My favourite part, needless to say, is where Stanton calls the human rights charges against Mark Steyn and I "scurrilous cases". I agree! He ends his letter to David with an encouraging word: "I support Keith Martin's Bill".

But Stanton makes a factual error: he says that the cases against Steyn and me have been brought in provincial jurisdictions, and thus Stanton (and the federal Conservative government) cannot do anything about it.

But, in fact, the complaint against Mark Steyn was filed in no fewer than three jurisdictions (thus inventing a new abuse of process that I will dub "triple jeopardy"). One of those jurisdictions is indeed the Canadian Human Rights Commission, a creature of and subject to the federal Parliament. You can see a copy of that federal complaint here.

Look, it's easy to lose track of all the human rights shenanigans -- there's so much baloney out there, even Richard Warman, Canada's complainer-in-chief, can't seem to remember all the details of his own cases. I'm not upset that Stanton has mixed up his BCHRT with his OHRC and his CHRC. But now that he knows Steyn's "scurrilous case" has in fact been seized by the CHRC, I look forward to him doing something about it!

Of course, the real solution is not for Stanton to meddle in any particular case, whether or not it's scurrilous. The real solution is for the abusive, corrupt law itself to be dealt with -- and Stanton should do that whether or not Steyn's case proceeds. Right now, the Conservative government is not neutral on the matter: Rob Nicholson's 50-page defence of the section 13 thought crime provision of the Canadian Human Rights Act has made this a very live and very current issue for the government, and that brief doesn't mention Steyn.

That's the point here, folks. We're not just upset about political censorship because Steyn and me and other conservatives have been charged under those laws. We're upset about those laws no matter who is charged under them, because we don't believe that political censorship, by the government, is appropriate in a country whose anthem contains the words "the True North, strong and free."

I'm putting Stanton down on our side of the ledger. Anyone who supports Keith Martin's bill, and calls the cases against Steyn and me "scurrilous" is on our team. But I sent a note back to David, encouraging him to point out to Stanton that he needs to do more than just point fingers at abusive provincial HRCs -- the federal Conservative government runs the most abusive HRC of all.

Please take 30 seconds to write a note to Stanton, here. Tell him he's on the right track, but he needs to bone up on the CHRC's own scurrilous conduct, too.