Three Op-Eds on out-of-control HRCs

Here are three new Op-Eds that I've come across, critical of the abuse and corruption of Canada's HRCs.

The first is from Paul Schneidereit, who was at the Halifax conference on freedom of speech sponsored by the Sheldon Chumir Foundation. I like it because it zeroes in on the terrifying messiah complex expressed by the Nova Scotia HRC's boss, Krista Daley. Daley, fresh from her training at the United Nations (where she, no doubt, took plenty of lessons on "human rights" from China, Russia and Iran), told the Halifax audience that freedom of speech would have to be restricted until everyone in Nova Scotia's Animal Farm was equal -- an "almost utopia", she called it. Here's Paul's Op-Ed on her scary vision. Here's a teaser; you should read the whole thing:

 NOVA SCOTIA Human Rights Commission director and CEO Krista Daley seems like a nice enough woman. We just inhabit alternate universes.

And here's Stephen Ward's Op-Ed in the Bugle-Observer (I love that name). It's a version of the speech he gave at the same conference. I like his thinking: offensive ideas should be debated before the public, not before some hack bureaucrats like Daley.

I really thought Ward did a good job; here's his last paragraph:

I favour a journalism that encourages reasoned and reasonable discussion. But my love of fair reporting and of building cultural bridges does not insist on silencing those who may not want to build a bridge, or to speak in measured tones. Of course, we should educate citizens to tolerate and respect each other. But, we should also teach that in a plural society to be offended should be expected.

And, from Canada's other coast, here is an item from the Cowichan Valley Citizen, by Walker Morrow. It focuses on Mark Steyn's and my acquittal, and makes the point that both Mark and I have: we were let go because we're difficult for HRCs to swallow without indigestion. They prefer to go after smaller prey, who can't afford lawyers and who don't know how to effectively fight back in the court of public opinon. Money quote:

I highly suspect that Ezra Levant just became too hot to handle. He's a provocateur to the core; the creator of the firebrand Alberta Report; a forming member of the Reform Party; an attack dog for the Conservative Party. Not exactly the quiet sort, and as soon as he became embroiled in the HRC process, he became one of the foremost in the fight against it. I have no doubt that letting Ezra's complaint go was nothing more than self-preservation on the Alberta HRC's part.

Three good reads!