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Dear Senator Cools;
I'm certain you are aware of the controversy arising from two cases which are under consideration by various federal and provincial 'Human Rights' commissions or tribunals, the first being a complaint against Western Standard publisher, Ezra Levant and the other against Maclean's Magazine and writer Mark Steyn.
As the Canadian Civil Liberties Association’s Alan Borovoy recently wrote, “During the years when my colleagues and I were labouring to create such commissions, we never imagined that they might ultimately be used against freedom of speech.” This, despite the fact that many warned of exactly such an event. As you'll know, the HRC's were enacted to protect individuals from discrimination in such factual matters as equal right to housing and employment. But we Canadians are largely a tolerant lot and since few of us are inclined to discriminate, the bureaucrats of the HRC's, finding themselves underemployed and naturally inclined to gathering power, have now included such inalienable rights as free speech to be part of their regulatory purview. The result is that one of, if not the most fundamental rights in a free society is under attack by the state itself.
An example of the power of the state run amok now apparently, involves yourself. I refer to a September 5, 2003 internet posting by an individual posting under the name '90sAREover' on a 'Freedomsite Forum' in which you are referered to as:
“Not only is Canadian Senator Anne Cools is a Negro, she is also an immigrant!
And she is also one helluva preachy c*nt.
She does NOT belong in my Canada. My Anglo-Germanic people were here before
there was a Canada and her kind have jumped in, polluted our race, and forced
their bullshit down our throats.
Time to go back to when the women nigger imports knew their place…
And that place was NOT in public!
Allegedly the poster, under the username '90sAREover' is none other than Richard Warman. Mr. Warman is a Toronto lawyer and 'human rights activist' who on behalf of only himself, has laid 26 complaints to HRC's - more than all other complaints combined. Even though Mr. Warman had no 'personal stake' in the nature of the alleged hateful writings or comments, his complaints were heard, the 'defendants' convicted, and Mr. Warman was awarded sums of money. And as you'll undoubtably also know, Mr. Warman - unlike the defendant - had all costs paid for by the state or, to put it bluntly, we taxpayers.
Mr. Warman was previously an employee of the Canadian Human Rights Commission from July 2002 to March 2004. In other words, while working as an agent of the state, Mr. Warman also acted as an agent provocateur, soliciting hateful comments from other posters who could then face the wrath of the commission for whom he worked. Mr. Warman has apparently also misused his power by posting similarly under the username 'Lucy'. In testimony beginning January 29, 2007 Richard Warman admitted under oath in Canadian Human Rights Tribunal hearing (Case T1073/5405) that he was, in fact, the poster named 'lucy' who had registered on the Freedomsite (and other) forums.
Mr. Warman is not the only 'mole' within the HRC's who is abusing the power accorded him by the state. Senior CHRC “human rights investigator” Dean Steacy, who once said that “freedom of speech is an ”American concept“. previously posted at a white nationalist website called Stormfront and posts under the name ”Jadwarr“
Under section 13, two small words comprising just eight letters, give absolute power to the state, a power that is completely contrary to the Magna Carta and 800 years of British jurisprudence and tradition. Those words are 'likely to' and they are weilded as a weapon against those who would dare to utter anything not expressly approved by the state. They move the question from fact to conjecture and allow bureaucrats of the state to determine whether what lies in the hearts and minds of Canadian citizens is acceptable to the state, as defined by the self-same bureaucrats. Which perhaps explains the perfect conviction rate against those who face the star chamber tribunals.
I note the irony of current HRC investigator and lawyer Shirlene McGovern, saying to Mr. Levant, "you're entitled to your opinion". To which Mr. Levant of course replied, "That's not true. If that were the case I wouldn't be sitting before you today."
I am calling upon you and your collegues in the Senate, as well as our Members of Parliament to examine the issues of the 'human rights' processe in Canada. Furthermore, I call upon you to reaffirm the fundamental rights of all Canadians to freedom of speech - even distasteful, abhorrent speech with which we personally disagree. The tribunals must be reined in if not disbanded. My uncle and hundreds of thousands like him, died at a tender young age, in defense of our freedom to not just say what is palatable to all, but even to offend or be offended and I ask you now, to help us ensure that my uncle, Peter Biollo, dead at 21 as a bombardier in France, did not die in vain.
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Posted by: no guff at January 20, 2008 6:18 PM
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