Healthy Canadian Refugee Law
Sarah Boyd of UofT Law raises some interesting issues with the Laibar Singh case on Thinking Out Loud. Singh is a 48-year man from India who entered Canada on a forged passport in 2003. But…
Civil Rights
Cherniak “Shames” B’nai Brith Canada
Jason Cherniak has some sharp critique for B’nai Brith Canada. He says on his blog, If you read this article in the Canadian Jewish News, you will learn that B’nai Brith Canada is expelling 12…
Canada puts US on Torture Watchlist
The Canadian Foreign Ministry produced a training manual that has Guantanamo Bay on its sites of torture spots. The document goes further, and lists the U.S. as a potential site for torture, along with Iran,…
More Aboriginals Shouldn’t Mean More Problems
The Globe and Mail reported today a 45% increase in Aboriginal populations over the past decade. Nunavut has the highest birthrate in the country, and also the highest proportion of Aboriginals at 85%. But many…
Protestors Invade the Supreme Court (of America)
Jonathan Kleiman of the Legal Intellects blog and of Queen’s University Law, recently reported a story about a number of anti-torture protesters that invaded the Supreme Court and were arrested. Kleiman says, Those who were…
Even Jihadists Have the Right of Free Speech
The Nanaimo Daily News ran an editorial on the Maclean’s case this week. Steyn responded to the article with some corrections. But we have our own responses to the Nanaimo editorial. Words not Actions Nanaimo…
Health Canada Bans Homosexual Organ Donations
Where is the Announcement? Health Canada has enacted new rules at the end of 2007 prohibiting organ donation from homosexual males. But the CBC reports that as of this week, those in the organ donation…
Black Anti-Gun Control
Opposition to gun control is typically associated with lobby groups such as the NRA, largely comprised of white Conservatives. Some bloggers suggest that NRA even put out this publication, described as depicting …people of Asian,…
Murphy Challenges Steyn on Human Rights
M.J. Murphy of BigCityLib blog challenges Mark Steyn to be consistent in his critique of Human Rights Commissions when they rightly target hate speech found in other quarters. Other Liberal bloggers have made similar comments…
The Oakes Test and Human Rights Tribunals
Levant on Anti-Homosexual Pastors In an article in the National Post titled, Drug dealers get the benefit of the Charter, but not pastors accused of homophobia, Ezra Levant, founder of the Western Standard and currently…
2007 International Privacy Ranking
Privacy International and Electronic Privacy Information Center recently published their 2007 privacy rankings of the state of surveillance and privacy protection in 70 countries. Prof. Simon Fodden of Osgoode Hall comments on Slaw, Clearly intended…
Hatred and Contempt Under the Canadian Human Rights Act
Hatred on the Internet Section 13(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act (“the Actâ€) makes it a discriminatory practice for a person or group of persons to communicate by means of the Internet, material that…