National Post – The Canadian Human Rights Commission really shouldn’t let Jennifer Lynch speak in public. Her recent attacks on her critics stated that they were both misinformed and uninformed. Here is part of the rebuttal from Russ Hiebert, Conservative MP for South Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale.
Recently, Canadian Human Rights Commission chief Jennifer Lynch criticized me for relying on “one source that is full of misinformation,” in my parliamentary study of the CHRC. It may surprise Ms. Lynch to learn that the source of my “misinformation” is her own commission and its companion body, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
Every question I raised in committee about the lack of due process and an ethics code for commission employees, and the absence of rules of evidence, came from commission and tribunal documents, many of which are currently available on the commission’s own website (www.chrc-ccdp.ca).
The transcripts of tribunal hearings provide telling evidence of the wayward approach the commission’s investigators take in prosecuting their cases. Recent hearings, such as the Marc Lemire case, have revealed that current CHRC investigator Dean Steacy and former CHRC investigator Richard Warman regularly posted neo-Nazi diatribes under assumed names on white supremacist websites. Further, uncontradicted expert evidence presented before the hearing demonstrated that investigator Steacy illegitimately used an unsuspecting private citizen’s wireless Internet service to post his offensive comments.
Perhaps not coincidentally, the commission asked the tribunal to exclude the media from the hearing that day. Fortunately, for the sake of accountability, a secret hearing was rejected and we know more about the CHRC’s inner workings.
Like any commissar with far too much power, Jennifer Lynch has resorted to pathetic attempts to discredit her opponents in a vain attempt to remain in power. One can only hope that the federal government will act on this issue soon.
July 10, 2009 at 1:01 am |
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