I love how he is presenting the facts to this so-called investigator - some might say he is being unnecessarily confrontational but I rather see it that he's genuinely responding to being victimized and his indignation is natural. All too often such civil servants bait and cultivate individuals in such circumstances - all the while demanding a robotic and detached 'cooperation' from the person they are manipulating. Yes this is evidence of a generally ignored problem growing in our society. Pseudo judicial agencies like human rights commissions employ people who have a tendency to lord over their discretionary powers. Some do this as motivated by their own socialist agendas. Let us not forget the pandering of such socialist agents to special interest groups.
My godbrother had a terrible experience with the AHRC in 1994-5 and we still reel when we think about it.
Ezra is cool - it is sad that he must be fighting something that we ought not have to [yet we're lucky someone as well spoken and informed as he is doing this] - as he noted - she was hunting for a thought crime...
No matter whatever the idiots at AHRC think - Ezra is correct and he has a right to publish what he wants - for whatever reason he wants.
If he offended a real law - like section 319 of the criminal code - he would be talking to RCMP not that bogus unqualified so-called investigator.
We can thank God that in Ottawa we have a government not prone to following suit with such agencies as their Liberal predecessors have.
When shall the population understand that Liberalism does not mean more freedoms!
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I saw her rolling her eyes and crossing her arms. Resistance was written all over her.
I was thinking the same thing. Her body language is pure frustration and annoyance at his challenge of her "authority" and she would rather swallow her own tongue than admit Ezra is absolutely 100% right.
-Mac
It is almost like Ezra is daring the HRC to rule against him. Perhaps as Riley suggests, it would give him a chance to get this to a "real" court.
It is almost like Ezra is daring the HRC to rule against him. Perhaps as Riley suggests, it would give him a chance to get this to a "real" court.
He could well be doing exactly that. If Ezra is convicted and/or fined, he can appeal it in the Supreme Court which opens the possibility of having the legislation which empowers HRCs to be declared unconstitutional.
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In my world, I look outside every day and see little idiots in even smaller boats playing chicken with the shipping, but this is different. This matters.
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don muntean wrote:
"...HE'S DEAD BY THE WAY..."
I love how he is presenting the facts to this so-called investigator - some might say he is being unnecessarily confrontational but I rather see it that he's genuinely responding to being victimized and his indignation is natural.
I don't think he's being unnecessarily confrontational at all. He's laying up a good record for a "Charter" challenge of the whole basis for these proceedings. Frankly, I wonder why he (and Marc Steyn and Macleans for that matter) didn't seek to enjoin the inquiry on Chater grounds.
I also wonder if Ezra Levant is a lawyer? His presentation seems lawyerly. In any event, here's a listing, recently posted here (link) on what looks like Mr. Levant's youtube account, of the videos of the HRC proceedings:
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On a side note: Isn't it a bit ironic, that we - as Conservatives - are the ones standing up for civil liberties in Canada?
Honestly I think it goes beyond conservatives
you had gay groups standing up for that homophobe in Alberta
the Muslim Canada Congress is standing up for mark styen
in both cases these groups disgree with the content of the articles but find it stupid that these people are going before HRC's
I think honestly if anything we need to try and get people who support other political parties informed of the issues. This is bigger than the CPC or conservatism, this is about freedom of speech and expression is a free society, something most logical people can agree on.
As well, maybe we should start a facebook group specifically opposed to these HRC's. All the ones iv seen (for styen and ezra) are for the specific issue.
Iv often seen articles in the paper about facebook groups, and they have a way of scaring politicans into action.
We can thank God that in Ottawa we have a government not prone to following suit with such agencies as their Liberal predecessors have.
Boy are you guys blind to the status quo attitude of the new Progressive Party of Canada led by Stephen Harper.
The last two appointments to the CHRC by Harper were liberals. He just appointed a technocrat as the new Chief Commissioner of the CHRC rather than a constructionist as he was urged to do!!!
If you wish to have things changed in this country then you must be honest about our leaders and our political parties.
There is no conservative or right of centre party or government in Canada. Harper and the new Progressive Party has become more liberal than the liberals. My God he just doled out 1 billion dollars to communities that are supposedly sufferring from economic downturn. Even though he spent this whack load of taxpayers money, the provinces and the socialists of this country are saying it is not enough.
Harper stood for many changes to this country before he chose to run for the leadership of the Alliance. During that race he said over and over and over again that he would not merge with the PCPC. However, he did and that was the first of many lies and half truths out this man. I just cannot fathom how any conservative can trust him or any political party in this country.
Will it take an armed revolution or a serious terrorist attack to open the eyes of the Canadian people? Things must change in this country and change quickly or it will become nothing moe than a lighter version of France and other European countries that embraced socialism to the degree Canada has.
I am only thankful that my kids have cuaght on with respect to the socialists politicans of this country and their hatred for freedoms. They now are purposely looking to move their studies in university to the USA so they can get out of this cesspool of socialism.
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