Supremely good - and much credit to the coalition for pursuing the repeal. Keep it up!

Prof Moon gets it about right. In addition, The Tribunal must exercise greater procedural control requiring a higher degree of impartiality and hard evidence. Too many Members, such as the ex-Mayor of Toronto, do not exercise appropriate restraint in public on their personal feelings and opinions such that there is no divide between their personal and their role as an objective adjudicator. There needs to be more care in differentiating the advocacy role that the Tribunals exercise and their role in adjudication. The Tribunal becomes an industry for advocates, who fulfill all roles of police, jury and the judge as well as social advocacy.

This is very good news. That CHRC chief, Jennifer Lynch should procrastinate by measuring reaction from interested parties means that she is totally ill equipped to understand the meaning of FREE SPEECH, hence equally ill equipped to be in charge of this Star Chamber.

Fire. Them. All.

I agree with you, Dick, however the CHRC, abetted by the complicit liberal media, will see to it that Moon’s report is buried. The liberal left has been trying to Sovietize Canada for decades. They’re not about to let one man stop them. The late great William F. Buckley Jr. once lamented that the trouble with fascism is that it always makes war on its own people first. Look what Obama is about to do to the American people. I’m surprised he hasn’t borrowed some tips from the CHRC to impose his own version of the Star Chamber.

Finally-some common sense!!

I remember Stephen Harper, President of the N.C.C.
I really liked him.

So who is this guy at 24 Sussex Drive? He kind of looks like the Stephen Harper (I thought) I knew, but that’s about all.

And about Rob Nicholson, he voted FOR scrapping Section 13 at the Winnipeg Convention, but to the best of my knowledge “Frau” Jennifer Lynch, head of the Canadian Gestapo (a.k.a. CHRC) is still there.

Excellent points, Robert. Stephen Harper, late of the NCC, is pretend head of a so-called conservative party. That guy at 24 Sussex is leader of Canada’s Liberal Lite Party, ostensibly a right of centre movement formed to counteract the radical secular progressives who have commandeered Canadian politics since Pierre Trudeau in 1968. Liberal influence in Canada is so utterly pervasive that even a good conservative like Harper is cowed into subservience. We desperately need our own Goldwater/Reagan to champion a genuine conservative resurgence. How bad is it in Canada? Well, if the Canadian people hadn’t been desensitized to massive state interevention in our lives, the very idea of a human rights commission would have been laughed out of town. Today most liberals accept this brazen attack on free speech as the price of Canadian citizenship. It’s downright scary.

Congratulations, NCC!

As far as the Human Rights Tribunals go, no doubt there is a place for them but I am not sure we got its concept right. Something like Human Responsibilities Tribunals or Commission sounds better. It also should function under the same jurisprudence as other courts but with its own area of expertise. Somehow, Lynch seems to radiate more interest in internet expression issues than dealing with common sence problems on street level.
I prefer Stephen Harper a hundred times to the views and the objectives of the Trudeaus, the Chretiens and the Dions. Common sense means appreciating that in the realm of the political arena the players work within the boundaries of the parliamentary system. As such, Harper has to find consensus on issues, which his opponents gave him on a surprising number of occasions in the last parliament when they failed to show for a vote. He accomplished far more than people seem to realize. His leadership was there for all to see. Give him credit.

Robert & Barry you don’t seem to get it! If history has taught us anything, it is that Conservative values cannot be implemented or even listened to until the Conservatives have power. Harper is brilliant enough to recognize this and follow the success formula of the 47year Conservative dynasties of Ontario - campaign to the centre and rule from centre right. By doing this, over time, Harper is also shifting the political centre to the right.

Thought some of you might be interested in Mark Steyn’s comments (www.marksteyn.com). He and Ezra Levant and the publicity (however small from the left-wing media) they generated are the reason that Section 13 may be repealed.
In my opinion, not just section 13 but the whole CHRC should be abolished along with all these quasi judicial commissions like Securities Commissions. They are all kangaroo courts able to fulfill their own agendas because the same people investigate, prosecute and sentence. The victim (accused - ha!) has to fight the unlimited resources of the state at his own expense.

So Dave thinks that Barry and I don’t get it?
Even the Toronto Star (which I will not have in my house) agrees that Section 13 should be scrapped. Read about it on Many Liberals and left wing groups agree. This is a no risk move for Harper, if he does not want to lead, he should at least follow.

The Red Star to the right of a former NCC president!
Who would have thunk it!

Dave S., may I introduce you to Read’s Law? Coined by Leonard E. Read of the Foundation for Economic Education, the law states: You cannot fly higher in office then you flew getting there. Electioneering ramps up expectations. The voters expect you to deliver on your promises. Anything less marks you as a liar. You cannot legitimately aspire to elected office underhandedly. Put your cards on the table and you will be judged accordingly. Pull the wool over their eyes and you will also be judged accordingly.

Barry Jackson, the fact that the Ontario Conservatives enjoyed almost 47 years of uninterupted political power was no accident. Their formula for success of campaigning to the centre and ruling to the centre right is the secret to Conservative success in Canada. No different than the left when the Liberals have historically been willing to follow NDP ideology but moving much slower and much more incrementally.

No doubt, the Conservatives will eventually repeal Section 13 but are thankfully not crashing into it.