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Barbara Kay: Government Cutbacks at Ontario’s Human Rights Tribunal Means Real Victims of Discrimination Are Re-Victimized

November 22, 2022
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Commentary Tribunal Watch Ontario monitors and provides information, viewpoints, and recommendations about the state of the adjudicative tribunal system in Ontario. In November 2020, Tribunal Watch issued a sternly worded statement of concern regarding the Ford government’s policy of “stripping tribunals of experienced and trained adjudicators, and underfunding operations,” causing escalating delays. The Human Rights…

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Supreme Court Split Decision in Quebec Comedian Case Concerns Free Speech Advocates

November 2, 2021
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Canada’s top court upheld the freedom of a Quebec comedian to make fun of a public figure who suffers from a disability, but the narrow margin of the 5–4 decision has some advocates concerned that free speech rights are in jeopardy. In 2010, Quebec comedian Mike Ward began telling jokes about Jeremy Gabriel, a teen…

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