Lund Appeals the Decision by Alberta Court Overturning AHRC Boission Charge

Minister Lindsay Blackett, Minister responsible for the AHRC - has said that the human rights complaint against Red Deer pastor Stephen Boissoin shouldn't have ever gone to the commission.  CBC reported that:

"[The commission's] not there to mediate hurt feelings caused by some words or not," Culture Minister Lindsay Blackett told CBC. "If it's hateful, then that's a hate crime. And that's something for the Crown attorneys and the police services to investigate.”

"But the goal of the commission is to make sure people are protected against discrimination where they work, or access to accommodation, access to government services,” he added.

The commission ruling was overturned by the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench on December 4th, where Justice Earl C. Wilson held that the letter was protected under free speech laws.

Lund announced late last month that he was appealing Justice Wilson's decision.

AHRC decision overturned by Court

On Thursday Dec 3, Court of Queen's Bench Justice Earl Wilson Alberta threw out the (much maligned) AHRC decision against Rev. Stephen BOISSOIN of Red Deer.

Judge Wilson ruled that Lethbridge lawyer Lori Andreachuk made errors in her decision, and that her order for the letter writer, [Rev.] Stephen BOISSOIN, to pay a complainant $5,000 and to refrain from making "disparaging remarks" about gays was illegal and unenforceable.   

This has been a long time in coming.  I am hoping it will lead to reigning in the power of the AHRC as well as other's across the country.  I have not seen comment from Ezra LEVANT yet.


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Interview with Ezra LEVANT'S on "Shakedown"

Ezra gives some good clip with US Interview about his new book "Shakedown: How Human Rights Commissions are destroying democracy"". It opens with 15 seconds of fame for the AHRC bureaucrat who ends ominously with famous "you're entitled to your opinion" tag line - which Ezra wisely contradicts. That is priceless.