CHRC squanders your tax dollars to intervene in lawsuit between private individuals
A courtroom source informs me that the CHRC sent a non-staff lawyer, one Barbara Nicholls, to intervene in the Vigna Levant libel trial. Evidently the CHRC flak waltzed into the courtroom unannounced, approached the bench and began arguing on behalf of Vigna and the CHRC against a Levant request for disclosure.
Odd given the CHRC is not a party to this suit, nor did they file an application prior to this unnannounced intervention. But then again when did the CHRC ever show anything but contempt for due process and the rule of law.
As documents reveal, specifically Access to Information requests, the CHRC has been advising, even quarterbacking Vigna's lawsuit against Levant using your tax dollars. Lawyers do not come cheap, I have been given estimates of between 5 and 10 thousand dollars to cover Barb's fee's.
What makes this an especially egregious example of unbridled arrogance and contempt is that the CHRC wasted a significant amount of tax payer money in a petty, paranoid effort to conceal the identity of one of their Super Duper Secret Agents. The Judge in his wisdom effectively answered Levant's disclosure request by providing the answer to a simple yes or no question.
Remember this: The CHRC squandered your money in a vindictive effort to tie up a private proceeding and inflict more pain on the defendant, all to satisfy their perverse sense of self-importance. It's called Lawfare.
Why? Cause that's how Nazis roll.
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Update! Vigna Screams Like A Pantywaist!
Confidential sources have provided me with copies of Ezra Levant's Access To Information Requests to the CHRC, or as they are more accurately referred to in our circle "Access To Numerous Blank Pages Requests"
This one is completely redacted - 16 pages of NOTHIN!
The next one is a bit better, we get the Screamin Like A Pantywaist Vigna!
Screamin Vigna!
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Not exactly a huge surprise. Vigna was allegedly libeled during the course of his duties. So the employer is defending their staff person and the integrity of his and their position.
No Harry the CHRC was just wasting your money and mine, everything that was necessary to be revealed per Levant's disclosure request was done so at the Judge's order. It was a total waste of tax payer money.
I agree Blaze it was a waste of our tax dollars, it's high time the Justice Minister was held into account for allowing the CHRC to provide any type of cross legal counsil in a civil lawsuit where's the acountability? It reeks of conflict of interests.
Was the judge okay with the Lawyer waltzing in without prior notice?
Everyone had a WTF??? moment when she approached the bench, counsel advised not to fight her presence. This is a good and fair judge by all accounts who elected to tolerate her.
Canada needs a new Justice Minister, one that will go after the CHRC behavior and actually investigate these totalitarian thugs.
The CHRC has too much taxpayer money and no accountability.
Fire. Them. All.
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The number one indicator that demonstrates Canada as a haven for hate is the existence of the CHRC.
Canadian Hate Rights are permitted to exist because relatively few care enough to stop their executioners.
In keeping with other insanities of our age, they are turning out our Lights...
One by One.
And no government, or part of government, is willing to stand up against them. Canada has no Statesmen.
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It's close to budget year end in Ottawa and bureaucrats dread the thought of having to explain embarrassing cash balances. Spend as much as possible as fast as possible.
The freedom of information request should be quickly answered as to the nebulous non tax wasting reasons a shyster was hired and directed to intervene (snicker).
BCF, what's your sense of how the trial is going so far? Anything that you can share?
It goes well Meadowlark, as well as these things may be judged.
What do you do with more lawyers on staff than there are cases to work on?
Reduce your staff, influence, power and budget in an ideological war? Unilaterally disarm?
Please don't be silly. You make work wherever you can find it, even if it means possibly creating some of that hate and discontent you claim to reduce.
In a war, it's about how much staff, influence, power and budget you have to define what is the hate and discontent needing defeat.
I myself had a wtf momemt when I read the post. Hey what's 10-15K when it is to protect the Stasi?
BCF, I feel now's a good time to register a thank you for the huge effort it takes to run this blog. The cause is worthy and you are certainly having a significant effect.
So, thank you.
Why Thank you Glasnost, I regard it as my vocation now;)
I'm thinking of having a special "Let's Violate Section 13 (1) Day" on my blog, that could get real nasty but in a fun way I hope.
Think about it - big picture style:
An Agent of the State has just circumvented legal procedures in order to exercise influence over the course of a private court case.
That is a really, really big deal!
All joking aside - this is way bigger than just some taxpayer money being wasted! I think we need a police investigation right away into the possible attempt by the government to corrupt the courts!
I agree with most of the posted comments so far - except for Harry and his Gypsy Accordion.
Harry, you used the word integrity in the same paragraph as the CHRC and one of its most inserene employees. Oxymoronic isn't it?
As usual BCF.. Great job with the blog.
Welcome home.
Regards,
Blaze thanks for the response and thanks for attending the trial. A WTF moment for sure, but it sounds like they wanted to sandbag Ezra's defense team?
From my research I have a theory on what I believe has transpired over the past two decades, but I really don't need a libel suit so I'll keep said theory to myself for now.
Not a surprising move from the CHRC, not sure how they look at themselves in the mirror.
You know Ezra is not far from the mark, after that move. Should be more to follow I think. No doubt all kinds of back door politics going on.
I'll bet he has a surprise in store;)
How do these people take themselves seriously?
Anything to protect a cushy government job I suspect Tru, one that confers a faux status for Jennifer Lynch among her mentors Mouammar Qadaffi & Castro etc.
Any idea what the issue being reported to the police (page 13) was about ?
Nothing specific but I suspect some idiot wrote him a nasty letter, it doesn't take much to spook these guys.
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