National Post editorial board: Abolishing S. 13 would be a big win for free speech
"The biggest problem with Sec. 13 is that its provisions make it far too easy for commissioners to find an alleged offender guilty. Unlike in a court of law — where the presumption of innocence, rules of evidence and bans on hearsay testimony protect defendants from wrongful prosecution — at a human rights tribunal complainants may remain anonymous and complaints may be filed by third parties with no direct interest in the case at hand. (Some folks even make a profitable hobby out of launching these complaints.) Hearsay evidence is perfectly acceptable, the onus to prove one’s innocence often falls on the accused, and tax dollars pay for the plaintiff’s lawyers while the accused is on his or her own to fund a defence."
Good show by the Post!
Why aren't more people frightened of how ONE person or group can ruin them on a whim- and with the Crown's help? I'm just gobsmacked by this.
I believe people are waking up slowly but surely.
section 13 is a python poised to chock democracy from our Nation by intimidation. Its an obscene Law designed by malice for power over any dissent or truth.
And to think this was a free country not that long ago. How did we ever get to this point without riots in the street ??
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