Ontario 'Human Rights' Commission Drops Mindcrime Charges
Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:08:46 am PDT
Last week the Ontario Human Rights Commission dropped their absurd Kafkaesque “human rights” charges against Maclean’s magazine—not because their witch hunt was wrong and offensive, but because they “lacked jurisdiction.”
But their statement makes it clear they intend to continue trying to control the free expression of ideas in Canada, especially when it comes to criticism of Islam.
Even though the Commission is not proceeding with these complaints, it still has a broader role in addressing the tension and conflict that such writings cause in the community and the impact that they have on the groups that are being singled out.
While freedom of expression must be recognized as a cornerstone of a functioning democracy, the Commission strongly condemns the Islamophobic portrayal of Muslims, Arabs, South Asians and indeed any racialized community in the media, such as the Maclean’s article and others like them, as being inconsistent with the values enshrined in our human rights codes. Media has a responsibility to engage in fair and unbiased journalism.
In a country whose media lean so far to the left that they risk tilting the whole continent, that last sentence is laughable.
