Human rights codes do far more good than harm. Even if you agree with Ezra Levant’s decision to publish the controversial cartoons of Mohammed, that’s no reason to call for an end to human rights commissions MARVIN KURZ Special to Globe and Mail Update In February, Ezra Levant decided to parachute straight into the eye […]
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SUPREME COURT OF CANADA
Date: 20050224 Docket: 29865 Between: [divider type=”simple”] Her Majesty the Queen Appellant [dropcap type=”simple” text_color=”#f47364″]V[/dropcap] Krystopher Krymowski, Ryan Douglas Marshall, Quinn Mason McFarlane, Michael Peter Schultz, J.J.V. and A.M.V. Respondents ‑ and ‑ Attorney General of Canada, League for Human Rights of B’Nai Brith Canada and Canadian Jewish Congress Interveners Coram: McLachlin C.J. and Major, […]
Read MoreRoss v. New Brunswick School District No. 15
Present: Lamer C.J. and La Forest, L’Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin, Iacobucci and Major JJ. ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR NEW BRUNSWICK [divider type=”simple”] David Attis, appellant [dropcap type=”simple” text_color=”#f47364″]V[/dropcap] The Board of School Trustees, District No. 15, respondent, and The Human Rights Commission of New Brunswick, Malcolm Ross, the Department of […]
Read MoreMedia References to Osgoode’s Raoul Wallenberg International Human Rights Symposium
The rights of terrorists? What rights? The debate centres on whether the law sees them as another form of ordinary criminal or as a combatant, says lawyer MARVIN KURZ The Globe and Mail, Print Edition, 25/02/06 Let’s imagine Osama bin Laden were sitting at a corner cafe, sipping a latte and reading the Internet edition […]
Read MoreProtocols of hate block peace in the Mideast
A joke that circulated in various forms during the Second World War imagined a confrontation between a Nazi and a Jew. “The Jews are the cause of all of the problems of the world ” says the Nazi. The Jew nods sagely and replies: “Yes, the Jews and the bicycle riders.” “Why the bicycle riders?” […]
Read MorePublisher defies ‘junk lawsuit’ over Muhammad cartoons
IN HONOUR of World Press Freedom Day, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) held a panel discussion May 3 at the University of Toronto.Entitled ‘Drawing Controversy: The Muhammad Cartoons,’ the event addressed the backlash of militant Muslims against Danish caricatures of Islam’s most sacred prophet. The panel of media experts asked: “What have we learned? […]
Read MoreProtocols of Hate Block Peace
A joke that circulated in various forms during the Second World War imagined a confrontation between a Nazi and a Jew. “The Jews are the cause of all of the problems of the world ” says the Nazi. The Jew nods sagely and replies: “Yes, the Jews and the bicycle riders.” “Why the bicycle riders?” […]
Read MoreThe free-speech tipping point
When it comes to curbing hate crimes, there’s good news and bad news. That’s bad news, says B’nai Brith’s MARVIN KURZ – by Marvin Kurz Sometimes an old joke has a timely moral. Before sending her somewhat sheltered son off for his first day at school, Goldie hugged him and said: “Good luck, sweetie. Be […]
Read MoreWarring couples misuse courts, judge says
Breaking News KIRK MAKIN, Globe and Mail Wednesday, April 09 4:31 AM An Ontario judge has criticized the criminal-court system for permitting warring spouses to lodge assault charges as part of a strategy aimed at winning custody of their children. Ontario Court Judge Bruce Pugsley expressed frustration that a spouse can cause family-law havoc, setting […]
Read MoreJudge finds court abused in spousal assault case
WES KELLER, Orangeville Citizen In what is likely to be seen as a landmark case, Ontario Court Justice Bruce Pugsley has found that the criminal court system was misused by a father to gain custody of his children in a marriage that was “inevitably” doomed.In a 10-page written judgment, Judge Pugsley found that although Alison […]
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