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In 2003, serial plaintiff Richard Warman filed a Section
13 complaint against Marc Lemire for postings on the Freedomsite message
board. None of the posting complained about were written or
approved by Marc Lemire, but because he was the webmaster of the message
board, the CHRC is trying to hold him liable.
In 2005,
Lemire challenged the constitutionality of Section 13 and 54 of the
Canadian Human Rights Act as an egregious censorship provision severely
limiting freedom of speech and thought.
The case against
Lemire dragged on for 4 years before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal,
and before the Federal Court of Canada, where the CHRC was forced to
admit they spy on Canadian and American websites.
Since
Marc Lemire and his courageous lawyer Barbara Kulaszka went to work, the
entire landscape of Section 13 censorship has changed.
On Sept 2, 2009, the Human Rights Tribunal
fully acquitted Marc Lemire, and refused to apply Section 13 due to its
unconstitutional provisions. The case has been appealed by the CHRC
human rights fanatics.
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Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act is Canada's
shameful internet censorship provision.
Section 13 makes
it an offence to "likely" "expose" privileged groups to "hatred and/or
contempt." There are NO defences under Section 13! Even truth and
intent are considered irrelevant to a finding of discrimination.
The law was enacted in 1977 in order to silence a man named John Ross
Taylor for messages he recorded onto his telephone answering machine.
In the intervening 32 years, not a single person who has been hauled up
on Section 13 charges has ever been acquitted - a 100% conviction rate.
Mainstream media outlets, from Victoria to Halifax, have demanded a
repeal of Section 13 and denounced the human rights industry. Editorials
commonly refer to the Tribunal as a "kangaroo court," and highlight how
'human rights' commissions "threaten our liberty."
On September 2, 2009, the Human Rights
Tribunal declared that Section 13 and 54 were unconstitutional.
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