As you know, there has been much controversy surrounding Canadian (federal and provincial) human rights commissions, and their apparent disregard for Constitutional rights. But what has happened today is completely unthinkable. The Liberal Ontario government has put forward changes to that province's legislation controlling the Ontario Human Rights Commission. But the thing is it's not for the better. They're actually tilting the legislation in Ontario in favour of the OHRC bureaucrats and their supporters (story).
Yes you read right. Ontario Attorney General Chris Bentley has introduced legislation designed to make it easier for complaints to be heard by the OHRC, as well as speeding up the process and removing the $10,000 cap that previously was in place for "mental anguish".
Wow! So you mean to tell me that even the most ludicrous claims can now be heard by the OHRC? McGuinty didn't want to see even a single case be rejected from being heard? And you mean to tell me that those complainants, who generally win almost every case anyways, could be entitled to over $10,000 worth of compensatory damages? All without spending a single dime of their own money, or ever appearing before an actual bonafide judge?
There is something terribly wrong with this picture.
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