The Commission of Human Wrongs
Report calls for abolition of human rights commissions
WINNIPEG MB – The Frontier Centre for Public Policy today called for the complete abolition of Canada’s Human Rights Commission system.
Nigel Hannaford, the author of The Commission of Human Wrongs, says that the Commissions useful anti-discrimination functions can be transferred to the regular court system.
“The Human Rights Commissions,” he says, “should be retired.”
But failing this ideal solution, he adds, human rights codes should be amended by the removal of speech-restrictive sections or, if this too is beyond the reach of timid politicians, such common law defences as truth and fair comment should be added to the legislation.
But, in the end, Hannaford says that the commissions must go. “Ottawa must show the way by winding up the Canadian Human Rights Commission, for it is from Ottawa that the provinces will take their signal.”
Click to download a copy of The Commission of Human Wrongs
Nigel Hannaford
Nigel Hannaford, 60, is a 32-year newspaperman, for many years in operations, but now serving on the editorial board of the Calgary Herald. British by birth, Hannaford has worked in Canada for most of his professional life.
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy is an independent, non-profit organization that under-takes research and education in support of economic growth and social outcomes that will enhance the quality of life in our communities.
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