Ontario Human Rights Commisssion Admits Case Against MacLean’s Is Worthless
RightGirl at Girl on the Right on Apr 10 2008 at 6:33 am | Filed under: Activism, Feature Article, Islam, The War on Terror
There is no basis for it, and they have thrown it out.
In a recent decision, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (the “Commission”) decided not to proceed with complaints filed against Maclean’s magazine related to an article “The future belongs to Islam”. The complainants alleged that the content of the magazine and Maclean’s refusal to provide space for a rebuttal violated their human rights.
Denying a service because of human rights grounds such as race or creed can form the basis for a human rights complaint. However, the Ontario Human Rights Code (the “Code”) does not give the Commission the jurisdiction to deal with the content of magazine articles through the complaints process.
Interesting. From this day forward, I am rebranding Girl on the Right as a web magazine, not a web log.
Unfortunately, I will also have to write longer articles about how Muslims are going to destroy freedom and enslave us:
Section 13 of the Code makes it illegal to display or publish certain kinds of offensive material. But its limits on freedom of expression are narrow. For the Code to apply, the offending item must be a notice, sign, symbol, emblem or other similar representation that indicates an intent to infringe, or incite others to infringe, a right under the Code. Therefore, a sign would fall within this section, but a five-page article conveying the same message would not.
Now, before we get too excited, remember that there’s still the British Columbia HRC to contend with in this matter.
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