BC Human Rights summary
To be transparent here, I was involved in the B.C. hearings. As a member of the board for the Canadian Association of Journalists, my affidavit was part of a CAJ request for intervenor status, which was granted. Our lawyer, Jason Gratl, formally argued the tribunal had no business interfering with the Charter-given right of freedom of the press and that Section 7 of the provincial human rights legislation should be struck down.
Paul Schneidereit also gives us more on the BC Human Rights court session that ended this weekend.
Hopefully, “testing the weakness” of our freedoms will actually work to our advantage.