Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Well, in addressing--

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In addressing clause 9, what I'm addressing that it limits--

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  To clarify my comments around clause 9, I'm talking about the inability of the tribunal, most likely, to award remedies. That would be an effect of clause 9.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  May I put this in a bit of context to begin with? If Bill C-3 is passed, the commission can continue to receive complaints regarding the Indian status provision. These could include the alleged residual discrimination referenced by witnesses before this committee, due to the his

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair and honourable members. I'm very pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to the committee's review of Bill C-3, an act to promote gender equality in the registration provisions of the Indian Act. I would like to acknowledge that I meet you

Justice committee  Finding the balance between a Canadian's right to equality and the right to freedom of expression is a fundamental issue. We get our direction from the statute, the charter, and to a certain extent from international law. This balancing was achieved when the Supreme Court of Cana

Justice committee  One important point to remember is that section 13 cases represent fewer than 2% of the complaints that come to the Canadian Human Rights Commission. Within that small number, just one case has become prominent and caused the current debate about the balancing of freedom of expre

Justice committee  The legislation, in our view, works well. It could be clarified. It's effective, but we are concerned about the layperson, and clearly the layperson does not understand the meaning of hate, because no Canadian need fear that merely offensive expression will be prohibited.

Justice committee  Thank you very much, Madam Jennings. To begin with, the act does provide us with the power to initiate a complaint, and we can do that. We have not frequently done it, and we are certainly considering doing it more, based on the encouragement of Professor Moon in his report. We

Justice committee  Mr. Steacy did use the pseudonym jadewarr, and the documents that we are filing with the clerk will show that he did, and he made one single posting on the Internet. When you read it, you will see that it has clearly nothing to do with hateful expression. He also engaged in a tra

Justice committee  With the greatest of respect, sir, jadewarr is not the registered domain name of a private citizen. What I believe you're referring to is another untrue allegation, which we are again filing documentation to show has no basis in fact.

Justice committee  Pardon me?

Justice committee  We subscribe to the public service values and ethics, of course. Our various professionals would have separate ethical codes of their own--for example, our lawyers, as members of the bar, as members of the law societies, and that sort of thing--to which they subscribe.

Justice committee  The commission and its staff did no such thing. The allegations you are repeating are not true. They did not happen. The event did not happen. The book of documents I will be filing with the clerk will clarify that for you. I can clearly state that it did not happen. If I could