Public Safety committee  Thank you for the question. You raise an important point. For lawyers like us, very often like the carpenter we think that every problem can be solved with a hammer and nails. It's obviously true that this is not the case, very far from it. That's a very central part of our subm

Public Safety committee  What we're seeing now is that the tie between terror and hate is much closer than it has been in the past. We're advocating that in endorsing, in the way that we have, the provisions dealing with terror propaganda, subject to the caveats that we've mentioned, it is a recognition

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. B’nai Brith is Canada’s largest membership-based Jewish organization. Through its League for Human Rights and Institute for International Affairs, it is the premier advocate of human rights for Canada's Jewish community. In its submission today, B’nai Bri

Justice committee  Yes, I think it's very fair. We wanted it fixed to see if it works. But it hasn't been fixed, it's not working, and it's worse. So the question is whether doing now what should have been done five, eight, or ten years ago is enough. We're saying we've agonized over it, but now we

Justice committee  The decisions that have been made by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal are unassailable. One of the great legal clichés is that justice not only has to be done—which I believe it has been in every section 13 case, and I'd be willing to take any case to appeal—but it has to be se

Justice committee  It's yes and no, Mr. Jean. Yes, there are problems and we've acknowledged them. But I think there is also some misunderstanding that the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal is a kangaroo court, which it isn't, actually.

Justice committee  I agree with that. There are all those appeal rights you've talked about from human rights law. Don't forget that even with section 319 gone, the Canadian Human Rights Act will still be there, and it's a very important piece of legislation. The tribunal will still be there. It'

Justice committee  We need to see as well that it has gotten worse. I was asked by Mr. Casey about what's happened in the last few years. Don't forget, and one thing that's never mentioned, there's a penalty clause in the Canadian Human Rights Act, which is a terrible mistake. I remember being at t

Justice committee  Sure. I'm sorry.

Justice committee  That was our position on Lemire before the court.

Justice committee  Sorry, I've tried to jump in, and perhaps rudely so. We've talked about the consent a number of times as if it's a saving. I'm a lawyer, so like other lawyers I figure like a carpenter I can fix every problem with a hammer and nails. The consent is a red herring, in my respect

Justice committee  It won't make it better. What I'm saying is it's not enough.

Justice committee  I'll just add—

Justice committee  Sure.

Justice committee  One way, really.