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Collin May: Human rights tribunals aren't fit for purpose
It's far too easy for bad-faith complainants to abuse the system
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Recently, serial human rights complainant and transgender activist Jessica Simpson filed a number of complaints with the notoriously leftist B.C. Human Rights Tribunal. According to the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, Simpson’s complaints currently number around 18 in total. The Supreme Court of British Columbia even described her as a “prolific litigant” in 2022.
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Simpson’s complaint allegations typically accuse targeted respondents of using gender-critical language and reference to biological sex as a form of “existential denialism” against trans individuals. High-profile defendants include, among many others, journalists such as the Western Standard’s Derek Fildebrandt and the National Post’s Barbara Kay. Given recent events, one might begin to think that freedom of the press is on life support here in Canada.
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