CHRC “Dismisses” Complaint Against Maclean’s Magazine

It looks like the CHRC has dismissed the complaintagainst Maclean’s which was brought on by the Canadian Islamic Congress.  The news release by Maclean’s does not explain the reason why it was dropped. So it’s any one’s  guess as to why.  I’m betting there will be a “If we coulda we woulda” statement coming out of the CHRC  soon (similar to Heir Hall’s OHRC statement after it dropped its case against Maclean’s).

While good for Maclean’s. I was hoping this complaint would have gone all the way up to the Supreme Court. We’ll have to wait and see what the BCHT Kangaroos do.  

Update: Deborah Gyapong reports that the commission didn’t “issue a Barbara Hall-ish drive by verdict”.   Hmmm…. The CIC’s response will be interesting.

Update 2: The CHRC’s Explanation

The Steyn article discusses changing global demographics and other factors that the author describes as contributing to an eventual ascendancy of Muslims in the ‘developed world’, a prospect that the author fears for various reasons described in the article. The writing is polemical, colourful and emphatic, and was obviously calculated to excite discussion and even offend certain readers, Muslim and non-Muslim alike.

Overall, however, the views expressed in the Steyn article, when considered as a whole and in context, are not of an extreme nature as defined by the Supreme Court in the Taylor decision. Considering the purpose and scope of section 13 (1), and taking into account that an interpretation of s. 13 (1) must be consistent with the minimal impairment of free speech, there is no reasonable basis in the evidence to warrant the appointment of a Tribunal.

For these reasons, this complaint is dismissed. — Jennifer Lynch mob

My guess is that the real reason was that they didn’t want to tangle with $800 per day lawyers with half functional nitwits as complainants (as witnessed at the BCHRT).