Fw: CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION IN CHAOS: CONFUSION IN THE RANKS OF THE CENSORS
- Original Message - From: C-FAR [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 9:07 PM Subject: CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION IN CHAOS: CONFUSION IN THE RANKS OF THE CENSORS It's not just the [Canadian human rights] commission's world view that's out of touch [with the real world]. Over the years, Canada's Auditor-General and various federal court judges have been sharply critical of its sloppy procedures, long delays in turning over cases, its poor grasp of the law, and its dual role as both prosecutor and judge. -Margaret Wente, Toronto Globe and Mail, May 17, 2001 0=0=0=0 Toronto Globe and Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] | May 17, 2001 Little right with this commission By Margaret Wente [EMAIL PROTECTED] Irony is in the air. According to its own staff, the Canadian Human Rights Commission is a hotbed of discrimination and unfairness. Morale is in the sewer. The men complain that the workplace is biased in favour of women, and vice versa. People are leaving in droves. Chief commissioner Michelle Falardeau-Ramsay isn't even on the scene. She's off in Indonesia at the moment, advising on abuses in East Timor. One of the commission's senior lawyers says that Canada's premier rights body has lost its moral authority and needs a complete overhaul. (He was promptly suspended.) Meantime, John Hucker, the bureaucrat who runs the place, says the problems have been overblown. He blames open-concept offices for some of the grumpiness. It's not just the staff that should be grumpy. The CHRC was set up in 1978 to provide victims of real discrimination with faster relief than they could get in court. A great idea. But today, it is out of step with the attitudes and beliefs of most Canadians. In the great scheme of government, its budget is small change. But it has cost the public billions. The biggest price tag was the $3.5-billion settlement it engineered for women in government jobs, based on the extremely fuzzy concept of equal pay for work of equal value. Many people applauded. But in the end, a quarter of the beneficiaries were men. The biggest back-pay windfalls went to women earning $70,000 or more. And, even before the settlement, women in these jobs had significantly better pay, pensions and job security than women with the same jobs in the private sector. Is there a problem here? The chief commissioner says there is. The problem is that the CHRC lacks the power to quickly impose these deals on everyone else. As the commission lobbies to increase its power, it is exploring new frontiers in human rights. For example, it has ordered a tribunal to hear the case of Synthia Kavanagh, a jailed transsexual who has lodged a complaint against the prison system. (S)he argues that she should be sent to a women's prison and provided with sex-change surgery. Another hearing is weighing a complaint against Statistics Canada for failing to ask inclusive questions about gay, lesbian and bisexual people in the 1996 census (a lapse it rectified in the current census). The complainants say that Statscan wilfully misrepresented the population of heterosexual people, relationships, and families in Canada. The rights of the disabled are also important, as they should be. No one can object to better access for people in wheelchairs, or better accommodation for the blind or hard of hearing. But the human-rights commission's definition of disabilities is remarkably expansive. For example, it has ordered a hearing into the complaint of a man named Vernon Crouse, whose employer, Canada Steamship Lines, fired him for being a drunk. He claims the company discriminated against him on account of his disability -- i.e. alcohol dependency. In another case, a civil servant who flunked her French exam complained, and won, because she is dyslexic. Another tribunal is hearing the case of a woman who alleges that her employer discriminated against her because it wouldn't let her work from home. She suffers from an unspecified condition that is aggravated when she reports to the workplace. It's not hard to conclude that the people at the Human Rights Commission are blissfully innocent of the world in which most people live and work. In fact, all of the commissioners have spent their careers in the public sector, as bureaucrats or labour lawyers or rights advocates. Ms. Falardeau-Ramsay has been in government service since 1975. She is the scourge of the military brass, whom she regularly berates for not meeting their gender hiring targets. There are even targets for women in combat units, despite mounting evidence that women don't want to be in combat units. Whenever she speaks, the generals apologize, and promise to do better. Now the commission is lobbying for the rights of HIV-positive foreigners. They should be allowed to immigrate to Canada (even though we already bar people with other infectious diseases). HIV-positive applicants, it says
Re: Human Rights
Dear John/Ed, Dirty tricks? I realy don't know if the gremlins are intercepting at the transmission or the receiving ends of emails. I must tell you about a funny incident at the Supreme Court, yesterday. A friend and I were about to get on an almost full lift but a short woman stopped me from entering by putting her hand out towards me and saying, No. While doing this she turned to a Sheriff, who was standing next to her, and said, Do you know who that is?. Before the doors could close, I said, Yes, I'm the one who doesn't like corrupt judges.. You win some, you lose some. The important thing is to hang in there. Yours sincerely, John Wilson. -Original Message- From: John Hurley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: John Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, 7 May 2001 18:25 Subject: Re: Human Rights Dear John ! My Smartchat server appears to be blocking the Human Rights email that you have listed. Am trying to send this reply to you in an attempt to get the server working again. Ed Hurley -Original Message- From: John Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, 6 May 2001 8:48 Subject: Re: Human Rights This is the Neither public email list, open for the public and general discussion. To unsubscribe click here Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=unsubscribe To subscribe click here Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=subscribe For information on [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.neither.org/lists/public-list.htm For archives http://www.mail-archive.com/public-list@neither.org
Re: Human Rights in South Australia.
Dear Brigitte, Brian seems to be a fellow of determination. As long as he has Faith, then I am sure he will weather the storm. I am in Court again, this morning, to try again for Trial by Jury - this time for my case against the Crown for Justice Carolyn Simpson awarding a Writ of Possession without Jurisdiction (ie: without Trial by Jury). John. -Original Message-From: Brigitte Straulino [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: 'John Wilson' [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Sunday, 25 February 2001 22:44Subject: RE: Human Rights in South Australia. Dear John Thanks for this. I have approached some one I know here in Sydney who I trust to help Brian Fyffe, however I do not know yet if he is free etc. I let you know as soon as I know. I am really worried about Brian. We need to get him out of this jail.. How are things with you and your home? Best regards Brigitte -Original Message-From: John Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Friday, 23 February 2001 14:06To: Brigitte StraulinoSubject: Human Rights in South Australia. Dear Ladies, I saw a bit on TV this morning, the Today Show at 8:17 am. They had a piece on Human Rights with regard to refugee detainees at Woomera. The lawyer fronting them was a Jeremy Moore. He is using the UN Covenant on Political Civil Rights. Might be worth talking to him??? John.
Re: Alan Keam, Human Rights Defender - Member of OVOP arrested Sunday night at 7 p.m!
. -Original Message-From: One Voice - One People, Human Rights Defenders [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Judy Mastwyk [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Christine Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Colin Hubner [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Heather Behrendorff [EMAIL PROTECTED]; John Stubberfield [EMAIL PROTECTED]; John Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Maria Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Martin Essenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wolter Joosse [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Monday, 19 February 2001 7:39Subject: Alan Keam, Human Rights Defender - Member of OVOP arrested Sunday night at 7 p.m! Urgent Attention Please! To all elected Representatives of the People Dear Sir Madam South Australia: Alan Keam, a member of ONE VOICE ONE PEOPLE Human Rights Defenders (OVOP) has been arrested. Armed Australian Government officials turned up at his home last night, Sunday 17/02/01 at 7p.m arrested him and put him in jail. This is now the third member of OVOP who has been jailed unlawfully. John Wilson is still fighting for compensation for wrongful imprisonment and Brian Fyffe has now been kept already more than 4 months in jail without a trial. What are their crimes? Alan Keam, like many educated Australian people, has researched the legal history of the Australian Constitution and raised questions about the validity of the Australian Constitution. OVOP has been provided with information that the UN has been presented with a report Australia: the Concealed Colony requesting the UN to determine the legal status of Australia. The issue of this report is also whether the Australian Constitution is valid. Alan Keam asked the Local Government Authorities to produce their head of power to make sure that he paid rates to a legitimate authority. The Authorities refused to produce such documents. The matter went to court and Alan Keam demanded an impartial independent trial and for that reason requested the court to provide him with a head of power. Alan Kean assured the court that he would do all things requested as soon as he has received the documentation. The court refused to comply with his request and the Registrar of the Court told Alan Keam in a letter that he does not want to have anything to do with him. For some while now Alan Keam received threatening phone call from a person claiming to be a sheriff. Last night at 7p.m Alan Keam was arrested under allegations of contempt of court. Alan Keam is not in contempt of court! He is very concerned about the violations of human rights in Australia. His crime seems to be that he asked to be provided with documentation from government authorities, which show that they have the authority they claimed to have under an Australian Constitution. OVOP are alarmed because of another issue: The 1988 Referendum which defeated the existence of the Local Government by the Australian people. Please find attached OVOPs letter to, the Hon Daryl Williams, Attorney General asking for advice. Will the Australian Government start a witch hunt and jail all the people who ask questions about the validity of the Australian Constitution and the Referendum in question? Will people be just whisked away at nighttime like in previous Nazi Germany and Russian KGB style? Do you believe that the Australian Government has the right to refuse to answer question of concerned citizens? Why have the authorities refused to provide the information requested by Adam Keam, an Australian Citizen? What actions are you going to take as an elected representative of the Australian people? You are responsible for the Governments abuse of the so-called due process to shut people up and for the violations of human rights in Australia? Yours faithfully Brigitte Straulino President ONE VOICE ONE PEOPLE, Human Rights Defenders
Human Rights Abuses in Australia
Dera fellow Australians, Attached is a submission to the United Nations by the Australia Human Rights Defenders, One Voice One People. You are asked to transmit the document throughout the email network. John Wilson. UN Member Submission-10-12-00.PDF
Human Rights Violation in Australia
PRESS RELEASE AUSTRALIAN JUDGES CORRUPTED BY THE BANKS The Australian Judiciary have become the agents of the Banks and are concealing the fraudulent practices of illegal (variable interest rates) loan contracts and money creation. With the focus of the world soon to be turned on Australia with the Olympic Games in Sydney in September of this year, people of the world will want to know more about our country. What will they find? They will see that Australians have no inalienable rights to truth and justice in the courts nor the parliaments. Please go to http://www.rightsandwrong.com.au/_Latest_News/Docs/PressRelease/pressrelease.html for the most recent summary of developments in one such story. My next attempt to achieve justice will be another court challenge for the Tort of unlawful imprisonment - citing the Crown as the Defendant for vicarious liability and demanding trial by jury. However, it is normal practice for the judges to dismiss proceedings without allowing a jury rather than exposing their own corruption to a tribunal of the people. Please forward this email to as many recipients as possible because it is only through the medium of the Internet that such stories of human rights violation can be told. Thank you. John Wilson.
Australia and the UN Human Rights Commission
Dear Fellow Australians, I arrived home tonight to find a letter from the UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, Address: Palais Des Nations, CH-1211 GENEVE 10 Telefax: (41-22)91 9011 Telegrams: UNATIONS,GENEVE Telex: 41 29 62 Telephone: (41-22)-917 9241 Internet: www.unhchr.ch E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The letter reads: "Dear Mr. Wilson, In reply to your letter of 8 September 1999, I have the honour to inform you that Australia is a State party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and as such bound to ensure and guarantee the rights contained in the Covenant to its citizens and other persons under its jurisdiction. Whether or not you can invoke the Covenant rights directly before the Courts and other State authorities is a matter of domestic legislation which I cannot answer. For information, please find enclosed a copy of a brochure explaining the work of the Human Rights Committee, which supervises the implementation of the ICCPR. Yours sincerely, Hamid Graham Officer in charge Support Services Branch." I will attempt to read this out in the Supreme Court of New South Wales tomorrow morning before Chief Justice Wood Yours sincerely, John Wilson. This is the Neither public email list, open for the public and general discussion. To unsubscribe click here Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=unsubscribe To subscribe click here Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=subscribe For information on [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.neither.org/lists/public-list.htm For archives http://www.mail-archive.com/public-list@neither.org
