Superior Court of Ontario Rules Ontario "Human Rights" Ruling Tribunal Was "Unfair"

A small, very small step for the forces of freedom.

Can you imagine this scenario? A woman business owner was ordered to pay thousands of dollars to an employee that she had on the payroll for six weeks because the Ontario Human Rights mandarins felt that she was treated badly, or meanly or whatever?

This is another story that illustrates the INSANE amount of UNDESERVED power that the Ontario Human Rights Commission has here in Canada.

With no legal background-these people can ruin your life and bankrupt you entirely-ruin your good name and make your life miserable.

Not everyone has the wherewithal to fight back. Mark Steyn has, and Ezra Levant has-but at a very high personal cost (financially, emotionally and professionally).

Read this: "Saadi, a York University graduate, filed the complaint against Telfer after she was fired from Audmax in June 2008. Saadi was given free services from the legal support centre. Telfer represented herself."

"The Toronto Star wrote about Saadi’s case last year, in a story about the new human rights system, which is swamped with complaints. Saadi is a Muslim woman, who wears a hijab. In July 2009, Saadi told the four-day tribunal hearing that she felt targeted after two other Muslim women quit their jobs at Audmax."

"Saadi said she felt pressured by Telfer to wear skirts and heels, saying she preferred her long, loose clothing. Saadi also said Telfer complained about the smell of food that she warmed in the microwave."

"The adjudicator’s decision found that Saadi was a victim of discrimination. He ordered Telfer and her company to pay Saadi $36,000 for lost wages and general damages."

Outrageous. Someone makes an innocuous crack about your food being stinky, which it probably was, and that's worth $36K of someone else's hard-earned money? For hurt feelings? That's what 'discrimination' means nowadays?

The entire concept and process is flawed.

To wit:

"The Superior Court found nine points in which the tribunal adjudicator failed to provide a fair hearing or made legal errors."

"For example, the court said the adjudicator did not give Telfer the opportunity to call a key witness, who would have testified about Saadi’s choice of clothing, “unauthorized intrusions into other people’s desks, and missing files.”

"The court also ordered Saadi to pay Telfer $10,000 in legal costs. The legal support centre has said it will pay that bill, and represent Saadi at the new hearing."[ed note-who pays for that actually??]

“I am a little bit surprised and a little bit confused about how the justice system works,” Saadi said.

Yah, I bet you are my little friend-you are surprised that you couldn't game the system this time.