Jason Kenney, the most right wing member of the Harper's cabinet

[CHIMO]

Which Canadians suffer more discrimination: Those of African descent, Muslims, Latin Americans, South Asians, East Asians, Arabs, First Nations or Jews?

If you answer the latter, take your place alongside the Harper government and other sectors of the political elite that attack a largely historic form of oppression to advance a present day pro-imperial foreign-policy and anti-immigrant/anti-aboriginal domestic agenda.

Despite a loud chorus claiming otherwise, anti-Semitism is a mere fig leaf of its former oppressive character.

Six decades ago “none is too many” was the order of the day in Ottawa, which rejected Jewish refugees escaping Nazi concentration camps. This hostile anti-semitic climate continued into the 1950s with institutions such as McGill University in Montreal imposing quotas on Jewish students. But Christianity’s decline, combined with a rise in antiracist politics has significantly undercut anti-Semitism as a social force in Canada.

http://www.thecanadiancharger.com/page.php?id=5&a=149

Canadian human rights tribunal news

posted November 10, 2009
Effective November 2, 2009, the Honourable Rob Nicholson, Minister of Justice, appointed Shirish P. Chotalia as Chair of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. Two days into the new Chair’s term we received notice from the Chair that the hearing dates scheduled to begin on November 16, 2009 were potentially being adjourned. On November 6, 2009, the Chair informed the parties that she was vacating the first week of the evidentiary hearing scheduled to begin in Ottawa on November 16, 2009.

This decision was made unilaterally without any consultation with the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada. This complaint was filed over two years ago and preparations for the hearing have been underway for some time now and all parties were prepared to proceed with the Tribunal on November 16, 2009. This ruling completely caught us by surprise and we are now working with our lawyers to try to understand why the Tribunal Chair made this ruling. We understand the hardship that inequality has on First Nations children and families and will be working to ensure a full public tribunal hearing on this important matter resumes as soon as possible.
http://www.fnwitness.ca/#news