Lucy slapps my pals
Ezra, Kate, Kathy, Free Dominion and The National Post.
This is not unexpected and the people involved have been preparing for some time. However, the stakes are very high.
The American blogosphere is all over this and donations to the defence funds are arriving. But this will be a long haul and one which will take a good deal of money. I am going to be traveling for the next couple of days with limited internet access. When I get back I want to start organizing ongoing fundraising. Meanwhile, contribute directly.
One key thing: Warman is betting all the marbles here. His credibility and the credibility of the CHRC are now in play. Warman was the CHRC’s creature and, I suspect the evidence will show, the CHRC became his creature as he casually crossed the line between investigator and complainant. By filing this litigation Warman is putting his reputation on the line but, more importantly, he is putting the reputation of the Canadian Human Rights Commission into issue.
Given what is already on the record - in particular the fact that Warman posted under aliases - it is difficult to see what reputation he has left to defend and as he goes down he will drag the Commission itself into the light and, to mix a metaphor, through the mud.
Written by jay on April 9th, 2008 with 20 comments.
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