S. 13 that CHRC!

Yesterday the Montreal Gazette ran a great piece on free speech pogroms masquerading as legitimate government tribunals. I don’t deny that they were created by proper legislative authorities and passed through proper channels but I will say that general Canadian ignorance and laziness has allowed them to transmogrify in the horrendous apparatus they now are. The article in the Gazette was outstanding, and sadly it echoes much of what I had intended to say, so to avoid plagiarism, I will refer you all to it and echo only this one key point its author so carefully addressed. Canadians are a tolerant bunch. We are, for the most part, proud of our multiethnic nation and proud to live in a tolerant society. As such, when something is called the “Canadian Human Rights Commission” – it sounds good, we like it, and we are suspicious of persons who would be dragged before it. I mean wouldn’t you have to do something obviously intolerant to be brought before one? You would think (read the article then come back to mine).
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Should Medicinal Marijuana Smokers Have the Freedom to Smoke Where They Choose?

A restaurant owner is facing a discrimination complaint after he asked his customer, a medicinal marijuana smoker, not to smoke outside his business. Ted Kindos, owner of Gator Ted’s Tap and Grill in Burlington, Ontario is involved in one of three medicinal marijuana-related cases working its way through the human rights complaints process in Ontario.

His case brings up the issue of where medicinal marijuana smokers are permitted to smoke. Currently, those who hold medicinal marijuana permits (2,800 Canadians) are not given any strict requirements for how or where they are able to smoke. Such details are not governed by federal regulations but permit holders are expected to use common sense, according to the federal government. Should our government be so lax in its regulations regarding where marijuana can be smoked? Seems to me like the government is asking begging for problems.
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