Yesterday, the BC Human Rights Tribunal once again ruled that ORDINARY laws protecting Canadians against discrimination and "hate" speech outweigh the CONSTITUTIONAL law protecting Canadians’ freedom of expression.
Mr. Neufeld, a school board trustee, was ordered to pay the Chilliwack Teachers’ Association a sum of $750,000. He has 6 months to pay.
His crime? According to the BC HRT, it was "denying the existence of trans people" (mostly on his time and not specifically in his role as trustee).
The BC HRT ruled that if you say that gender identity is a belief system and not objectively verifiable, you are essentially denying the existence of trans people – and this is discriminatory erasure.
This is an untenable precedent and creates a legally enforceable hierarchy of beliefs. Your deeply and sincerely held belief can be discriminatory – which in turn makes it unlawful (and extremely expensive).
We’ve walked into a new Canada. Your constitutional right to free speech means very little.