Monday, April 2, 2012

Our Federal "Human Rights" Commission Comes Clean Re the Real Purpose of Its Latest Annual Report--Self-Perpetuation

It isn't often that the truth shines through in prose written in turgid bureaucratese, but I think this bit on the CHRC site re its hot-off-the-press 2011 Annual Report is actually as clear as can be:
The Annual Report tells stories of individuals who have successfully used the Canadian Human Rights Act to bring about meaningful change, and illustrates how the Act continues to play an important role in the daily lives of Canadians.   
I doubt it. Most Canadians live their daily lives without giving the Act and its guardians so much as a second thought. It's not even on their personal GPS. I venture to say that, were the CHRC to disappear tomorrow, thereby sparing us its officious intrusions and saving us a ton of dough, we and our "stories" would keep calm and carry on very well without it.

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