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Human Rights Commisions Have To Go
Bewitched, bothered, and bewildered, and downright
dangerous aptly describe our federal and provincial Human Rights
Commissions. The fact is that they are insane asylums run by the
inmates, the Commissioners and Managers, who have apparently put
even their employees' teeth on edge - at least in regard to the
federal Commission.
Recently, an internal report studying the federal
Commission indicated that 63% of its staff have quit in the last
two years, and that 37% of its employees have stated that they also
intend to quit because of a infighting, mistrust, crisis management,
managers travel expenses, sexual discrimination, favouritism, etc.
The federal Commission, which costs the taxpayers
$22 million each year to operate with its 250 employees, paid out
$100,000 between 1998 and early 2000 for the Chief Commissioner,
Michelle Falardeau-Ramsay, to travel abroad, plus $6,000 for her
hospitality expenses between 1998 and 1999. In fact, Ms. Falardeau-Ramsay
was away advising authorities in Indonesia on the problems in East
Timor, when the story about her internal problems broke. Ms. Falardeau-Ramsay
hustled back to Canada to hold a press conference to explain how
strong her leadership was and that, although her Commission was
recently experiencing some rough waves, everything was now under
control. The Globe and Mail, wrung its hands and piously
stated in its editorial on May 16, 2001:
… It is tragic that an organization devoted
to protecting workers' rights has managed to so alienate and frustrate
its own staff. The commission has a valuable role to play in protecting
Canada's workers, but staff are being distracted from this mandate.
The internal strife is leaving too many victims waiting too long
for assistance and justice.
Hopefully, the troubles at the Commission will
continue to distract its employees for a long time so that it cannot
find the time and energy to cause more damage to the lives and pocketbooks
of its innocent victims by way of its social engineering antics.
(See reprint of article dated May 17, 2001, by Globe and Mail
columnist, Margaret Wente, page 17).
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