Unaccountable, appointed Human Right’s Commission is supreme
VANCOUVER, September 19, 2001 (LSN.ca) - Yesterday, the Canadian Human Rights Commission ruled that Canada’s prison system’s ban on sex change operations for inmates is discriminatory. The National Post reports that the tribunal has given Corrections Canada six months to come up with a new policy, as well as new directions on better meeting the needs of transsexuals in jail.
The ruling was based on the case of Synthia Kavanagh, formerly Ricky Chaperon, a male convicted of murder who said he felt his gender was female. LifeSite reported in 1999 that Kavanagh was allowed by Corrections Canada to enter a female prison, after the Human Rights Commission agreed to hear his complaint of not being allowed to be placed in the women’s institution.
The Post reports that although most provinces cover sex change operations under medicare, Kavanagh underwent the operation at his own expense and is now at Joliette Institution for Women, a medium-security institution.
The extraordinary power and lack of accountability of Canadian human rights commissions have been heavily exploited for years by social liberals to impose radical, unpopular social changes on Canadian society.
See the National Post coverage: http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20010919/695415.html
See related LifeSite coverage: http://lsn.ca/ldn/1999/nov/991119.html#2