Conservatives vow to remove Liberals’ pick for Canadian Human Rights Commission
By The Canadian Press on July 5, 2024.
Conservative deputy leader Melissa Lantsman arrives to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean KilpatrickOTTAWA – The Opposition Conservatives are vowing a future Pierre Poilievre-led government would remove the man the Liberals just appointed to lead the Canadian Human Rights Commission.
Birju Dattani is to take over as the chief commissioner next month for a five-year term but Melissa Lantsman, one the party’s deputy leaders, says in a statement that Conservatives would rescind that appointment.
She says Dattani has a “long track record of anti-Israel statements” including a “justification of terrorism,” and that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should demand Dattani stand down or “fire him.”
After some Jewish advocacy groups raised concerns about the appointment Justice Minister Arif Vriani launched an independent investigation into the allegations surrounding Dattani’s online activities from almost a decade ago.
Dattani’s lawyer Muneeza Sheikh said in a statement today that her client can’t comment given the probe underway but says “any bad faith or improper removal” of Dattani from his role “would be challenged in accordance with the law.”
Dattani has previously called the allegations unfounded.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 5, 2024.
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Liberals appear to have imitated the United Nations, which continues to appoint some of the world’s worst violators of human rights to its Human Rights Council.
When a person has publicly self-confessed their antisemitism, how can you expect fair oversight? Another reason why the Liberals and the NDP, who have played a role in keeping the Liberals in power, need to leave office so that they can both be held accountable for the harm this government has caused to our once-great nation.