Podcasts about human rights tribunal

LD NEWSBRIEF ~ 05/07/2025 Host Andrew DeBartolo brings you a weekly summary of Canadian News from a Conservative Christian perspective. Liberty Dispatch Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber: ldcanada.substack.com  CHAPTERS: 00:00 Opening 00:48 Private Internet Access AD 03:05 Segment 1 - The Ontario Court of Appalling 05:02 Segment 2 - Vet. Affairs Assisting Veterans in…DYING!?!? 06:39 Bull Bitcoin AD 08:19 Segment 3 - Ontario Tech Taken to Tribunal 10:26 Segment 4 - Covid Clean-up 15:41 Conclusion 16:15 Outro Segment 1 - The Ontario Court of Appalling: "OhIP to cover penis-sparing vaginoplasty" | National Post: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ohip-coverage-penis-sparing-vaginoplasty; Segment 2 - Vet. Affairs Assisting Veterans in…DYING!?!?: "Another combat veteran offered medical suicide" | Toronto Sun: https://torontosun.com/news/national/another-combat-veteran-offered-medical-suicide; Segment 3 - Ontario Tech Taken to Tribunal: "Student takes Ontario Tech University to Human Rights Tribunal over denied religious vaccine exemption" | Rebel News: https://www.rebelnews.com/student_takes_ontario_tech_university_to_human_rights_tribunal_over_denied_religious_vaccine_exemption; Segment 4 - Covid Clean-up: "COVID virus, vaccines are driving explosion in cancer, billionaire scientist tells Tucker Carlson" | LifeSiteNews: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/covid-virus-vaccines-are-driving-explosion-in-cancer-billionaire-scientist-tells-tucker-carlson; "COVID-vaccinated women record 1,000% spike in breast cancer" | Slay News: https://slaynews.com/news/covid-vaccinated-women-record-1000-spike-breast-cancer; "Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 infection and vaccination" | ScienceDirect: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929325000015; SHOW SPONSORS: Invest with Rocklinc: info@rocklinc.com or call them at 905-631-546; Diversify Your Money with Bull Bitcoin: https://mission.bullbitcoin.com/dispatch; Private Internet Access: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/offer/recommended?coupon=2Y4M&channel=Liberty%20Dispatch&channel_platform=pc&aff_id=24735&source=video1; BarterPay: https://barterpay.ca/; Barter It: https://www.barterit.ca/; Get freedom from Censorious CRMs by signing up for SalesNexus: https://www.salesnexus.com/; PLEXUS Worldwide: Reboot your health today! email them @ healthandliberty@proton.me or go to http://plexusworldwide.ca/healthandliberty; SUBSCRIBE TO OUR SHOWS/CHANNELS: LIBERTY DISPATCH PODCAST: https://libertydispatch.podbean.com; https://rumble.com/LDshow; CONTACT US: libertydispatch@pm.me STAY UP-TO-DATE ON ALL THINGS LD: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liberty_dispatch/; Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LibertyDispatchCanada; X: @LDCanada - https://x.com/_LDCanada; Rumble: https://rumble.com/LDshow; YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@libertydispatch Please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, RATE, & REVIEW, and SHARE it with others!

In New Zealand, there are a number of tribunals and review boards you can go to when you feel things haven’t quite gone your way. Whether you’ve had a bad experience leaving your job, or something’s gone wrong in your healthcare journey, these committees are tasked with working out what has gone wrong and who – if anyone – should be held responsible. But some of them can be limited in how much they can hold people to account. The Human Rights Review Tribunal is one of the few in New Zealand that can award damages if they find in your favour. Reporter Jeremy Wilkinson covers a lot of these tribunals for Open Justice, and he joins The Front Page today for the first in a series of examinations of how these processes work. Follow The Front Page on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. You can read more about this and other stories in the New Zealand Herald, online at nzherald.co.nz, or tune in to news bulletins across the NZME network. Host: Chelsea DanielsSound Engineer: Dan GoodwinProducer: Ethan SillsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our lead story: now-deleted video of an Alberta RCMP officer punching an Indigenous woman in the face while she was on the ground sparks outrage on social media. - - - - -  Interstitial: ZapSplat.com

Harold McQuaker, Mayor of Emo, Ontario, fights back against the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, saying he won't be bullied or pay a fine for not flying the Pride flag in his community this year. Canada has become a rich hunting ground for criminals—masked Christmas shoppers on bail hunt for gifts with hammers. Ontario Premier Doug Ford will use the constitutional notwithstanding clause to dismantle homeless encampments in the province. Guest: Joe Warmington, Columnist at the Toronto Sun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the latest chapter of infringement on the freedom of expression here in Canada we discuss a story where a group called Borderland Pride showed up to a small town in Ontario and requested they fly a Pride flag. The council voted not to and then the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario got involved leading to a $15k fine and the Mayor has to undergo "Human Rights Training". Listen to our Podcast on the go: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elev8podcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@elev8podcast X: https://twitter.com/TheElev8Podcast 0:00 - Intro 1:32 - The Story of the Fine Being Applied to the Mayor 5:40 - Human Rights Tribunal Findings 10:15 - The Mayor Plans to Fight Back 12:35 - Borderland Pride Responds to Mayor's Comments 18:15 - Wildcard

Kathy Laird with Tribunal Watch Ontario hears your stories, following the watchdog's new report which shows some 96 per cent of claims are now dismissed by the Tribunal. 

The Rebel News podcasts features free audio-only versions of select RebelNews+ content and other Rebel News long-form videos, livestreams, and interviews. Monday to Friday enjoy the audio version of Ezra Levant's daily TV-style show, The Ezra Levant Show, where Ezra gives you his contrarian and conservative take on free speech, politics, and foreign policy through in-depth commentary and interviews. Wednesday evenings you can listen to the audio version of The Gunn Show with Sheila Gunn Reid the Chief Reporter of Rebel News. Sheila brings a western sensibility to Canadian news. With one foot in the oil patch and one foot in agriculture, Sheila challenges mainstream media narratives and stands up for Albertans. If you want to watch the video versions of these podcasts, make sure to begin your free RebelNewsPlus trial by subscribing at http://www.RebelNewsPlus.com

Former President Trump on abortion....legal battle continues over South Dakota abortion amendment... and British Columbia's Human Rights Tribunal rules it has the authority to hear cases about allegations of online hate speech.

On Oct. 8, 2023, one day after the Hamas terror attack on Israel, Fred Hahn—the president of Ontario's chapter of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)—wrote a tweet on his social media account: “I'm thankful for the power of workers, the power of resistance around the globe. Because #Resistance is fruitful and no matter what some might say, #Resistance brings progress, and for that, I'm thankful.” It was a controversial post, due to the timing, though Hahn denies he was referring to Oct. 7—even though the longtime labour leader has a history of pro-Palestinian activism, and CUPE Ontario has long come under fire for years for harbouring antisemitic sentiments. For Carrie Silverberg, it was the last straw. The Vaughan, Ont. woman–who is a CUPE member as required by her job in a public school board–decided to take Hahn, and the union to court. The education worker is the lead plaintiff in a human rights complaint filed with Ontario's Human Rights Tribunal. Her case was also joined by nearly 80 other union members. For years, Silverberg has fought to change her union's anti-Israel policies; it makes her sick that CUPE uses her mandatory membership dues to support anti-Israel boycotts, calls to renew UNRWA funding, and standing with the recent encampments on university grounds. On today's episode of The CJN Daily, Carrie Silverberg joins to explain why she's in for a long legal fight. What we talked about: Read more about CUPE Ontario's adoption of a pro-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions policy in 2006, in The CJN Learn about the time a CUPE local at the University of Toronto hosted a speaker who had been ordered to be deported from Canada because of his ties to the PFLP terrorist organization, in The CJN CUPE members supported and participated in the U of T encampment in May, in The CJN.  **Credits: ** The CJN Daily is written and hosted by Ellin Bessner (@ebessner on Twitter). Zachary Kauffman is the producer. Michael Fraiman is the executive producer. Our theme music is by Dov Beck-Levine.  We're a member of The CJN Podcast Network. To subscribe to this podcast, please watch this video. Donate to The CJN and receive a charitable tax receipt by clicking here. Hear why The CJN is important to me.

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the in-house podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.In this episode you'll hear Aaron Wudrick in conversation with David Thomas, former chair of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal and author of a recent National Post op-ed entitled: I chaired the Human Rights Tribunal. It has no business policing 'hate speech'.https://nationalpost.com/opinion/david-thomas-canadian-human-rights-tribunal-has-no-business-policing-hate-speechLike, review, comment, share, subscribe!

Multiple groups are urging the federal government to form a new expert panel to review the response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Plus, a former Canadian Human Rights Tribunal chair is alarmed by Justin Trudeau's Online Harms bill, warning of severe penalties for hate-motivated crimes and speech. And half of Canadians now find immigration levels too high, marking a significant shift from just over a year ago when only 21% felt the same. Tune into The Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Noah Jarvis! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MLA Selina Robinson pens an open letter regarding her resignation from the BC NDP Caucus. Guest: Nico Slobinsky - Vice President, Pacific Region, Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs BC's Human Rights Tribunal says Uber must provide accessible rides to wheelchair users. Guest: Ben Dooley - CKNW Producer For the first time since the pandemic, data from AutoTrader reveals a significant recovery in automobile inventory! Guest: Baris Akyurek - Vice President of Insights and Intelligence AutoTrader

On Episode 9 of Not Reserving Judgment, we update you on the latest in the Ontario Greenbelt scandal including what it might mean for Premier Doug Ford; we explain why even repugnant protests like the pro-Hamas rally in Toronto are constitutionally protected; and we discuss whether it's really a human rights violation for your hairstylist to drop you due to your political views.Stories and cases discussed in this week's episode:Ontario Greenbelt: Canada police probe Doug Ford land deal (BBC)Instagram post advertising pro-Hamas rally (Instagram)Tweet from Brad Bradford requesting Olivia Chow stop rally (X)Release from Toronto Police ahead of pro-Hamas and pro-Israel rallies (Toronto Police)Tweet from Michelle Lindsay about being dumped by her hairstylist (X)B.C. Human Rights Tribunal rules former Mountie was discriminated against by 3rd Port Alberni bar (CTV News)Tweets from TMU assistant professor of law Joshua Sealy-Harrington (X)Tweets from Osgoode assistant professor of law Heidi Matthews (X)Not Reserving Judgment is a podcast about Canadian constitutional law hosted by Josh Dehaas, Joanna Baron, and Christine Van Geyn.The show is brought to you by the Canadian Constitution Foundation, a non-partisan legal charity dedicated to defending rights and freedoms. To support our work, visit theccf.ca/donate.

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00:00 - House Republicans are at a crossroads as leader Kevin McCarthy has failed over and over again to become House speaker. Guest: Linda Kenyon, CBS Washington Reporter 05:40 - British Columbia is boosting funding for the Human Rights Tribunal and Community Legal Assistance Society by as much as $4.5 million per year Guest: Laura Track, Director, Community Legal Assistance Society. 15:28 - BC Children's Hospital is revealing research that shows breastfeeding can protect newborns from asthma risk due to antibiotic exposure. Guest: Dr. Charisse Petersen, Research associate, Turvey Lab at BC Children's Hospital 22:26 - The Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board says home sales and prices continued their fall in December, dropping by 52 per cent and three per cent respectively from a year ago. Guest: Andrew Lis, Director of economics and data analytics, The Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board

Regional Chief Cindy Woodhouse, Assembly of First Nations; Melanie Nagy, CTV News; Judy Trinh, CTV News; Chandra Pasma, Ontario NDP MPP; Stephen Blais, Ontario Liberal MPP; and Mark Sutcliffe, Ottawa Mayor-elect.  

The Human Rights Tribunal says $20B for First Nations child welfare compensation is still not enough;  Ontario to raise foreign home buyers tax but will it help with affordability? Probably not; The RCMP says it's running out of officers to protect cabinet ministers from a growing number of threats.Time Codes:03:15 - Newsrooms aren't covering the First Nations child welfare compensation properly.15:20 - Sure we can build housing but do we have enough tradespeople to get it built?19:19 - How do they decide which cabinet ministers get security?23:50 - Today on The Daily Brief - Michael Geist – The Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law at the University of Ottawa. The CRTC is hurting more than helping.

Delta seniors housing co-op criticized for plan to ban couples living together unless they are spouses. Guest: Kathleen Ruff - BC's first director of the Human Rights Branch, who is taking the case to the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal

The fight against the Stanley Park Bike Lane returned to the Human Rights Tribunal last week. Guest: Clea Parfitt - Co-Counsel for complainants against Stanley Park Bike Lane 

Today on the Richard Syrett Show: Tom Korski, managing editor for Blacklocks discusses the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Melissa Mbarki, policy analyst & outreach coordinator for the Indigenous affairs program at Laurier talks about the parole board horribly failing the James Smith Cree Nation. Writer & caWsbar member, Mia Ashton on the grade 1 teacher who was cleared by the Human Rights Tribunal after saying boys and girls are no different, in a ‘gender fluidity' lesson. Then Drew Allen, host of “The Drew Allen Show” explains how most people want Biden impeached after seeing the GOP drop the ball.

#176: Dan Schofield - Understanding The Landlord & Tenant Law In Ontario On this episode Gary chats with friend and senior partner in SFG Paralegal, Dan Schofield, along with guest co host Quinton Cordick. If you are a landlord or THINKING of being one, this critical episode is for YOU. You WILL need legal representation at some point in your investing journey, and SFG is here to open your eyes about potential issues with tenants and the Landlord Tenant Board!   WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: What is a paralegal Difference between a paralegal and lawyer The N4 process Who can serve it Do all tenants in the dwelling need to be on the form How do you deal with tenants complaining about tenants How much notice is required to enter What if tenants invite you in when you're there What if tenant installs something without a permit What if a tenant moves someone else in And MORE!   Bio Dan Schofield is a Senior Partner with SFG Paralegal Services LLP.  Dan's main areas of focus are regulatory tribunals such as RECO and FSRA, the Human Rights Tribunal, Landlord and Tenant Board and the Small Claims Court. Dan appears before these tribunals on an average of 15 times per month and has been licensed to provide legal services in Ontario for 6 years. Contact: SFGParalegal.ca  This episode proudly sponsored by McMurter & Associates.  They are a real estate and estate law firm who can be your partner for every major legal event in your life. If you're planning an estate, selling or buying real estate, they can help with over 30 years of experience. Their objective is to prevent you from worrying about the legal aspect of your transactions. From the first meeting, McMurter will provide you with straightforward legal advice, and no surprises., including a legal bill you didn't expect.  Find them at: https://www.mcmurter.com   Other Links: Private Investing, visit https://deep-pockets.ca Real Estate Investment Club visit https://www.smarthomechoice.ca  Gary's mentorship program visit https://garyhibbert.ca  Start your own Podcast visit https://www.podcastexperts.ca    Tags:  #realestateincanada, #realestatecanada, #realestatepodcast, #realestateinvesting, #investingincanada, #investplusrealty, #househunting, #canadianrealestate, #canadianpodcast, #buyinghomes, #investmentproperties, #wealth, #howtobecomewealthy, #mindset, #realtor, #realestate, #explicit, #howtobuyrealestate, #safeinvesting, #safeinvestments, #mentorship, #faith

99% of education professionals say funding for disabled students does not deliver what students need. Disability advocacy group IHC is taking the case to the Human Rights Tribunal on the grounds that the complicated funding system is discriminatory against disabled students. IHC Inclusive Education Consultant, Trish Grant joined Andrew Dickens to discuss the action their taking. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In today's episode, Julie talks to Bernie Mayer and Jackie Font-Guzmán about the ideas they explore in their new book, The Neutrality Trap: Disrupting and Connecting for Social Change (Wiley, 2022). Two long-time mediators and mediation teachers, Bernie and Jackie describe their growing disillusionment with the way mediation is sometimes offered to family and other litigants: as a panacea that will smooth over rough edges and produce an “agreement,” which will be able to resolve underlying differences. Bernie and Jackie both speak to their personal experience of conflicts that reflect larger societal power differences and systems, and reflect on the danger that a more superficial, “make nice” approach reinforces existing inequalities and injustices. Going behind the headlines (“he is a monster!” “she is impossible!”), while messy, uncomfortable, and often worse, can produce a more realistic path for moving forward, and allows each party to explore their own truth. Bernie Mayer was a founding partner of CDR Associates, and has provided conflict intervention for families, communities, universities, corporations, and governmental agencies throughout North America and internationally for over 35 years. Bernie is Emeritus Professor of Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Creighton University. He has worked in child welfare, mental health, substance abuse treatment, and psychotherapy. His earlier books include: Beyond Neutrality, and The Conflict Paradox. Jackie Font-Guzmán is the inaugural Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Eastern Mennonite University. Previously she was professor of conflict and peacebuilding at Creighton University. Jackie has provided mediation, facilitation, and consulting services to many international and transnational organizations. She previously worked in law and health policy. In Other News: This week our In Other News Correspondent is Research Assistant Charlotte Sullivan. Charlotte discusses: a news release from the Department of Justice on advancing reconciliation through addressing the overrepresentation of Indigenous peoples in the criminal justice system in Canada; and a recent access to justice study showing an exponential increase in dismissals of race-based cases by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. For related links and more on this episode visit our website: https://representingyourselfcanada.com/does-making-nice-make-it-worse/ Jumping Off the Ivory Tower is produced and hosted by Julie Macfarlane and Dayna Cornwall; production and editing by Brauntë Petric; Other News produced and hosted by Charlotte Sullivan; promotion by Moya McAlister and the NSRLP team.

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The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario is hearing from migrant workers who say they were racially targeted by the OPP in 2013 when DNA was taken from 96 workers during a sexual assault investigation. TVO's diversity and inclusion reporter Ashley Okwuosa attended some of the hearings and reports on what's at issue and what's at stake for 54 workers who have come forward to testify. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hello and welcome to rabble radio: rabble.ca's weekly audio magazine. I'm your host and the editor of rabble.ca, Chelsea Nash. Rabble has its finger on the beat of the issues that matter to you and every Friday, we break it down for you - no matter where or how you're listening. It's a good way to catch up on the news of the week and, as with all rabble news, look at current events through a progressive lens.  This week on the show, national politics reporter Stephen Wentzell speaks with American legal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky to talk about his new book: Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights, in which Chemerinsky makes the case that the United States Supreme Court has been far more likely to uphold government abuses of power -- including those done by police against racial minorities -- than to stop them. Chemerinsky is the dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT This week at rabble, senior politics reporter Karl Nerenberg had his suspicions confirmed when Justin Trudeau's government made the sly attempt to bury the news that it had filed an appeal to Federal Court Justice Paul Favel's September 29 ruling which upheld a Human Rights Tribunal order that the government pay $40,000 to all victims of the underfunded First Nations child and family welfare system.  The government's lawyers waited until the very last minute last Friday to announce the appeal -- doing so after 5pm so as to attract as little public and media scrutiny as possible. "The only surprise in the late Friday announcement was that the government will suspend its appeal process for a couple of months in order to work on a negotiated settlement with the complainants, the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society headed by Cindy Blackstock and the Assembly of First Nations," writes Nerenberg.  The newly-minted ministers responsible for this file, Justice Minister David Lametti and newly-named Indigenous Services and Crown-Indigenous Relations Ministers Patty Hajdu and Marc Miller, played their cards close to their chest. Government officials reached out to Blackstock but it wasn't until the day before the appeal that they approached her with the intention to have discussions. Blackstock and her partners at the Assembly of First Nations -- who have been fighting this fight for 14 years now -- have accepted the government's olive branch and are ready and eager to undertake good faith talks. Speaking of the new cabinet, street nurse and housing advocate Cathy Crowe weighed in on Trudeau's decision to appoint a new minister of housing. Sure, there have been ministers responsible for the housing file before, but until now, there had never been a minister with housing in their title. Ahmed Hussen now takes on that role with the official title of "minister of housing and diversity and inclusion." Crowe, having been let down by government promises on housing for decades, remains sceptical. "Our country needs a minister of housing," she writes. "We now have one in name, but with a catchall title that suggests some boxes were ticked off in Minister Hussen's appointment." In the media interviews the minister has done since his appointment, Hussen has predictably followed the Liberal's election platform pretty closely. It's what's missing there that concerns Crowe. Nowhere in the Liberal platform, nor in Hussen's interviews, has she heard the term "social housing." "We will truly have a minister of housing if the minister's mandate letter includes funding for social housing and rent-geared-to-income housing, creating a co-op housing stream, providing rehabilitation funds for old housing stock, ensuring that seniors' pensions are increased so they can afford to stay in their homes, and creating long-term care standards so our seniors can be housed safely in their later years, and the same for home care," Crowe writes.  Also on the site this week: Our coverage of COP26 continues. Brent Patterson writes about how the prime minister's promise to cap Canada's oil and gas emissions will do nothing to stop the criminalization of Indigenous land defenders. Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan point out that because of vaccine apartheid and the U.K.'s obstructive visa requirements, COP26 is the whitest and most privileged of the United Nations' climate summits since 1992.  Plus, two Indigenous films -- one a documentary -- are reviewed by Humberto DaSilva and Doreen Nicoll.  Da Silva reviews Portrait From A Fire -- a small, award-winning film that follows a First Nations youth on a supernatural journey to unravel his family's secret tragedy. Portraits From a Fire is being screened in select Canadian theatres starting November 1 and will be released through video on demand on November 9.  Nicoll reviews the documentary film: Kimmapiiyitssini: The Meaning of Empathy. Kimmapiiyitssini [GEE-maa-bee-bit-sin], the Blackfoot word for, “Giving kindness to each other,” is key in reducing deaths from drug poisoning in the Kainai community in Southern Alberta. Filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers tells the story of the opioid crisis and how through harm reduction, compassion and de-colonizing recovery, the community has begun to heal. That film opens today, Nov. 5 in Vancouver with screenings scheduled across the country throughout November. Also in arts and culture this week, sex worker columnist Natasha Darling looks at the many ways sex workers contribute to pop culture. From the movie Zola to Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's music, sex workers are most accurately represented when they themselves are in control of how they are depicted, Darling argues.  Finally, last Friday, V.S. Wells takes a look at how Canada media is importing British transphobia.  It started with Toronto Star columnist Rosie DiManno, writes Wells. Her Oct. 16 piece claimed gender-neutral language in healthcare erased women. It's not a particularly new or interesting take, and one that's been thoroughly critiqued over the years, but the Star gave the piece a full page (A3) in the news section — despite it being opinion. The online article also received a traffic boost due to being (controversially) tweeted by author Margaret Atwood on Oct. 19. A few days later, Atwood shared another article — this time from the CBC, decrying “toxic, in-your-face activism.” The opinion piece was written by a trans woman, Jessica Triff, but was filled with transphobic talking points. Triff implied that trans people who do not transition medically are “risks to women's safety,” and that the label “trans woman” should only be used to refer to someone who has “gone through therapy, hormone therapy and sex reassignment surgeries.”  Finally, there was also a CTV “investigation” into trans children and youth who are seeking gender affirming medical treatment. That story relied heavily on the stories of two cis women in the U.K. who identified as trans men, before re-transitioning back to live as women — in order to argue that trans affirming youth healthcare in Canada is too easy to access. This sudden resurgence in feminist-cloaked anti-trans media rhetoric is probably due to that strategy's success in my home country, the U.K. Wells breaks down the differences between American and British transphobia, and why we've been seeing a heightened degree of transphobia in Canadian media in recent weeks. Find all that and much more at rabble.ca, where as always, we're bringing you the latest in political, social and arts and culture reporting, opinion and analysis.  EXTRO If you like the show please consider subscribing wherever you listen to your podcasts. Rate, review, share it with your friends -- it takes two seconds to support independent media like rabble. Follow us on social media across channels @rabbleca.  Got feedback for the show? 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Danielle McLaughlin and her guest, ARCH staff lawyer, Jessica DeMarinis share about an important disability rights case recently decided by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.Find Kelly & Company on YouTube! About AMI AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca. Find more great AMI Original Content on AMI+ Learn more at AMI.ca Connect with Accessible Media Inc. online: - X /Twitter @AccessibleMedia - Instagram @AccessibleMediaInc / @AMI-audio - Facebook at @AccessibleMediaInc - TikTok @AccessibleMediaInc - Email feedback@ami.ca

October 23, 2019 Keri and Carter celebrate trans-activist Yaniv's loss in his frivolous cases before Canada's Human Rights Tribunal, but lament the court-sanctioned child abuse enabled by a Texas jury. We end on a sad note about appreciating loved ones. Here's a link to Carter's article on the banning of Mike Harlow: https://medium.com/unsafe-space/twitters-war-rip-mikeytheharlow-73ebf475b6ce YouTube link to video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/BJv5viQrT78

Jay Cameron, Barrister and Solicitor, Litigation Manager, Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedom talks about Aestheticians justified in refusing to handle male genitals against their will

July 24, 2019 Carter and Keri discuss Jonathan (Jessica) Yaniv, the trans activist who has filed 16 separate complaints with Canada's Human Rights Tribunal against women who refused to wax his male genitalia. Yaniv is the same activist responsible for the permanent Twitter bans of both Meghan Murphy and Lindsay Shepherd. You can watch our earlier discussion with Meghan Murphy about her banning here: https://youtu.be/OLOPpykBR0g YouTube link to video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/oxNAR1LAWyo

Alex Pierson is joined by Dr. Peta Nankivell to discuss the controversy surrounding Jessica Yaniv, a transgender woman who has lodged several complaints that home-based salons discriminated against her by denying her a Brazilian wax.

Claims of hate speech and the right to free speech made the news this week in response to racially-charged commentary in the media. One case played out in the court of public opinion, the other in a court of law. What does the outcome tell us about what's fit to print - and what's not?

A Pickering couple whose children have a rare, painful skin condition is taking their fight to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, after two years of unsuccessful attempts to get air conditioning in the kid's classrooms. Heidi Graf (Gabriela) joins Alex Pierson to tell their story.

A Brampton landlord's appeal was denied after the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario found that he failed to respect his Muslim tenants' religious rights by refusing to remove his shoes when entering their prayer space. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An independent public watchdog says city staff who contributed to and distributed information in the midst of a key Scarborough subway debate may have violated the city's public service bylaw. A Star analysis earlier found that a briefing note produced by the TTC was used by the mayor and allied councillors to kill any return of a light-rail plan in Scarborough and that staff discredited the LRT while advancing a one-stop subway now estimated to cost more than $3.2 billion. The co-founder of Democracy Watch Duff Conacher joins the show. An Ontario nurse who once wrote a poem describing the “sharp thirst” of a serial killer has been charged with murdering eight elderly patients in her care. A gaping, infected bedsore that led to an Etobicoke man's death is just one example of systemic failures of care and negligence at a large Ontario nursing home chain, a lawsuit alleges. Jordanne Holland, the President of Concerned Friends of Ontario Citizens in Care Facilities joins the show. The Mississauga Chiefs were among five hockey teams in Mississauga cited in a complaint to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario over team names and logos deemed “racially insensitive.”  Brad Gallant, of Qalipu Mi'kmaq ancestry, filed the complaint, which asks the city of Mississauga to end its “subsidy” to five hockey teams using indigenous names or logos, and for the city to remove their mascots and banners from municipal property. International Bestselling author Mark Steyn joins the show to talk all things Trump/Clinton, University of Toronto's Jordan Peterson and his fight for freedom of speech, and the launch of his new show on CRTV.  

On today's show John gives his thoughts on the Emmys, and if we are in the "Golden Age of Television" right now. Also, does brand loyalty count for anything? What does it mean if the GM workers in Oshawa show up in a vehicle other than GM with their contract expiring tonight at midnight? Plus, how old is too old to be a cop? A 55 year old woman has filed a complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario after they knowingly asked her what age she was during a job interview. She passed all the tests, and received a letter informing her that she had been declined and there was no further explanation given. She believes she is being discriminated based on her age. Does she have a point?