Human Rights Commissions: Useful or Obsolete? Part 1: Intro & Kathy Shaidle

On Monday April 13 2009, the Forest City Institute and the Friends of Canadian Coalition for Democracies sponsored a panel discussion on Canadian Human Rights Commissions. The panel speakers are Salim Mansur, Kathy Shaidle and Ezra Levant.

In part 1, Mary Lou Amrogio of the Forest City Institute sets the stage for the discussion and introduces the evening's moderator, Dr. Chris Essex of the University of Western Ontario.

Then Kathy Shaidle, blogress and co-author of "The Tyranny of Nice" lays into the HRCs and the elitist mentality that spawned them.