Human Rights Tribunal
A comedian was ordered to pay $42,000 because he insulted a child with a disability
In a decision that has many comedians up-in-arms about freedom of speech, a Quebec tribunal has ordered comedian Mike Ward to pay tens of thousands of dollars for the suffering he caused one Quebec boy and his mother.
This Comedian Is Fighting for His Right to 'Make Fun of Everything'
Mike Ward, a popular and provocative comic in Quebec, is before a human rights tribunal for a joke he made about a young man who suffers from a condition that causes facial disfigurement.
New Documents Show That Canada's Federal Government Is Panicked About Trans Rights
Talking points obtained by VICE show how the Harper administration blocked a bill that would have offered human-rights protections to trans people.
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