Warman strikes again
This time, he’s adding fuel to the fire that has threatened to consume Ezra Levant for the past two years.
Just before the weekend, I received an e-mail from Richard Warman, the former investigator for the Canadian Human Rights Commission, who quit the commission in 2004 to become the commission’s biggest customer. Approximately half of all complaints filed under the Canadian Human Rights Commission’s section 13 “idea crimes†provision have been filed by Warman. The CHRC has a 100% conviction rate under that section, and besides ordering the poor shleps Warman complains about to pay fines to the government, they’re often ordered to pay thousands of dollars to Warman himself, too, for his “hurt feelingsâ€. Unlike the paycheque he got when he used to work there, the cash he gets from commission fines is tax free.
But Ezra is not backing down, and not willing to bend in the slightest:
Dear reader, I don’t think I’m going to be like the easy pickings that Warman is used to fighting. While my top gun lawyers are taking care of business in the court of law, I’ll be working vigorously in the court of public opinion. I’ll ensure that every legal document, every piece of interesting testimony, every embarrassing admission I exact from Warman and the human rights commission will be shown to the whole world (subject to any legal restrictions). Unlike human rights commissions, where only the victim of the complaint is grilled, defamation lawsuits are two-way streets. It’s Warman who’s going to be famous. I’ll use every interlocutory application, every motion, every pleading and every day of the trial to shed light on the commission’s shenanigans. I wonder if Warman has thought through the idea of giving me a forum; I wonder what his friends at the commission will think when they start getting subpoenas; I wonder what advice Shirlene McGovern would offer them about engaging me in such a process.
I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you.
Jason Rakowski
Comment by Jason Rakowski — February 24, 2008 @ 10:23 pm
Wel the fun begins, Ezra will wipe the floor with Warman’s sorry ass.
Comment by Blazingcatfur — February 24, 2008 @ 10:53 pm
Lucy Pieman’s nefarious exploits are about to become a global media scandal.
Comment by WL Mackenzie Redux — February 25, 2008 @ 10:05 am
Reading this news is like hearing that a studio has decided to make a sequel to your favorite movie! Ezra, the ‘Neo’ of Canadian bloggers, hovering will ill intent over a wide - eyed Richard Warman, is about to send a rhetorical heel to the chops to him and everything he stands for! What would possess a person to incite Ezra Levant? If there is some conservative agent egging on Warman so we get to see the house of cards fall, I’ll gladly shake his hand if his cover is ever blown.
Settle in for round 2 - this is the part where right minded Canadians get to make their case nationwide. It’ll be great to watch Right Girl present her case along with other bloggers who recognize that their freedom of offend the censors is on the line!
Comment by Shane Borgess — February 25, 2008 @ 11:16 am
RG,
For some reason your feed isn’t updating in Bloglines, so I’ve been missing some of the wit & wisdom of late. I figure I ‘lost’ the feed doohickey when your move to Wordpress happened. Anyhow, nice new digs you have here, I’ll try to keep up until the feed works.
Comment by dailybayonet — February 25, 2008 @ 12:14 pm