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Supreme Court Chief Justice "A Lesson in Bias?" at National JudicialInstitute NJI
Media Release Immediate Release December 4, 2007 National Judicial Institute (NJI) "A Lesson in Bias?" A recent article in the Fraser Forum by Chris Schafer, an Ottawa Lawyer, with Gowlings, entitled "Continuing Judicial Education A Lesson in Bias" is a strong indication that government needs to be very concerned with the hidden agenda at NJI. Biased training of Judges may result in biased Civil and Criminal Court decisions. The lives of everyday Canadians are dependent upon a justice system which is free of bias. Please review the article: http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/admin/...5ffSchafer.pdf Last Friday, NJI staff "leaked" an email, confirming that The Right Honourable Beverly McLachlin had failed to respond to an Ontario Human Rights Complaint, filed by Wayne Cook, in February 2007. The deadline for a response was October 5, 2007, now two (2) months ago. Michael Rippon, "leaked" this information to another Ontario Human Rights complainant against NJI. This email seems to indicate that the Ontario Human Rights Mediation staff have given legal advice to NJI, which is the basis of a complaint now filed with the Toronto Police. (Appendix A). "The NJI people are quite dangerous, operate in secret, and are specifically exempted from disclosure of their training material (or trainers) under the Access to Information legislation. Frankly, that is wrong because you don't know WHAT the judges have been "trained to do" when you have to make your arguments in court. This is a simple thing that local MPs can do -- to remove that protection -- that does not conflict with the current policies of the government." F.A.C.T Website www.fact.on.ca "With the McLachlin...quoted below, we really wondered just how biased the material given to judges was -- there people make a lot of their decisions from their "training", not by thinking. It is terrible. You think that the National Judicial Institute has made any effort to make this material relevant or correct? Well, you will have to be a judge to see (http://www.nji.ca)-- community input on community standards is not welcome. However, we doubt that a word has been changed to deal with the problems." F.A.C.T Website www.fact.on.ca "Gerry Bellett's (Vancouver Sun) tight lipped article fails to explain the "POLICY', the National Judicial Institute (NJI) is an independent organization that is mandated to offer MANDATORY courses to judges and all the judiciary including law enforcement to receive the "GENDER SENSITIVITY" indoctrination course". Hence, how the bias is linked to "policy". http://www.nji.ca "The GENDER SENSITIVITY training program is unknown to the public, as most slight of hand policies are. It is near impossible to obtain copies of this program that has not been amended since its creation in the year 1990." www.equalparenting-bc.ca. "These judges are subject to feminist indoctrination in their training at the National Judicial Institute." Established in 1988, the National Judicial Institute coordinates and provides training programs and continuing education services to all of Canada's judges. It is located in Ottawa. Although the curriculum of the institute is not available to the general public, analysis of the biographies of law professors and judges do state the feminist teachings to members of the institute. Often law professors receive judgeships. Nowhere have we found any references to any masculist training of Canadian judges or training from independent children's rights organizations that don't receive some form of federal government funding." Canadian Children's Rights Council www.canadiancrc.com For further information on the Human Rights Complaint, please contact: Wayne Cook , 416-609-0372 or contact Ms. Barbara Hall, Chief Commissioner, The Ontario Human Rights Commission www.ohrc.on.ca, 416-326-9511 Toll Free 1-800-387-9080. Appendix A Subject: Human Rights Complaint From: "Michael Rippon_NJI" Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:18:03 -0400 To: "Brian W. Lennox_NJI" CC: "Susan Lightstone_NJI" , @.com Hi Brain, I was contacted today by a Mr. Cotten of the Ontario Human Rights Commission with regard to Wayne Cook's complaint. There are a number of points that you need to be aware of and actions that should be taken very soon. He informed me that Chief Justice McLaughlin and Justice Smith, had been asked in late September to provide a response to the Commission regarding Mr. Cook's complaint. The Commission has not received a response as yet and would very much like one as the due date was October 5th, 2007. A previously scheduled mediation session( January, 22nd, 2007) between the Commission, Mr. Cook and the parties above has been canceled as a result of Mr. Cook's inability to make his way to Ottawa for the session. Mr. Cotten would very much like to put this case to file and have nothing more to do with it. He does however require a response from someone who could easily be Mr. Riggs if the parties above so choose. Mr.Cotten also mentioned that it would be wise to mention in the body of response a couple of things: a.reference section 34.1.b http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/sta..._f.htm#s34s1.b b. be clear that we do not provide training for or by people other than judges or senior legal academics c. mention that we responded to his original request for participation in our program in reasonable time ( dates of e-mails from Susan L.) d. we had nothing to do with his arrest outside of our doors and in fact his arrest came before he launched his complaint dated Sept 18 2007. Let me know if there is more I can do. I will forward Mr.Cottens coordinates once he sends them to me. Michael |
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