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Telfer's lawyer for the judicial review, Ted Charney, stated that " The only reason they backed off, is because we got this judicial review and we convinced them to wait until the hearing was over before they tried to seize their house and sell it with the sheriff .” Ezra Levant, a lawyer and former publisher of the Western Standard who was himself a target of a human rights complaint in the past, said the court ruling is more evidence that Canada ’ s human rights commissions are “ out of control ,” and argued that “ Every single aspect of this ruling is discreditable ... Overturning the tribunal ’ s order isn ’ t enough.

The tribunal itself should be disbanded .” Levant also argued that the nature of the complaints-“ such as that she felt insulted by comments about the smell of her lunch ... are so absurd, it ’ s incredible that a government tribunal would actually sit to hear them ” and that “ So basically, if you ( allegedly ) insult someone, you can lose your home.

Courtesy of the government.