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Mia Hughes: B.C. Human Rights Tribunal ignores science to silence debate on gender ideology

A former school board trustee was handed a $750K fine for speaking out about government policy

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Last month, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal handed down an extraordinary decision, ordering former Chilliwack school board trustee Barry Neufeld to pay $750,000 for publicly criticizing gender-identity ideology and its inclusion in schools. The ruling highlights the conflict between the demands of modern trans activism and the fundamental rights enshrined in Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms. This must serve as a wake-up call for all Canadians.

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Neufeld’s legal saga has dragged on for nearly a decade, encompassing defamation lawsuits, anti-SLAPP motions, hate-speech allegations and human-rights complaints. But Canadians need not wade through years of litigation to understand what’s at stake: the threat not only to freedom of expression, but also to freedom of belief, lies in one particular aspect of the tribunal’s definition of discrimination.

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