A Saskatchewan judge has stayed a charge of promoting hatred, saying the case against a Regina man was taking too long to get to trial.

Andrew Coyne

Jul 9, 2012

It isnt enough that the speech is considered offensive. It must be shown to have caused, or be likely to cause, some demonstrable harm to some identifiable person.

OTTAWA — Canada’s top court will not hear an appeal in a case involving a neo-Nazi leader’s web postings that could have determined the power of Canada’s quasi-judicial human rights tribunals.

Even as the Supreme Court curtailed the powers of the federal human rights body last month, the Federal Court of Appeal has gone in a different direction in ruling that Canadian Human Rights Tribunal orders carry similar weight to court orders and can lead to contempt findings on their own.

The Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) has overturned the Federal Court's original decision that Terry Tremaine (leader of the National Socialist Party of Canada) was not in contempt of court for not making efforts to remove postings found to be illegal under the CHRA and making new ones contrary to the CHRT order against him. The FCA rendered judgement that Tremaine was in fact guilty of contempt and sent it back to the Federal Court for sentencing.

From Richard Warman's website:

THE LEADER-POST (REGINA)

NEWS, Page: A8

Hatred case to go to trial

Leader-Post

The Federal Court has now approved the 1st part of the contempt process against Terry Tremaine