How Social Justice Ideologues Hijacked a Legal Regulator
I have been a Toronto-based litigation lawyer for 30 years. My politics are progressive and strongly egalitarian. About two decades ago, I started my own law firm, specifically so that I could serve disadvantaged individuals and communities. I have...
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How Social Justice Ideologues Hijacked a Legal Regulator | Murray Klippenstein and @PardyBruce
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Superb and principled piece by Murray Klippenstein and @pardybruce and way to go @Honickman wishing you all well on this
“I never imagined that I would ever see such a thing in Canada”
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p.s. If you're an Ontario lawyer, & u want to understand why the #StopSOP slate romped to victory, here's an excellent @Quillette piece I published, co-authored by a legendary leftist lawyer who was disgusted by @LawSocietyLSO compelled-speech directive
"Our regulator was demanding that lawyers and paralegals draft and then obey a set of specific political ideas—both in their personal and professional lives—as a condition of their license."
Today in Ontario strong opposition to a mandatory statement of principles for Ontario lawyers was made clear to the @LawSocietyLSO. Read what Murray Klippenstein and Bruce Pardy wrote in Feb. about what they believed was a compelled speech initiative.
"If lawyers, of all people, cannot defend themselves against tyranny, then what use are we to anyone?" Indeed. I'm proud to run for bencher alongside Murray Klippenstein, who made great sacrifices to defend our freedom of conscience. quillette.com/2019/02/11/how… #BencherElection2019
@QuinnMRoss @jonkay @PardyBruce Perhaps you would care to read this, written by Murray Klippenstein - a litigation lawyer of 30 years, a progressive and egalitarian, with Bruce Pardy.
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Is what we are dealing with. Along with many cheers that “woke,” law students will soon be lawyers who will vote for and push this.
Excellent. Murray Klippenstein, a Toronto lawyer, progressive and egalitarian, with Professor Bruce Pardy, on why he opposes the Law Society of Ontario’s Statement of Principles. How Social Justice Ideologues Hijacked a Legal Regulator - Quillette.
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“Our [Ontario] regulator was demanding that lawyers and paralegals draft and then obey a set of specific political ideas—both in their personal and professional lives—as a condition of their license.” bit.ly/2tjDWW6 pic.twitter.com/lXyEydEW8v
A warning about the corruption of those who regulate our legal system by those who plan to challenge that corruption
If the lawyers kowtow who do we have left? Except, of course, the left. This is a very dangerous precedent and not just for Canada
In Feb, renowned social-justice lawyer Murray Klippenstein wrote in @Quillette that he would be quitting his law firm & running for the @LawSocietyLSO, to rescue his field from compelled-speech zealots
He came in first in Toronto
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The Law Society of Ontario scraps merit & competency & now every law firm "is expected to adopt & promote racial representation according to proportion in the general population... [It is] quotas based, essentially, on skin colour."
Some are pushing back
Award-winning social justice crusader (& widely honored) Canadian lawyer fights compelled speech:
" I have been late to this party, and perhaps I have been naïve about how ideology has corrupted the ideal of social justice"
This is a courageous man and speaking for the most important cause of our era. Support him: How Social Justice Ideologues Hijacked a Legal Regulator quillette.com/2019/02/11/how… via @Quillette