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” quillette.com/2019/02/11/how… via @Quillette

"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."

"For all of my adult life, I have worked to advance social justice. Now I am horrified by what my own professional regulator is doing in the name of that same cause," writes litigation lawyer Murray Klippenstein & law professor Bruce Pardy.

"The idea that racism was rampant, and that heavy-handed measures were required to address it, took on a life of its own." Read "How Social Justice Ideologues Hijacked a Legal Regulator"

"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

Our regulator demanded 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.

@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.

@acoyne @thejohnrobson @jonkay “Diversity and Inclusion” has taken on the character of an unquestionable orthodoxy within governments, regulators, universities, corporations, schools, unions, political parties, advocacy groups and the media quillette.com/2019/02/11/how… via @Quillette

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.

“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

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