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Originally Posted by chezlaw
Profoundly disagree that this shouldn't be subject to employment law. The idea that there's some 'right to fire' is a very right wing view that would almost never never be heard in remotely left wing group. That it is a lawful firing is quite likely. It's what the tribunal very clearly found and the appeal may well uphold it.
Free speech is not really the issue here but in any case she has no right to it.
We would not to tease this out quite a bit as I may agree in part but probably not to the majority.
I agree to certain 'protected areas' and mechanisms to govern those.
That said when it goes too broadly into 'speech' that is not protected I think companies should be able to dictate and establish their culture and prefer that to some gov't bureaucrat dictating that outside areas of protection.
Again, we had so many outrageous examples of what i would call 'abuse' immediately after the Canadian Human Rights Tribunals were set up where people with political positions to push (activists) who found an often simpatico board, loaded with like minded people, ready to use State power to compel speech and behaviour and punish those with differing views.