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Six reasons why the Moon report will be probably be a total whitewash: I know like me you’re sitting on the edge of your seat, waiting to hear what’s in CHRC-appointed “expert” Richard Moon’s report. Ezra Levant says Moon will likely recommend tinkering with Section-13 to, you know, make it “more fair.” Beyond that, you can expect it to be the kind of report Jen Lynch and the pro-censorship forces can fully support. Here’s why (quoting Ezra):

1.     Richard Moon was hand-picked because he is on the record as pro-censorship.

2.     He was paid an enormous sum by Jennifer Lynch -- $50,000 for a few months work – so he’s in a conflict of interest.

3.     His contract specifically required him to submit a preliminary copy of his report to the CHRC, and to adjust his report as they direct him to. It’s not Moon’s report on Lynch, it’s Lynch’s report on Lynch.

4.     His contract specifically excluded him from investigating abuses and corruption at the CHRC.

5.     The few subjects left to his report are not properly his or the CHRC’s to comment on – that’s a job for Parliament.

6.     The fact that the CHRC commissioned this report in the face of various Parliamentary efforts to have a true review shows Lynch's contempt for Parliament and its authority over her.

On CFRB just now, Mark Steyn described the CHRC as “incompetent at best, corrupt at worst.” The Moon doc—the Lynch-pin of a defence to retain state censorship—cannot help but exemplify the “best” and the worst of the body that commissioned it.

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