Head of Canadian Human Rights Tribunal on stress leave, futu

[styky]

Head of Canadian Human Rights Tribunal on stress leave, future uncertain


By Chris Cobb, Postmedia News April 22, 2012

OTTAWA — The embattled head of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has stepped aside in the aftermath of a scathing Federal Court decision that criticized her management of a landmark case involving the welfare of native children.

The Ottawa Citizen has learned that tribunal chairwoman Shirish Chotalia wrote a brief email to staff on Friday saying she was going on stress leave.

“I am taking stress leave until June 17, 2012. Thank you for your continued support,” she wrote.

A tribunal spokesman says her long-term future remains unclear

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[Edward Kennedy]

Who gives a )(*&%^&)_ about these sub human inquisatorial pieces of human garbage. WHAT ABOUT THE STRESS THESE POLITICALLY CORRECT BIGOTS HAVE CAUSED THEIR VICTIMS? Huh?

()*&^%^&_)*(&^)+_

[WestViking]

Shirish Chotalia is chair of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.

[Julian]

The poor baby!

Gosh the stress must be terrible. All I have to contend with the simplicity and ease of trying to make a living in a depression style economy here in Onatrio while being an unpaid tax collector to boot! I can take time off until June 17 too! .... but I won't make a cent between now and then and I won't have a business when I come back!

Had enough? I have.

[Lee Enfield]

Shirish Chotalia is chair of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.

She has a nice smile, but employees find her hard to work for.
They must be short staffed at these places.
Will they hire white Christian heterosexuals like me?

The rulings that Shirish Chotalia, the Conservative-appointed chairperson of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, harassed two subordinates and engaged in “baffling, if not bizarre” behaviour is the latest twist in a series of upheavals since the Edmonton lawyer took charge of the agency on Sept. 9. 2009.
Two more harassment complaints are pending against Ms. Chotalia, a human rights lawyer who last year was accused by her employees of creating a workplace that had deteriorated “to the point of toxicity.”
More than half of the 25-member staff, including managers, left, took sick leave or retired in her first year on the job.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/01/08 ... port-says/

[WestViking]

SHIRISH P. CHOTALIA, Q.C.

Chairperson, Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

Shirish P. Chotalia, Q.C. was appointed Chairperson of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal effective November 2, 2009.

Ms. Chotalia obtained her Bachelor of Arts in 1983, her Bachelor of Laws in 1986 and her Master of Laws in 1991 from the University of Alberta. She was admitted to the Bar of Alberta in 1987.

Ms. Chotalia practiced with the law firm of Pundit & Chotalia LLP in the areas of immigration, human rights and employment litigation. She successfully litigated many high profile cases. She was a Commissioner with the Alberta Human Rights Commission from 1989 to 1993, an adjudicator with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal from 1999 to 2005 and served as an elected Bencher, Law Society of Alberta, from 2008 until her appointment to the Tribunal.

Ms. Chotalia was an instructor at the University of Alberta's Law Faculty since 1995, intermittently, teaching courses in Human Rights Law as well as Terrorism and the Law, and was also appointed as a Special Advocate in 2008 to address terrorism cases. She has written several books and many articles about human rights law and immigration law. Other professional service included Chair of the Canadian Bar Association Immigration Section, Northern Alberta, and Member, Selection Advisory Board of Canada. Ms. Chotalia speaks several languages including French, Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati.

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The credentials are impressive. Her ability to deal with the real world and the people in it is not impressive.
I have no respect for a lawyer who, when criticized by the courts, runs away to hide.
What is truly frightening is that she was teaching law for 14 years prior to her appointment to the Human Rights Tribunal.
She gives credence to the adage that those who can, do, and those who can't, teach!

[Smaug]

Law school should have a course in real world experience, and I don't mean a field trip to a provincial court.

Just going by the looks of this woman, I would guess that she has rarely heard a harsh word let alone met with true adversity.

[RedDog]

Shirish Chotalia is chair of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.

I'm not seeing a lot of stress depicted there. Are those real diamonds?

[richardson]

SHIRISH P. CHOTALIA, Q.C.

Chairperson, Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

Shirish P. Chotalia, Q.C. was appointed Chairperson of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal effective November 2, 2009.

Ms. Chotalia obtained her Bachelor of Arts in 1983, her Bachelor of Laws in 1986 and her Master of Laws in 1991 from the University of Alberta. She was admitted to the Bar of Alberta in 1987.

Ms. Chotalia practiced with the law firm of Pundit & Chotalia LLP in the areas of immigration, human rights and employment litigation. She successfully litigated many high profile cases. She was a Commissioner with the Alberta Human Rights Commission from 1989 to 1993, an adjudicator with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal from 1999 to 2005 and served as an elected Bencher, Law Society of Alberta, from 2008 until her appointment to the Tribunal.

Ms. Chotalia was an instructor at the University of Alberta's Law Faculty since 1995, intermittently, teaching courses in Human Rights Law as well as Terrorism and the Law, and was also appointed as a Special Advocate in 2008 to address terrorism cases. She has written several books and many articles about human rights law and immigration law. Other professional service included Chair of the Canadian Bar Association Immigration Section, Northern Alberta, and Member, Selection Advisory Board of Canada. Ms. Chotalia speaks several languages including French, Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati.

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The credentials are impressive. Her ability to deal with the real world and the people in it is not impressive.
I have no respect for a lawyer who, when criticized by the courts, runs away to hide.
What is truly frightening is that she was teaching law for 14 years prior to her appointment to the Human Rights Tribunal.
She gives credence to the adage that those who can, do, and those who can't, teach!

I don't know much about law as a profession, or about the human rights industry. What is impressive about her credentials?

[RedDog]

Is that some form of Hindu "brand" on her forehead there?

[fourhorses]

she should ask Marc Lemire what Human Rights Tribunal stress is all about ......

Shirish P. Chotalia is helping waste our society and economy

[Edward Kennedy]

she should ask Marc Lemire what Human Rights Tribunal stress is all about ......

Shirish P. Chotalia is helping waste our society and economy

...and our tax dollars

[free_life2]

Is that some form of Hindu "brand" on her forehead there?

Dunno ...what is that thing?

I still say our very our Edward should head this agency.

[fourhorses]

I still say our very our Edward should head this agency.

Bravo !!!

[Peter O'Donnell]

There's some suggestion from the political left that this person was appointed by Harper to slow down the work of the CHRC by creating a hostile working environment there. This latest twist is analyzed by them as a setback for Harper's efforts to dismantle the CHRC. I just mention this because so far there has been no trace of this line of thinking in the thread and perhaps it was not even imagined around here, seeing as how our general attitude is that Harper's government has allowed the CHRC to continue too long. I have to admit that I am not that familiar with the details and could offer no opinion on the subject. If I were the prime minister, I would want to act much more openly and transparently about many issues, such as climate change, rather than playing Machiavellian games that may seem "smart" to some but in fact insult the intelligence of Canadians because they assume that we are not mature enough to have a public debate and discussion on challenging issues. So my approach here would be to start a national debate about the need for a CHRC at least with the current sort of powers and mandate, rather than playing ambiguous games that might be interpreted in many different ways, really resulting in no clarity whatsoever. But that's just a glimpse of an alternate universe, the one that might exist if I had a life in Canada and was not blacklisted, hated and subjected to expensive harassments of various kinds.