CANADIAN KANGAROO COURT UPDATE: The “human rights” commissions seem to be feeling the heat, as they’ve decided to launch an “independent review” of themselves:

Amid mounting public and political controversy, the Canadian Human Rights Commission has launched an independent review of the way it deals with hate speech on the Internet.

Chief Commissioner Jennifer Lynch announced Tuesday she has asked Richard Moon, a leading constitutional expert at the University of Windsor, to conduct the study. His report, expected this October, will help shape the commission’s position on whether Internet hate laws should be changed, she said.

Seems like smoke-blowing to me, and I question the independence of an evaluator picked by the evaluatee. But the fact that they’re doing this suggests that they’re feeling the need for cover.