Donna Seale, a human rights lawyer that was recently interviewed on Law is Cool, just republished the show notes from the episode.

Donna was a finalist in the 2007 Canadian Law Blog Awards (CLawBies).  Law is Cool won the 2007 CLawBie for Legal Culture.

Here’s what she said:

Recently, along with human rights lawyer Pearl Eliadis, I had the opportunity to be interviewed via podcast by Omar Ha-Redeye over at the Law Is Cool Blog and Podcast regarding recent media criticism of Human Rights Commissions across Canada.  Here’s a full reproduction of the blog post referencing the interview (I don’t usually do this but since they did such a good job setting things out, why reinvent the wheel?)…

If you’re interested in listening to the actual podcast, head over to the Law is Cool post and scroll to the bottom.  You’ll see the podcast there for download.

The human rights and free speech controversy involving Mark Steyn and Maclean’s raised the issue of the role and importance of Human Rights Commissions in Canada.

Omar interviewed a human rights lawyer, Pearl Eliadis, who recently wrote an article in Montreal’s Maisonneuve magazine called “The Controversy Entrepreneurs”.

He also interviewed Donna Seale, former Co-Counsel for the Manitoba Human Rights Commission.

Devin Johston provided an excellent summary of the episode, which can also be found on Law is Cool.