Alberta’s newly appointed human rights commissioner says he’s considering recent recommendations on how to improve the Human Rights and Citizenship Commission.
The commission’s top job has been vacant for almost a year, but on February 6, the province announced that retired Court of Queen’s bench judge David Blair Mason is the new commissioner. Mason says he’s reviewed a recent report that says the commission suffers from “low profile and poor reputation” because of weak government support. “I understand that today, we’re facing a pressing need for credibility, profile, effectiveness in the commission with respect to issues of equality and discrimination,” says Mason. “…Albertans deserve to feel confident that the issues of equality and discrimination are being dealt with in this province fairly and in a timely manner.”
Alberta Culture Minister Lindsay Blackett also says spelling out sexual orientation in Alberta’s human rights law is “right at the top” of his agenda for strengthening human rights in the province.
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