Heather MacNaughton of the BC HRT is doing all free speechers a big favour by accepting this complaint.
Even Warren Kinsella, 'an inexperienced political staffer' has noticed that perhaps the BC Human Rights Tribunal is out of control. If only there had been a warning sign. Why is it that a (presumably) well educated person cannot rise to defend the basic rights of a man he disagrees with, but can see there might be a problem when a comedian is threatened? Chalk it up to blind partisanship and a lack of ability to see beyond his own hate.
The good news/bad news of this decision is that if the BCHRT is so obtuse that it cannot see that it will become a laughing stock by accepting this complaint, it is also unlikely to understand the negative outcomes for it of finding Maclean's magazine guilty. Bad news in the short term for Maclean's and Mark Steyn, good news if it gets appealed and overturned in a proper court.
