Canadian Hate-Crimes Law Leads to $1,000 Fine

From Family News in Focus:

The Quebec Human Rights Tribunal has ruled that a used car
salesman and his employer must pay $1,000 to a homosexual
man for moral damages inflicted when the salesman called
the unnamed man "Fifi."

Judge Michele Pauze determined that the salesman, Marcel
Bardier, used "discriminatory words . . . by revealing his
sexual orientation in hurtful and vexatious terms."

The homosexual man, whose name cannot be published, told
the judge that he felt dehumanized, humiliated and
degraded by the comment.
In addition to the $1,000 monetary award, the car salesman
and his employer must also pay interest and expenses.

We just barely missed this happening here, as the it had to be voted down in the Congressional conference committee.

Eyes Up!