The Epitome Proponant of Critical Race Theory

"[The First Nations Confederacy of Cultural Education Centres representative is a] wacko Indigenous House-Slave."

"[Israel], Jewish White Supremacists [the United States and the Commonwealth nations are apartheid colonies whose occupants must leave]: Come get your garbage, Europe!"

"[The CRTC should] cater to racialized voices in the face of the media oligarchy that is defrauding the public in Canada."

"Zios [are] directing their attack dogs [on me]."

Laith Marouf, principal, Community Advocacy Media Centre

Laith Marouf  (Peter McCabe / THE GAZETTE )

"Mr. Minister [Diversity and Inclusion Minister Ahmed Hussen]: You are taking us for fools. You are calling on CMAC [Community Advocacy Media Centre] to answer 'how they came to hire Laith Marouf'?"

"Are you not aware that he and his wife Gretchen King 'are' CMAC?"

"That they and CMAC share the same address? That it was you and Marouf who announced this program?"

Hillel Neuer, executive director, UN Watch

The Liberal government of Justin Trudeau has been quiet, very quiet on this file. The actual Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez -- under whose imprimatur the contract was signed to hire the Community Advocacy Media Centre and Palestinian-Syrian activist and racist-slanderer Laith Marouf, well known for his penchant for offhand racist slanders, to head an anti-racist program for Canadian media -- has said nothing, much less apologized for gross ineptitude.

It seems that information is being revealed from investigators that this man who starts his anti-race lectures by first making certain that his media listeners are quite aware of Israel's "Apartheid" status and that Palestinians are overdue their claims to the land that Israel sits on, before engaging with the terms of the contract he was hired to fulfill as the anti-racist expert the government and Minister Hussen touted him to be.

The Canadian-Radio-Television and Telecommunication Commission has developed a long trusting association with this same man as an adviser on race relations and equity. The $133,000 contract with Canadian Heritage pales before the $500,000 doled out to him by the CRTC for his professional services. Just as Heritage Canada couldn't bother Googling inconvenient racist statements made by this man, neither did the CRTC.

Ineptitude, or did they just not care? Marouf's blistering advocacy for BDS, his student activist days, blocking Jewish speakers from addressing university audiences, his daubings of racist, antisemitic slogans on university campuses, his snarling references to Jews as 'white-supremacists', his hateful comments about Jamaican-American Colin Powell, all mark him as a bigot of the first water.

But no one in this Liberal government of Justin Trudeau, committed to woke ideology cared to know, and knew no care in developing a working relationship with him, instead invoking with pride their trust in his professional qualities as a spokesman against racism. Even though in 2020 he accused the CRTC of enabling "an apartheid on the airwaves", they snuggled up to him.

This, the expert on the evils of racist dogma pervading our airwaves, who once spoke of the CBC president as a "pimp of racist, Genocidal, colonialist, Imperialist and Supremacist propaganda". 

Laith Marouf
Policy Consultant, Community Media Advocacy Centre
1861 Rue wellington,
Montreal, Quebec, H3K1W2,
cmac@riseup.net

RE: Request for information with respect to the application for deferral account funding of the Community Media Advocacy Centre (CMAC) in the proceeding initiated by Telecom and Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2020-124

The Commission is in receipt of the application for deferral account funding filed by the Community Media Advocacy Centre (CMAC) in respect of the above-noted proceeding. The purpose of this letter is to request additional information from CMAC regarding its applications for costs.

Before further consideration of the application may be undertaken, CMAC is requested to provide the following information:

1. The record appears to indicate that the claimants, Mr. Laith Marouf and Dr. Gretchen King have positions within CMAC as Policy Consultant and Secretary, respectively. Accordingly, it may be appropriate to categorize the claimants as in-house consultants, subject to a daily rate of $470, rather than external senior consultants subject to an hourly rate of $225. Please clarify whether these are paid staff positions within CMAC and to what extent the claimants take part in or control the day-to-day operations of the organization^Footnote1.
2. If the claimants do not have paid positions within CMAC or control its day-to-day operations, please provide details regarding their specialized knowledge or relevant experience, which would relate to the subject matter of the proceeding.^Footnote2

CMAC is to file a response to the request for information by 3 March 2021.

A copy of this letter and all related correspondence will be added to the record of the proceeding.

Sincerely,

 

Bestowing The Gift Of His Favours

"Everyday, over a three-year period, Mr. [Jian] Ghomeshi made it clear to me that he could do what he wanted to me and my body. He made it clear that he could humiliate me repeatedly and walk away with impunity."
"When I went to the CBC [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation] for help, what I received was a directive that yes, he could do this, and  yes, it was my job to let him. The relentless message to me from my celebrity boss [Ghomeshi] and the national institution [CBC] we worked for were that his whims were more important than my humanity and my dignity."
Kathryn Borel, former CBC producer

Laura Pedersen / National Post    Kathryn Borel, the complainant in the Jian Ghomeshi case, delivers a statement to media after Jian Ghomeshi's court date at Old City Hall in Toronto on Wednesday.

Former immensely popular host of the CBC show Q, Jian Ghomeshi must most certainly have felt that he had escaped the worst that could conceivably happen to him when it was revealed in 2014 that he was a sexual predator, preying on vulnerable women with whom he worked and on other women with whom he had casual relationships, who eventually decided to bring attention to this man's clear contempt for women, leading him to abuse them with impunity.

On May 12, at the Old City Hall courts in downtown Toronto, Mr. Ghomeshi signed a peace bond. Which meant that he was enabled to bypass a civil trial. The criminal trial that had earlier taken place saw him exonerated by Ontario Court Judge Bill Horkins who reached the conclusion that three complainants whose history with Ghomeshi gave rise to an assortment of sexual charges, were not credible. As victims of sex abuse their emotional reactions to what they had experienced seemed illogical to his logical mind.

And so Ghomeshi was found not guilty in the original trial where three different women testified against him, speaking of how he had violently assaulted them. The evidence did not meet the strict demands of a criminal trial to convict an accused; clearly the police and the lawyers involved had performed a less than sterling job of questioning the women, and the women themselves, though their experiences were those of sexual attacks, handled their own testimony poorly.

"In a perfect world, people who commit sexual assault would be convicted for their crimes. Jian Ghomeshi is guilty of having done the things that I've outlined today. So when it was presented to me that the defence would be offering us an apology, I was prepared to forego the trial. It seemed like the clearest path to the truth.    A trial would have maintained his lie, the lie that he was not guilty, and it would have further subjected me to the very same pattern of abuse that I am currently trying to stop", stated his accuser.

In response, Jian Ghomeshi admitted that he "crossed boundaries inappropriately." That "A workplace should not have any sexualized tone. I failed to understand how my works and actions would put a co-worker who was younger than me, and in a junior position to mine, in an uncomfortable place. I did not appreciate the damage that I caused, and I recognize that no workplace friendship or creative environment excuses this sort of behaviour, especially when there is a power imbalance as there was with Ms. Borel", he stated.

Despite being found not guilty in March in the sexual assault trial involving three women, and with the final charge dropped by the Crown, Jian Ghomeshi could still have a difficult time moving forward with his career. (Chris Young/Canadian Press)

He is acknowledging 'inappropriate' behaviour, but certainly not the more damning sexual attacks that had unnerved and frightened and violently wounded the women he preyed upon. Kathryn Borel is made of sterner stuff than the previous complainants, as a highly intelligent, principled and empowered woman who in the final analysis dealt a death blow to the hope that must have arisen in Mr. Ghomeshi's brain at the dismissal of complaints in the previous criminal trial.

His mea culpa was placed by her firm and unequivocal assessment of his character and his actions into the perspective that reflected the reality of how he had conducted himself, his blase entitlement, his belief that there was nothing he could do that should not be accepted as the right of a powerful and valued entertainment personality perpetrating indignities and violence against women helpless to defend themselves in a social and justice structure that is weighted to victimize women.

For Shame

"We're trying to explain to people what's happening," he said.

This panel by Australian cartoonist David Pope has been retweeted over 64,000 times as of the morning of Jan. 8. Pope tweeted: 'Can't sleep tonight, thoughts with my French cartooning colleagues, their families and loved ones #CharlieHebdo.' (David Pope/Twitter)

"As we cover the shootings at Charlie Hebdo in Paris, there are obviously calls to make. NN [CBC News Network] has been doing a great job of handling this on the fly...Please bear in mind: We aren't showing the video of the shooting of a police officer lying on the ground. It's just too graphic and horrifying. NN is using a still of the moment and that's a good solution."
"We aren't showing cartoons making fun of the Prophet Muhammad. Other elements of Charlie Hebdo's content and style are fine, but this area should be avoided as, quite simply, it's offensive to Muslims as a group."
"Many people are arguing that the violent actions in Paris today invite -- some would say almost require -- others to show solidarity with Charlie Hebdo by reprinting the offending cartoons. Some individuals, including politicians, are tweeting these images. I understand the impulse but don't buy the logic."
"We wouldn't have published these images before today -- not out of fear, but out of respect for the beliefs and sensibilities of the mass of Muslim believers. Why would the actions of a gang of violent thugs force us to change that position? This isn't the time for emotional responses or bravado. There are better ways to honour and stand beside our fellow journalists."
David Studer, director of Journalistic Standards and Practices, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Quebec French-language newspapers decided to run a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad in solidarity with Charlie Hebdo. But the CBC in its coverage, covers up the cartoons while showing the mastheads. (CBC)  

"When leaders do this a lot of people are listening."
"When 'barbaric' gets attached to them, these are the kind of stereotypes and images that are being built up. What is achieved by using rhetoric like that?"
Karim H. Karim, journalism professor, Carleton University

How perfectly useful, and presumptuous it is for Professor Karim to gently rebuke the Prime Minister of Canada for characterizing the slaughter at Charlie Hebdo as 'barbaric' as being unhelpful. Is this a debate we are experiencing between murderous Islamic jihadists and the civilized world? Are we mortally offending the jihadis by using a descriptive like barbaric to name what they are doing?

They may do as they wish, conduct atrocities to teach the West a 'lesson' on how best to comport ourselves around the uber-sensitive topic of Islam, the Prophet Mohammad and the place of Islam in the world of yesterday, today and tomorrow, but the world outside of Islam must be respectfully attentive, even in those instances when jihadis run amok, slaughtering those who offend them. So 'barbaric' is out.

And so is republishing anything remotely as insulting as the scribbling of cartoon figures that appear to have a hovering resemblance to any of the forbidden topics. For that matter, anything that depicts Islam in any form, symbol or comment, represents an insult of insurmountable proportions; well, not entirely insurmountable; honour and dignity can be restored by vengeance, and so France has been temporarily cleansed of its incendiarily-black reputation through its cartoonists' derogatory caricatures.

Why they are derogatory when they simply question, or point out the obvious that there is nothing particularly godly, spiritual or peaceful about Muslims dedicated to the spread of Islam drenching the world in blood, simply points out our ignorance about the many facets of Islamic persuasions to the recognition of its divine and unquestionable presence to save humankind from itself.

And so, the public broadcaster that public tax dollars support is not merely cautious, but committed to ensure it ruffles no feathers, even when the eagle has swooped to devour the meek doves symbolic of peace. But then, many Canadian newspapers also took it upon themselves to protect the public from the possible frightening prospect of actually viewing cartoons held by Islamist jihadists to be so hateful that they merit death in obeisance to Islam.

There was solidarity in Canada, nonetheless, when most of the French press did proceed in sympathy with France and Charlie Hebdo. And the French-language CBC simply ignored what its English-language counterpart neglected in its cowardice-induced insistence it would not insult the sensibilities of Canadian Muslims by publishing. They may now all presumably take offence at the insensibility of the French press, which distinguished itself by publishing the unpublishable.

There simply is no 'good solution', Mr. Studer & Co. for crass cowardice. Free speech and Canadian values take second place to ensuring the sensibilities of Muslims are not offended. Unfortunately, this is a most especial courtesy granted only to the Muslim community; the sensitivities of Christians and Jews are expendable, they tend to sulk, not slaughter when offended.

A Mighty Fall From Grace

"Mr. Ghomeshi will be pleading not guilty."
"We will address these allegations [sexual assault] fully and directly in a courtroom. It is not my practice to litigate my cases in the media. This one will be no different. We will say whatever we have to say in a court of law. We will not be making any further media statements nor will Mr. Ghomeshi be making further media statements."
Marie Henein, defence lawyer, Toronto

"The past month has seen a major shift in the conversation about violence against women. It has been an overwhelming and painful time for many people, including myself, but also very inspiring [in public support]. I hope that victims' voices continue to be heard and that this is the start of a change that is so desperately needed."
Lucy De Coutere, complainant

Jian Ghomeshi leaves College Park Court with lawyer Marie Henein, right, and co-counsel Danielle Robitaille, left, after being freed on bail on Wednesday, November 26, 2014. (Craig Robertson/QMI Agency)

Criminal charges have finally been lodged by three victims of sexual violence perpetrated by one-time host of the wildly successful CBC radio program Q. The three women, two of whose names are being protected; one actor, Lucy De Coutere deciding to fully present herself and with the self-confidence of one who could take the public strain, has described in the press her violent encounter with Jian Ghomeshi.

The man who delighted in being the centre of attention, basking in the adoration of his listening public, confident in the knowledge that his radio program was held in huge esteem for its popularity that brought it to U.S. stations' prominence through its celebrity appeal, now faces a media frantic to hear from him directly more about the 'rough sex' he had formerly claimed was fully consensual. When rumours rose to public discussions, Mr. Ghomeshi had alerted his employers at the CBC.

Examining the evidence he himself brought to them to fully apprise them of what he insists was simply 'rough sex', not all that different from what the current social elite is accustomed to, the
CBC decided they had no option but to shed themselves of their golden goose, and that goose giddily decided he would sue them for $55-million in damages to his reputation, firing him without cause. A suit he has since withdrawn.

Arraigned on charges of four counts of sex assault (up to a 10-year penalty) and a fifth charge: 'overcome resistance -- choking', which has the potential to carry a maximum penalty of life imprisonment should he be found guilty as charged, there was a short bail hearing with $100,000 surety. Conditions for his release are several; he must live with his mother, maintain no contact with the complainants, and remain a minimum of 500 metres from them.

Banned from possessing prohibited weapons, his passport surrendered, he has been ordered to remain in Ontario. Justice Rebecca Rutherford presiding, elicited the response "I do", when she asked Mr. Ghomeshi if he understood his release conditions. Theatrically, flanked by two attractive and high-powered female lawyers with whom 'rough play' might not have gone over too well, he exhibits his soulful penance at the misunderstanding that has landed him in this situation.

That was one powerful !thud! when that graven idol tumbled off its pedestal.

Just Saying ... Finally

"He's such a magnetic character, even as a guy, there's just an instant intimacy when you're talking with him. And that was really amped up with women."
"[Working at Q was exhilarating] with a madman at the centre of it [indulging in petty vendettas and book[ing] guests invited solely to pursue sex]."
"Someone without the same set of extraordinary talents couldn't have got away with what he got away with, especially in a unionized workplace. But the thing to emphasize there is that a culture grew up in a show where that was just normal, and we all went to a workplace where crazy times was normal."
"It just kind of seemed pathetic. It didn't seem nefarious. It just seemed like dude's got bad moves. He would come up and give them [temporary-staff interns] a little back rub or a shoulder rub, and they would just shudder. ... He's obviously got a one-track mind with women, but he's so transparent."
"It didn't seem like he was going to escalate it to something that was non-consensual. It seemed like women would more like roll their eyes at him, like can you believe this guy is so transparently pervy."
"Very few young single women lasted on the show. And not because he was being violent or overtly harsh with her, just subtly denigrated, overly critical."
"He's always, like, drenched in cologne and breathing on you and hands on."
Anonymous, still-working CBC producer on Q

CBC / The Canadian Press File Photo

Non-consensual? Did the largely temporary staff on short contracts, hoping for that big break, that their latent talents would be noticed, that somehow, miraculously, they might be offered a contract, and after that, when their ability and usefulness was really marked, offered a permanent position with the Mother Corp, have any say in whether they would have to put up with being harassed, handled and obnoxiously have their personal space opted by the charming Ghomeshi?

Funny, men looking on and assessing and marvelling and thinking nothing untoward is going on, the ambitious will tough it out if their future is important enough to them. The one with the power and celebrity is noticing them, they should be flattered, their egos puffed, not traumatized and taking their distress and fear home every night with them, trying not to think of the days to follow when they'd have to keep toughing it out for love of career and aspirational hopes.

It's an old, old story, in actual fact. With unions and corporations aware of the new sensibilities and the radar their sensitive antennae are supposed in theory to pick up in protection of women's rights to personal privacy, that their intimate spaces are not to be intruded upon, that unwanted physicality, once a reality is now that of the past, how do these egregious lapses get glossed over with an embarrassed little chuckle?

jian ghomeshi @jianghomeshi  ·  Oct 26

This is my story. The truth... https://www.facebook.com/jianghomeshi/posts/10152357063881750 …

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Jian being Jian doesn't really cut it, does it? That it did for so long simply empowered him to continue his cute little personal peccadilloes. Guess the other Moxy Fruvous band members really didn't know him all that well; they've come out now publicly to state he's a gross embarrassment to their previous relationship. "We had no inkling that Jian engaged in this type of behaviour", Mike Ford, Murray Foster and David Matheson said in a statement.

According to a statement from the Toronto Police a third woman has come forward to formally lay charges against the Wonder Boy. And those charges, evidently go back, somewhat, to what the Toronto Star characterizes as: New allegations circulating about the former CBC radio personality date back to his days with the band Moxy Früvous.

Should we feel compassion for a guy who swaggered himself into celebrity on the basis of charm and personality falling on hard times? Isn't there more to oppressive sexually disturbing behaviour than "being violent or overtly harsh", those subtle and not-so-subtle deranged behaviours of bullying with those sexual overtones so readily interpreted that an onlooking male director knew they were occurring and just shrugged them off?

"Everyone said, 'Oh, my God, we have a hit, we did it. For once, we're not making radio for 87 year-olds in Saskatoon. We're making radio for the new generation'. We really felt like we had done something important, and Jian was the face of that." So, in fact, this is what the 'new generation' is all about; back to the past of sexual innuendo and gender discrimination and pawing and threatening, the rape generation...?

Someone of 87 isn't dead yet. Nor is someone a decade younger, who is just trying to get a grip on all of this, to understand, or try to, why what was common knowledge of an uncommonly psychopathic attitude that felt itself entitled to belittle the esteem of young women and foist violent threats on others could be countenanced when what was a stake was the goose that laid the golden egg....

Sadistical Sexual Predation

"[Mr. Suleiman, 32, was living] a purposeless life surfing the Internet [while on welfare and scheming to prey on young women]."
"[Mr. Suleiman targeted vulnerable women to] satisfy (his) own gratification."
"Any member of the public could have been victimized by you."
Justice Maria Linhares de Sousa

Magabi Lashury Suleiman, 32, was convicted of sexually assaulting women who accepted rides from him, thinking he was a cabbie.    Ottawa Police Service

At a just-concluded trial that worked its way through the justice system in Ottawa, a Ugandan refugee, Magabi Suleiman, 32, was sentenced to prison for nine years. A one-time drug trafficker, he was found guilty of sexual assault and theft. Some of his victims would not file an impact statement because, in the judge's words, it was "too painful to reopen that chapter of their lives." Mr. Suleiman, it seems, earned his nine years of incarceration in a federal penal institution.

"We were always on pins and needles, and we were always scared. Jian had created this environment of tyranny, no one was standing up to him, everyone enabled his behaviour."
"Arif's comment [Jian Ghomeshi's executive producer at CBC] to me was, 'He's never going to change, you're a malleable person, let's talk about how you can make this a less toxic work environment for you'."
"No one was going to talk to Jian, he was too big. The show was a f--king juggernaut at that point. His face and name were inextricably linked with the brand of Q [his successful music/culture/interview show]."
"He did this [search out Twitter or Facebook postings by attractive women and contact them] every single night. He was soliciting non-stop. It was his playground."
27-year-old journalism school student working at CBC, 2007

"I was aware that I, as a woman who had had a drink or two, shared a joint [with Jian], had gone to his house willingly and had a sexual past, would be eviscerated. Cultural frameworks on this are powerful. Equally important, however, was that it also didn't feel like it was worth my effort."
Toronto lawyer Reva Seth, Huffington Post

"If you are a victim of a sexual assault it doesn't mean you have to go to court. There are four levels of [potential choice] response."
"Our job is to present all of the evidence and if the evidence points us in the direction that the offence was committed, [we'll pursue charges]." 
Sgt. Trish Ferguson, Ottawa Police sexual assault unit

Victims of sexual assault have the choice to do nothing. Their second option would be to report the crime, not pursuing charges, just ensuring police are aware so they can wait out to detect possible patterns, or disseminate public warnings if required. The third possible option is to report the assault and have police pay the attacker a visit, the while posting a warning in their system. Lastly is the fully committed option of reporting the attack and pursuing charges.

For police to pursue charges they require the full cooperation of the victim. And that courageous victim who plans to see what they have put into motion right to the end must also be prepared to face the certainty of a very discomfiting court experience, which some may describe as being akin to having the original assault repeated, but this time in public.  And so, that answers the oft-repeated question: "Why wouldn't women whom Jian Ghomeshi assaulted go directly to police?"

Lawyer Reva Seth answered that question herself, mulling it over from the perspective of a victim of a violent encounter and someone attuned to the law and women's experiences in such cases. "I hadn't been raped. I had no interest in seeing him again or engaging the police in my life. I just wanted to continue on with my life as it was. And even if I had wanted to do something, as a lawyer, I was well aware that the scenario was just a 'he said/she said' situation."

Add to that the fact that Jian Ghomeshi is a celebrity, a public figure of some renown and admiration, one who commands a large fan base, with the funding available to him through the avails of his most generous salary over the past years to mount the kind of defence that most people, like the Ugandan refugee in Ottawa who preyed on vulnerable women, just like Mr. Ghomeshi is alleged to have done, would be incapable of mounting.

Shame, fear, and wishing to keep what happened private would restrain a lot of women not possessed, like Kucy DeCoutere, a well-known actress who did come forward, with the self-possession and determination to act. If for no other reason than to finally put a stop to the relentless feral predation of a sexual sadist whose psychopathic tendencies led him to enjoy and to impose violent sex on women.

Shock, I Tell You, Shock

"There began a campaign of harassment, vengeance and demonization against me that would lead to months of anxiety. [His former girlfriends' claims of sexual abuse] reframing what had been an ongoing consensual relationship as something nefarious."
"She found some sympathetic ears by painting herself as a victim and turned this into a campaign. The writer boldly started contacting my friends, acquaintances and even work colleagues -- all of whom came to me to tell me this was happening and all of whom recognized it as a trumped up way to attack me and undermine my reputation."
"The writer tried to peddle the story and, at one point, a major Canadian media publication did due diligence but never printed a story."
"I am being fired in my prime from the show I love and built and threw myself into for years because of what I do in my private life. Let me be the first o say that my tastes in the bedroom may not be palatable to some folks. They may be strange, enticing, weird, normal, or outright offensive to others We all have our secret life. But that is my private life. That is my personal life. And no one, and certainly no employer, should have dominion over what people do consensually in their private life ... I am still in shock."
CBC "Q" radio host Jian Ghomeshi

Former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi

"It's always difficult when an employer has to sever ties with an employee. Information came to our attention recently that in CBC's judgement precludes us from continuing our relationship with Jian Ghomeshi."
"Whenever a decision is made to end employment with an employee, for privacy, terms of separation are never disclosed."
Chuck Thompson, CBC head of public affairs

Keith Beaty / Toronto Star     All that remains of a large promotional poster of Jian Ghomeshi is a freshly painted white wall in the atrium of the CBC headquarters on Front St. W. 

So sad. A Canadian celebrity brought low by ... his celebrity. Someone who is constantly in the public eye, someone who has groomed himself to catch public attention, someone who preens himself as a celebrity, someone whom some people find personally obnoxious, detesting his public persona, reflective no doubt of an inner need; someone whom most people admire, emulate, and were happy to support his career, are now rather thrown off balance.

Actually, big deal. Most people couldn't care less. He's right, it's his own personal, intimate affair how he conducts himself in the bedroom, with whomever he wishes, in whatever style appeals to him. On the other hand, the CBC is known to attract a certain kind of client and a certain sobriety is expected of CBC hosts, even with those hosts like Jian Ghomeshi whose joie de vivre is considered refreshing and appealing.

Sordid, violent sex? Not so much. Even though, as Mr. Ghomeshi himself stated in his mea culpa confessional, his sexual adventures are not entirely unknown and unappreciated to and by many others within society. Who, with good enough reason, don't make it a matter of public disclosure. Not that Mr. Ghomeshi would have, had he not been backed against the wall. And the reason for that is also personal; a break-up with a former girlfriend, he contends.

Nothing so vicious as a woman spurned. Or, a number of women seething that they were the unwilling victims of a sex-sport they don't enjoy, hadn't anticipated, and didn't want. With the bruises, psychical and physical to prove it; the former lingering, the latter long gone. Or so the imagination would lead one to conclude. In any event, this is a made-in-the-Ghomeshi-bedroom scenario.

He has taken the bullcrap by the horns and come out front and swiftly in expectations of sympathy and understanding from devoted fans. Livid that his livelihood has been so rudely interrupted by allegations of violence perpetrated by him against the gentler sex. If indeed there was no consensus and gratuitous violence resulted, he's been a very wretchedly nasty boy, but then, boys are always boys, that's the thing of it.

As for the ghastly revelations and the resulting firing leading to a $55-million suit against the CBC? Hey, the CBC equates with taxpayer funding like it or not, doesn't it? The taxpayer paid for his no-doubt munificent salary, enabling him to lead the fabulous lifestyle he adored. No need for the taxpayer to pony up for his rude awakening.

In any event, according to employment and labour lawyer Howard Levitt, "In an age of social media -- tools that Ghomeshi uses skilfully -- there is no such thing as private time versus work time. He had to know that." And: "If the CBC has convincing evidence that Ghomeshi was involved in non-consensual activities that constituted violence against women, he becomes a poisoned chalice and executives had no choice but to release him."

And, finally: "This suit ($55-M) has everything to do with strategy and PR -- but nothing to do with legal entitlement. This suit, which alleges breach of confidence, bad faith and defamation by the public broadcaster, will almost certainly be quickly struck down by the courts without Ghomeshi recovering a penny."

See what I mean? Too bad, so sad....