Starting my notes on the latest Jessica Yaniv vs. waxing ladies hearing at the BCHRT. The publication ban on identifying Yaniv was lifted at the end of this hearing so have used their legal name. Will identify everyone but the waxing ladies but then use initials.
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Linda Blade @coachblade is on the stand testifying for @preta_6 in her @BCnursemidwife Disciplinary Hearing.
#IStandWithAmyHamm #nurseswillspeak #sexnotgender
LB is arguing that Coach should be qualified to testify as an expert witness because she can speak to the social value of Amy’s speech and factors relevant to the Amy’s Canadian Charter speech rights. /2
The College is questioning @coachblade on her report and past educational background and CV. College has comments about the relevancy of Coach’s purposed testimony. /3
BF just objected to Amy using the term “trans identified male”. Want the panel to rule that she has to use the term “Trans woman”. LB objects, says BF not entitled to compel speech./1
BF say BCHRT (or maybe it was one of her cases, she’s not sure) said that everyone has to use the terms and pronouns recognized by what we would call gender identity ideology. /2
LB says human rights code not implicated in this hearing. There is no “trans woman” seeking a service. Says if we are forced to use compelled speech, then maybe she should object to the use of the term “cis women”./3
Sorry to say that I missed most of the morning due to a migraine but will try to get the notes from others and update as I can. Here we go./2
The Disciplinary Panel has qualified Dr.Cantor as an expert witness. We can tell from the discussion that Amy’s team has had to redact portions of his report so his qualification has been modified but this is still very good news./3
As the hearing starts, it is announced that there will be an “in camera” session. This means that the public and witnesses are excluded, only the Panel and lawyers will attend and this portion will be excluded from the public transcript. /2
Here’s Wikipedia’s definition of “in camera” for those who want it.
Hearing begins with Lisa B from Amy’s team addressing Dr. A Scheim, potential rebuttal witness to Dr, James Cantor improperly being in the participant galley, listening to the proceeding almost the entire day. /2
LB says that not only did she point out that Dr.C has prematurely logged in and ask him to log out but that the College’s lawyer had made it clear that Dr. S was not available until November, hence the need to split their case. /3
A brief review of today’s @BCnursemidwife disciplinary hearing for our Amy Hamm, @preta_6.
The morning began with Amy’s team arguing that the College was again attempting to “split” their case./1
#IStandWithAmyHamm #nurseswillspeak #sexnotgender
It is a legal principle (backed by many rulings) that the defendant is entitled to hear all of her accuser’s case before presenting her defence. /2
In other words, the College must call all their witness who give all of their testimony and are subject to cross examination so that Amy’s team knows what exactly they are defending against and provide her the best defence possible./3