Canadian Museum of Human Rights rocked by human rights scandal

The Museum was the brainchild of Izzy Asper (or perhaps his wife), the one-time media mogul always known as a staunch Liberal supporter. Izzy (or perhaps his wife) saw a Human Rights Museum as a great way to make Winnipeg into a tourist destination. After all, this would be the only Museum of Human Rights in the world!

When the government changed and Big Steve came in, Izzy had the astute insight to bring the Ukainian-Canadian community aboard. After all, they've got a long-standing axe to grind with Russia, and a pretty legit claim to having suffered some major human rights violations. Harper's Conservatives went all in to support Asper's project.

Unfortunately, just as plans for the museum were taking off, Izzy's media empire was crashing. Cash got a little short. Eventually the Museum became a government project, which it remains to this day. The tax-payer keeps the place afloat to the tune of $2 million per month. I know; we can't afford peace-keeping or foreign aid, but we've got two mil per month for a museum that celebrates human rights. How messed up is that?

As if that isn't embarrassing enough, now we've got former employees of the Museum for Human Rights claiming their human rights were violated by the Museum for Human Rights.


I always thought putting human rights in a museum was a questionable concept to begin with. Smacks of virtue-signalling to me.