He is best known as the primary instigator of actions related to Internet content under Section 13(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act against people including white supremacists and neo-Nazis.
[1] Warman wrote a detailed report on Internet hate in Canada for B'nai B'rith's Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents,[2] and has been the target of anti-Semitic smears himself, though he has testified in the past that he is not Jewish.
[4] Warman has initiated a large number of complaints against groups and individuals, alleging violations of Section 13(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act.
[1][5] His targets include the Canadian Heritage Alliance and its leader Melissa Guille;[6] Jason Ouwendyk and the Northern Alliance; Marc Lemire;[7] Tomasz Winnicki;[8] Alex Kulbashian[9] and James Scott Richardson of the Canadian Ethnic Cleansing Team;[10] Bobby Wilkinson and his Canadian Nazi Party;[11] Craig Harrison;[12] Terry Tremaine;[13]Glenn Bahr,[14] Peter Kouba,[15] Jessica Beaumont and Ciaran Paul Donnelly,[16] all formerly with the group Western Canada For Us; Liz Lampman;[17] Fred Kyburz;[18] and Eldon Warman.
[citation needed] Warman was involved in preventing David Icke's public presentations in Canada and abroad.
[citation needed] Warman has won ten of the cases he has brought before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT),[20] and two more have been successfully mediated after the individuals had left the neo-Nazi movement and renounced their beliefs.
The CHRT has consistently upheld Warman's complaints against the following individuals and groups: Fred Kyburz;[3] Eldon Warman;[21] Alexan Kulbashian, James Scott Richardson and the Canadian Ethnic Cleansing Team, Affordable-space.com;[21] Tomasz Winnicki;[22] Craig Harrison (for postings on Marc Lemire's Freedomsite);[23] Peter Kouba;[24] Glenn Bahr and Western Canada for Us;[25] Terry Tremaine.
[30] As Hadjis is not a judge and the tribunal is not a court, his decision does not carry sufficient weight to strike down the section as ultra vires.
[33] The Canadian government has chosen not to intervene in the Federal Court case, although it had defended the constitutionality of Section 13(1) before the Tribunal.
[36][37][38] White was subsequently indicted by a U.S. grand jury for the death threats against Warman and others and remains in custody pending trial.
"When freedom of speech turns into threats against innocent people, it is the responsibility of the law enforcement community to intervene and protect its citizens", she said.
In 2004, the British Columbia government passed legislation to protect libraries from defamation suits if they distribute materials that can be considered defamatory.
[41] The lawsuit was settled in 2015 when Icke paid $210,000 in damages and legal costs and agreed to "immediately cease any further distribution of Children of the Matrix and remove the defamatory material from any future editions".
[45] Warman was awarded $50,000 in damages in 2008 after a successful suit for defamation, assault, and invasion of privacy against Albertan William Grosvenor.
The apology posted on Levant's website read as follows: In the past, I have made certain derogatory statements and comments about Mr. Richard Warman on January 20, 23 and 28, 2008 and November 10, 2008.
However, on appeal, the Superior Court overturned this decision unless Warman could prove a prima facie case against the John Does before their information was released.
In the judges reasons for the judgement it was noted that based on "the evidence disclosed...CAHN did in fact assist ANTIFA and that the movement has been violent".
[56] He is also one of the backers of the reward fund established by the Assembly of First Nations in relation to the Gatineau murder of Kelly Morrisseau.
The CHRT ruled that Warman's posts, which he initially denied were his, could have precipitated further hate messages from forum members, stating same to be "both disappointing and disturbing and it diminishes his credibility".
Warman said his posts had helped him identify members of the neo-Nazi movement and that at the time there was no "road map" for such investigations.