Best\u002Dselling author and psychologist Jordan Peterson is fighting back in court over an attempt to strip his licence for political speech.
Play Video Peterson has been ordered to undergo training on how he should conduct himself on social media after a series of complaints were made unrelated to his work as a psychologist. In fact, most of the complaints were about political statements Peterson had made on Twitter or the Joe Rogan podcast.
Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc. | 365 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3L4 | 416-383-2300A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder.We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try again“We decided that the best way to challenge this would be in the courts on constitutional grounds,” Peterson told the Sun Thursday. “I don’t trust the process at the College and no one should.” Peterson has made much of the material against him available and is trying to push back against what he considers overreach by the College. Under Ontario law, the College was established to set standards for practice and issue licences but Peterson believes they have ventured into policing speech unrelated to the practice of psychology.Article contentThe Notice of Application filed by Peterson’s legal team seeks “an order, certiorari quashing the decision of the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee of the College of Psychologists of Ontario” which was dated Nov. 22, 2022. A certiorari order is a review by a higher court of a lower court ruling. Peterson has filed with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice for a review of a ruling by the College, which acts as a quasi-judicial body backed up by a legislative framework governed by the province of Ontario.Jordan Peterson will use Charter challenge over being disciplined for tweets The main crux of the argument, laid out in full below, is that the decision and many of the policies and bylaws of the College are infringements of the Section 2 rights guaranteed in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Section 2 states that everyone has, “freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication.” By policing Peterson’s statements, on social media and other places, in ways that have nothing to do with the practice of psychology, his legal team argues that his Charter rights are being violated.Article content
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