Former CHRC chief sues MP Melissa Lantsman, Ezra Levant and Jewish advocacy group for defamation

A man who was briefly appointed to be Canada’s chief human rights commissioner last summer before resigning over accusations of antisemitism and support for terrorist entities is now suing those who made the claims against him.

Birju Dattani, the former head of the Yukon territory’s human rights commission, was appointed to the role of Canada’s chief hum…