KABONFOOTPRINT : human rights news

Dr Daniel G.hill is canada's first freelance "Human rights consultant ". The former head Ontario human rights commission now charge for the advices Ontario used to pay him to dish out free.

Dr.Hill retired from his $34.000 a year civil service post last year and started Daniel G.Hill & Associates last month.
The 50 years old sociologist doestn't think there is anything odd about making human relation -Traditionnaly a job for gouvernement and volunteer groups of concerned citizens - a paying business.

"This is the age of specialisations and consultants " Dr Hill said, "When a gouvernement agency or private firm needs an expert to handle an specific task they hire a consultants in enginering management, all sorts of fields. Why not human relations ?

"I'm the first in Canada, but there are several in the US and they're doing a good work and good business". The former US citizens says he already has contract with the attorney's generals office. The ministry of education and canadian civil liberties union.
I'm also negociating with several private companies". He's part of investigative of attorney general's office "looking at legal aid to see if it's effective and to find ways to make it more effective".

The CCLU has hired him to look into "administrative matters", and he is working on indisclosed aspects of teachers certifications " with the education ministry.
Dr Hill is also part Time teacher at the university of toronto where he has a graduate seminer in the school of social work, it covers the history of the human rights movement in canada.