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An Alberta human rights adjudicator, facing criticism for ruling in favour of a Czech immigrant who claimed discrimination after failing his Canadian engineering qualification exams, is now under scrutiny for his social media comments on East African politics.

Susan Coombes, a spokeswoman for the Alberta Human Rights Commission, said the chief commissioner will examine adjudicator Moosa Jiwaji’s Twitter remarks after the organization received a complaint this week.

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“If there was something that was of concern, we might have a new policy about what needs to happen with social media,” she said. “We walk a fine line between freedom of speech and freedom of expression, and also the reputation of someone who is an adjudicator.”

We walk a fine line

In September, in the wake of the Westgate mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya, in which Al-Shabaab terrorists killed at least 67 people, Mr. Jiwaji seemed to attribute the violence to immigration.

“Go into eastleigh [a Nairobi suburb] and get rid of all those individuals whoa re [sic] living in Kenya on fake papers. Do DNA test on all of them,” he tweeted.

On Nov. 29, he wrote: “Kenya in reverse gear. Another 50 years I guess. I will be dead by then. Good luck. A Constitution means DICK!!”

The Twitter account was deleted shortly after Mr. Jiwaji was criticized by host Ezra Levant on his Sun News Network show.

“Really it is a good opportunity for us to look at our policies and procedures and all the things we need to be doing to show transparency and due diligence,” Ms. Coombes said of the commission’s response to the complaint.

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Last week, Mr. Jiwaji ordered the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) to pay $10,000 to Czech immigrant Ladislav Mihaly. Mr. Mihaly has been trying, unsuccessfully, to obtain accreditation to work as an engineer in Alberta since 1999.

He failed the National Professional Practice Exam, a test of engineers’ understanding of professional conduct, law and ethics, three times. Mr. Mihaly was told he would be required to pass either a Fundamentals of Engineering exam or a series of confirmatory exams to ensure he was technically competent.