Lane von Herzen: Email to the Canadian Human Rights Commission, August 6, 2025

My Third Novel's Conclusion, My Heartbreak

My heart begins to break when I think about completing this particular book -- because this narrative has sustained me like no other story I've known. It's both more personal and more universal than my other works. But beyond memory and archetype, it's a cri-de-coeur about needing to become the person one is destined to be. And in the writing, I have met my own life's work, my own fated journey -- having the sense all the while that the pages are suffused with a resonance, an energy, an electrified field that defies explanation. Writers hope and pray to be overtaken by a work in this way -- to be conscripted into passionate service of a profound story. To experience it even once in a lifetime seems a great privilege. I still have several months before this novel is complete, and this constitutes my reprieve. Because I'm not ready for the beauty to end.

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Email to the Canadian Human Rights Commission, August 6, 2025

The following email was sent to the Canadian Human Rights Commission at 12:26 PM on August 6, 2025 from lanemacwilliams@gmail.com, with a copies to the OIG Hotline at 12:38 PM and Ambassador Hillman at 12:41 PM.

CHRC ATIP Office, thank you for your response. Is the reference for my file #A-2025-00014, as previously stated, or is it #3001135631, please? Are there by any chance two separate reference numbers pertaining to my Access to Information request?

Because the FBI has engaged in extensive efforts to prevent the lawful conveyance of information by creating duplicate files in the past, this is an important issue.

I am given to understand that the CHRC has received materials originating with the Office of the Inspector General Hotline of the U.S. Department of Justice pertaining to my case.

Is that correct?

I know that the FBI would prefer that the CHRC provide a "final response letter" that is absent the material from the OIG Hotline. However, the Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that these reports are due to me, and their provision, out of concern for the long term preservation of human rights, should be upheld most vigorously.

Thank you for responding today to my concerns regarding this matter.

Sincerely yours,