The federal Liberals had two years to make sure the guy appointed to head the Canadian Human Rights Commission wasn’t wholly inappropriate for the job — and they failed.

On Monday, incoming human rights commissioner Birju Dattani resigned before he could even take his chair. He had, according to the external law firm tasked with investigating his appointment, “intentionally omitted” key information about his past in relevant forms and interviews. Namely, his record of speaking at anti-Israel academic functions.