A combination
of Tolkien's «Hobbit» text and material from his «Rings» appendices, the script, which again saw input from «Rings» film trilogy co-writers Fran Walsh and Phillippa Boyens, takes a great
deal of liberties, bringing back familiar characters like Galadriel (Cate Blanchett), Elrond (Hugo Weaving) and Saruman (Christopher Lee),
none of whom
appear in the «Hobbit» book, and making ample, ominous mention
of the «Necromancer,» who will evolve to become the dreaded Lord Sauron.
I'm not going to bother to respond to the balance
of your post —
none of it identifies any alternative source
of an authority to promote equality (indeed, much
of it
appears to
deal with provisions
of Ontario's labour law which (a) don't impose an obligation to promote equality generally, and (b) aren't relevant to large numbers
of licensees).