Free Speech Watch in Canada
Free speech is under fire in Canada. McLean's Magazine and Mark Steyn go before the B.C. Human Rights Commission* in Vancouver today to determine if hurt feelings are a basis for squelching speech. This will have enormous repercussions for freedom of speech for our northern neighbors, yet you'll find nary a mention of this in mainstream media outlets. McLean's blogger Andrew Coyne will be keeping us posted on the proceedings.
Meanwhile, you can support Steyn by buying his book, America Alone.
[* As this editorial in the National Post points out, to call any of the Canadian HRCs a kangaroo court would be an insult to marsupials everywhere.]
Meanwhile, you can support Steyn by buying his book, America Alone.
[* As this editorial in the National Post points out, to call any of the Canadian HRCs a kangaroo court would be an insult to marsupials everywhere.]
4 Comments:
You might be shocked to learn, or perhaps not, that major swathes of the Canadian media are not covering this at all. Mark Steyn was on a Calgary radio station this evening and I called up (from Vancouver) to ask him why he thought this was.
Apparently earlier in the day he was discussing this with a bigshot at the Globe & Mail (Canada's largest national newspaper) and she said that they felt it was a Mark Steyn only story but had no wider relevance.
Silly, silly fools.
Oh. My. God.
Words fail.
As a Canadian in Vancouver, I'm ECSTATIC that people away from Canada's Left Coast are paying attention to the fiasco going on here this week. It's a disgrace.
I had the great pleasure to personally meet Mark Steyn today, one-on-one for several minutes.
You may be interested to view two posts I've added this afternoon:
* Khurrum Awan and your appearance on CKNW: http://pelalusa.blogspot.com/2008/06/khurrum-awan-was-he-lying-in-court-or.html
* A video of Julian Porter outside of the Kangaroo Court: http://pelalusa.blogspot.com/2008/06/visit-to-ground-zero-of-kangaroo-court.html
Robert W.
Thank you, Robert. I'll have a look.
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