Archive for 'Human Rights'
The Rest of the Story
Given that our good host strives to keep us all up to date on the latest attacks on free speech in the Western world, I figure it’s only right that I do my best to ensure we have the latest, most accurate information. Which is why I am very happy to bring you this: EDMONTON [...]
Posted: December 15th, 2009 under Canada, Headlines, Human Rights, Legal.
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What Happens In Winterpeg Shouldn’t Stay In Winterpeg
Believe it or not, this is an amendment I could really support … which is highly unusual for me when it comes to Canada’s Conservative Party. But one of the resolutions passed (and reportedly approved by 99% of the nearly 2,000 party members) at the party’s first national policy convention since 2003 [held in Winnipeg, hence [...]
Posted: November 18th, 2008 under Canada, Human Rights, Politics.
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Just So You Know
Just in case Lex happens to miss it, I thought it was only right to let you know. The Canadian Human Rights Commission dismissed a hate speech complaint against Maclean’s magazine on Friday in a decision the complainants blamed on “inappropriate political pressure.” Just to be clear, that would be the complaint claiming that an article [...]
Posted: June 30th, 2008 under Canada, Gratuitous slap, Human Rights, Politics.
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Boggles The Mind
As an *interesting* follow-up to this post, a human rights complaint and police investigation for possible “hate crimes” [gag, cough, choke, sputter] have been launched against the Chronicle Herald (a Nova Scotia provincial newspaper) for the following editorial cartoon which was ran on April 18. You can read the rest of the story (including my thoughts, if [...]
Posted: May 15th, 2008 under Human Rights, Legal, Politics.
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