In voting 153-to-136 in support of amendments removing sections 13 and 54 from the Canadian Human Rights Act, the Conservatives in Ottawa under Stephen Harper’s leadership took a historic step in defending free speech.
Section 13 has the Orwellian clause of the human rights act, which reads “any matter that is likely to expose a person or persons to hatred or contempt” is prohibited.
The weasel word here is “likely” and, by invoking it, authorities have shut down freedom of expression, as the University of Ottawa did when it cancelled the appearance of Ann Coulter, an American conservative author and political commentator, in March 2010.
In times to come, historians might likely note that with this vote Canada turned a corner in its long downward slide into the bog of multiculturalism and political correctness, and began its climb back to once again becoming a robust liberal democracy.
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Mansur: Stain on Canadian democracy removed,
Finally…now the next order of business should be the abolishment of a bunch of bureaucrats in the environmental, and safety departments!!
They have gone over board with their mandates!! The number of rules and regulations that are imposed on businesses has made it difficult to even follow the rules., making some even go out of business.
Mansur is a visible minority and a Muslim to boot otherwise the left would be going apocalyptic. The race baiters are effectively denied their soap boxes.
That’s the only reason he is being kept around. And you call Obama an empty suit.
Salim Mansur will wonder one day “what happened” when he suddenly sees the axe over his head that looks the same as the axe over Mohamed Elmasry’s head today. He can parrot far right talking points all day but at the end of the day, he’s still a brown muslim that is still a threat to Canada’s “purity”. His audience will turn on him when his services are no longer needed, just like the Reformers did on Ralph Klein’s wife and the Republicans did on Colin Powell.
Tell me Cy do you even read your drivel or does your KKK blindness just kick in and leave you looking like an idiot?
Let’s see here. If GWB disagrees with Colin Powell’s policy its racism but if Condi Rice disagrees with Colin Powell for exactly the same reason its?????
Wow it must be wonderful to live in a world so black and white (pun intended). Yeesh
I reflect your first question right back at you and in fact have no idea what you are talking about. Maybe in your world GWB represents all Republicans.
Notice you’re pretty quiet about Ralph Klein and his “Just another Indian” wife. Maybe you need to be a bit more honest about where the real KKK is instead of accusing a BLACK guy of being KKK and looking like an actual idiot.
KKK is a matter of the heart not the colour of the skin Cy. When you keep spouting racist comments I’ll keep calling you on them.
BTW my point was that if a white skinned man disagrees with a dark skinned man you imagine it it is racism. My question to you was what happens if two people of the same skin colour disagree over the same point of contention? Is that somehow racist as well?
Maybe you need to wait for me to make one.
All I said is that those people of color who think they’re down with the far right because they make amenable arguments are fooling themselves. Didn’t work for the Jews that stumped for the National Socialists during the 40′s and it won’t work for Salim Mansur now. He’s still the enemy to most of his audience.
Just so you don’t try to weasel out of this like you usually do:
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=3de33447-d65a-47a9-8a52-6eb632a6066c&k=56980
Um you do realize that the ‘unnamed Conservative’ may well be an unnamed Liberal or an unnamed NDP or… since we have no idea if the alleged slurrer even exists or if the story is the fabrication of the author’s fervid imagination. From my experience Colleen Klein is very very highly regarded in Conservative circles.
You’re calling Ezra a liar?
Liberal plot required to explain western conservative animus against natives?
Oh jeez.
Go enjoy your father’s day, if it applies
I’m calling no one a liar Cy. I am simply pointing out that ‘unnamed sources’ are not very reliable. Also one person does not represent any group of people. You keep spouting racist comments but I don’t believe all black skinned individuals are racists. You are an admitted leftist but again I don’t assume that the racist comments you make reflect all leftists. So while you are trying to twist one misguided individual’s verbal diarrhea into a vast rightwing racist issue I simply point out another comment in the same article that Colleen Klein is highly regarded in Conservative circles. Can’t have it both ways Cy.
I’m neither racist nor a leftist. These are labels you and the lesser capable denizens of JNW apply because:
1) Your extreme political rants hold no water unless you have an equally extreme character to oppose – stageleft and I are the perfect strawmen for that purpose
2) Everything for you actually is black and white. If you are on the right and I criticize them then I must be on the left.
How a formerly self-employed banker can be a true leftist and a black man opposing old school racism is a racist are among those mysteries you will NEVER address head-on because there is no answer. You just throw as much sh*t as you can in every direction, hoping something sticks, to protect your cowboy conservative buddies.
You’ve already been kicked off of one blog for this behavior, only you were being sexist against another conservative. You obviously don’t learn.
Far right? Salim Mansur? Not even close. Your prediction of Mansur’s future is more suited for that lunatic all night radio show than it is for JNW.
I think you’re right beentheredonethat. Poor ole Cy has slipped a wookey or two. He thinks I have been kicked off a site. If I have I am completely unaware of it. All the sites I visit still take my comments. Of course the leftist sites often take my comments down when I disagree with their point of view but that is neither here nor there since when I post another comment agreeing with them they let it stand. He also thinks I’m some kind of extreme rightist when I refuse to allow him to spew his racist drivel unchallenged. Didn’t know that opposing racism was a left or right issue but…. Of course he somehow believes that his banking background keeps him from being leftist in outlook and his skin colour is a sure cure for racism. He’s bordering on delusional!
That’s not what I heard. You were asked to leave.
BTW what race do I hate?
What leftist economic policies do I support? When have i deleted your posts?
Still throwing sh*t around, waiting for something to stick, I see. That’s the Joe way. You’re bordering on libel, and that’s not covered under section 13 my friend.
And in the mean time Cy pats himself on the back as he disparages entire groups based on where they live or because of what he thinks they believe.
Oh and BTW Cy I know you have never deleted any of my comments on your site because I have never been to your site let alone comment on it. Also I have never been asked to leave any blog or site. Libel har de har de har har har. There is nothing I’ve posted on any site that would even be close to libel. If for no other reason that any impartial person would recognize that what you so often spout is racist in content.
You have been asked many times to give an example of “racist” content as well as explaining what race I supposedly hate.
You continue to weasel out of answering.
Provide an answer or accept that you are a liar.
So tell me Cy is it Southern Christians you hate or just white Southern Christians or are you even more refined focusing your hatred on White Conservative Christians? Is it Western Christians you hate or just White Western Christians you hate or are you more refined and hate only White Western Conservative Christians? It seems like every time you post you have something nasty to say about them.
That is not evidence. You’ve been lying the whole time and you know it. Now we see it was all to cover for the (easily verifiable) extremism of your little sect. Sad. _
Go back and read your own posts instead of calling me a liar Cy. Every one I know who reads that kind of drivel says the same thing. THAT’S RACIST! Simply look at the comments you made about Colleen Klein’s alleged detractor. From ONE anonymous source you allege that ALL White Alberta Conservatives are racist. As I pointed out with anonymous sources we have no way of verifying what (s)he said except farther down the article which refutes the ‘source’ in saying that Colleen is held in high regard by the very people you allege are racist. You were looking for racism in White Western Conservatives, which becomes racism itself when you pick one source that supposedly confirms your suspicion and ignore thousands of other sources that refute your theory.