Category Archives: Freedom of speech

Whereas Hamas…

So now the Canadian Union of Public Employees Ontario University Workers Coordinating Committee wants to boycott Israel… again. According to CUPE Ontario president Sid Ryan, “In response to an appeal from the Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and … Continue reading

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Self-censorship? Me? Absolutely

What can I say about hate speech investigations into Maclean’s magazine?
I mean that literally. This used to be a free country where we had the hard-won right to speak our minds without fear. But now the Canadian Islamic … Continue reading

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Erasing history, the Canadian way

So now we learn that “Radical Jack” was actually “Reactionary Jerk” and swiftly airbrush another page out of our national history. Take that, you dead white anglo male.
The background here is quite embarrassing. The National Capital Commission, in its Sparks … Continue reading

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