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Archive for November 2nd, 2008

Ezra Levant’s opening remarks: “I am a major crime scene”

November 2nd, 2008 | 5 Comments

And now the post we’ve all been waiting for (I know I have). Ezra Levant spoke first in the afternoon panel at the Joseph Howe Symposium. Although the symposium was to be devoted to free speech issues, Ezra used his time to talk about a Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission case that had nothing to [...]

Noa Mendelsohn Aviv’s opening remarks

November 2nd, 2008 | 1 Comment

Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, Director, Freedom of Expression Project, Canadian Civil Liberties Association, was the third and final speaker on the morning panel of the Joseph Howe Symposium.  She was immediately preceded by Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission Director Krista Daley, whose remarks are posted here. What follows is based on my own audio recording made [...]

Krista Daley’s opening remarks

November 2nd, 2008 | 4 Comments

Krista Daley, Director and CEO, Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, was the second speaker on the morning panel of the Joseph Howe Symposium. She was preceded by Dalhousie University law professor Wayne MacKay. Ms Daley was the only panelist who also spoke at the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs (CCEPA) debate on human [...]

Joseph Howe Symposium: Overview

November 2nd, 2008 | 1 Comment

Yesterday’s Joseph Howe Symposium on “The Media’s Right To Offend: Exploring the Legal and Ethical Limits on Free Speech” was organised by the University of King’s College School of Journalism and the Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership. An outline of the event and some background material is posted at the Chumir Foundation’s website. [...]

The Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Trinity

November 2nd, 2008 | Comments Off

The collect for today, the 24th Sunday After Trinity, from the 1962 Canadian Book of Common Prayer: O Lord, we beseech thee, absolve thy people from their offences; that through thy bountiful goodness we may all be delivered from the bands of those sins, which by our frailty we have committed.  Grant this, O heavenly [...]