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Archive for November 3rd, 2008

Ezra Levant’s speaking notes

November 3rd, 2008 | 1 Comment

Ezra Levant‘s speaking notes, marked “non-confidential”, have landed in my in-box. So, I’ve posted them here as a Word document for downloading by anyone who is interested. The notes are quite sketchy, but they mention several issues that Ezra did not have time to raise in his remarks, as well as taking another swipe at [...]

John Miller: The saga of Khurrum Awan

November 3rd, 2008 | 21 Comments

John Miller, Associate Chair, Ryerson University School of Journalism, spoke during the afternoon session of the Joseph Howe Symposium, immediately after Ezra Levant. To my mind, Prof Miller’s remarks typify the knee-jerk liberal thinking that has brought Canadian free speech law to a now-evident crisis.  He rejects the view that human rights commissions endanger Canadian [...]

Gambling on the US election

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Stephen Ward: “To be offended should be expected”

November 3rd, 2008 | Comments Off

The final speaker at the Joseph Howe Symposium was Dr Stephen Ward, James E. Burgess Professor Journalism Ethics, University of Wisconsin at Madison. He spoke forcefully in favour of freedom of the press and against censorship by human rights commissions. In particular, he does not find the BC Human Rights Tribunal’s decision to reject the [...]