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Archive for November 4th, 2008

Restricting speech on the road to utopia

November 4th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Chronicle Herald columnist Paul Schneidereit heard Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission director and CEO Krista Daley speak at both free speech discussions held in Halifax in recent days.  Like Ezra Levant, he is deeply troubled by Ms Daley’s belief that Canada’s human rights bureaucracies are on the side of the angels. In Daley’s world, based [...]

Binks asks a question, but gets no response

November 4th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Near the end of the morning session at the Joseph Howe Symposium, the mighty Binky made his way to the microphone and posed a question to the panelists: Wayne MacKay, Krista Daley, and Noa Mendelsohn Aviv.  My recorder wasn’t on at that time (to save the battery), so I paraphrase from memory.  He said something [...]

Have grievances, will travel

November 4th, 2008 | 2 Comments

A peripatetic grievance-monger named Asaf Rashid showed up at the Joseph Howe Symposium last Saturday and attempted to shout down Margaret Wente as she was about to deliver her keynote address.  When she came to the podium and was introduced, he stood up and started ranting at the top of his lungs, calling her a [...]

Mark Mercer’s speaking notes

November 4th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Dr Mark Mercer was kind enough to send me his speaking notes from the free speech debate held last Thursday, 30 October.  The debate was sponsored by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs (CCEPA) and held at St Mary’s University.  The document is posted here in Word format for downloading. I blogged the [...]