A big victory for free speech in Canada
Published by Avi Green on Wednesday, September 02, 2009 at 1:15 PM.
The Calgary Herald (via Jihad Watch) reports that the "law" that the Human Rights Tribunal tried to use against Mark Steyn and Ezra Levant has been declared unconstitutional:
Now, on a related subject, we have only to hope that there can be as much success for Rifqa Bary, whose fate is going to be determined tomorrow. For anyone who cares, do what you can to defend her from being sent back into darkness. Again, here's the contact info for Florida governor Charlie Crist:
Governor Charlie Crist's office: Phone: (850) 488-4441, (850) 488-7146
Fax: (850) 487-0801
Email: Charlie.Crist@MyFlorida.com
Florida Department of Children and Family:
George H. Sheldon, Secretary
1317 Winewood Blvd.
Building 1, Room 202
Tallahassee, Florida
Phone: (850) 487-1111
Fax: (850) 922-2993
Keep lobbying him to use his own influence if needed to provide Rifqa with protection.
Others on the subjects include Hot Air, Wintery Knight Blog, Center for Security Policy, ADF Alliance Alert, The Watchman's Post.
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ruled that Section 13, Canada's much-criticized human rights hate speech law, is an unconstitutional violation of the Charter right to free expression because of its penalty provisions.It's good to know that this declaration has come. After all, what's at issue here isn't racism like racial slurs. Instead, the goal of these so-called laws was to smash political dissent and criticism of religion, specifically, Islamofascism.
The decision released Wednesday morning by tribunal chair Athanasios Hadjis appears to strip the Canadian Human Rights Commission of its controversial legal mandate to pursue hate on the Internet, which it has strenuously defended against complaints of censorship.
It also marks the first major failure of Section 13(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act, an anti-hate law that was conceived in the 1960s to target racist telephone hotlines, then expanded in 2001 to the include the entire Internet, and for the last decade used almost exclusively by one complainant, activist Ottawa lawyer Richard Warman.
Now, on a related subject, we have only to hope that there can be as much success for Rifqa Bary, whose fate is going to be determined tomorrow. For anyone who cares, do what you can to defend her from being sent back into darkness. Again, here's the contact info for Florida governor Charlie Crist:
Governor Charlie Crist's office: Phone: (850) 488-4441, (850) 488-7146
Fax: (850) 487-0801
Email: Charlie.Crist@MyFlorida.com
Florida Department of Children and Family:
George H. Sheldon, Secretary
1317 Winewood Blvd.
Building 1, Room 202
Tallahassee, Florida
Phone: (850) 487-1111
Fax: (850) 922-2993
Keep lobbying him to use his own influence if needed to provide Rifqa with protection.
Others on the subjects include Hot Air, Wintery Knight Blog, Center for Security Policy, ADF Alliance Alert, The Watchman's Post.
Labels: Canada, islam, misogyny, United States
