We’ll just link you to Warren Kinsella’s blog here to read the details. A friend’s take:The CBC and Mr. Kinsella successfully defended themselves against Ian Macdonald’s appeal of his unsuccessful libel action against them. Kinsella wrote on his blog t…
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Pushed to the Left and Loving It: Back to the Future as Canada Now Fights for King and Country
When Louis St. Laurent was acting as secretary of state for external affairs, he held a dinner party in honour of Ernest Bevin, then Great Britain’s foreign secretary. At the end of the meal, Bevin got up and made a speech, praising Canada for standing…
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Tremaine Delays the Inevitable. Well, PERHAPS the Inevitable
Court temporarily stays hate speech charge The StarPhoenix June 25, 2011
A conditional stay has been granted to Terrence Cecil Tremaine, the former university lecturer accused of promoting hatred.
Tremaine appeared at Regina Court of Queen’s Bench ea…
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Terry Tremaine is Appealing (Actually, CHRT is Appealing. Note Update. Then Point and Laugh At Us).
Well, not really appealing. In fact he’s not at all attractive.
See what we did there? Funny? Eh? EH?
No?
Bah! We long for the Golden Age of Comedy when a good knock-knock joke would delight theatres and all the great USO Shows Bob Hope was a part o…
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Jeff Hughes Shooting Inquest on July 25
From Doug Christie’s newsletter:
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Historic 41st General Election. Oh, And How Did Paulie Do?
Yes, the Conservatives won a majority (Sparky is pleased, though the rest of are not). Yes, it was a historic night for the NDP, now the Her Majesty’s Official Opposition. Yes, the Liberals, the "natural governing party" were humiliated. Yes, the Bloc was absolutely destroyed. And finally yes, the Green Party has their first elected member.
We realize the significance of this election and that…
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Fromm Cites Personal Vendetta, Hurt Feelings as Motive for Election Bid
Remember when Paul Fromm ran for Mayor of Mississauga in Fall of 2010, and we held a contest to redesign his campaign banner?
There has never been a more appropriate time to revisit the winning entry of that competition:
You see, when Fromm original…
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