The story of Cran Campbell, who is on a mission to keep hate-speech off Craigslist: After sending a complaint to the CHRC in the fall, Campbell received a response this month. In a letter dated Jan. 12, early resolution advisor Jamie Masters said the CHRC will send a letter to Craigslist
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BigCityLib Strikes Back: Free Speech Throwdown: Warman Vs. Des Rosiers
I attended the Freedom of Speech and Hate Speech in Canada debate held by CIJA last night, pitting Richard Warman against Nathalie Des Rosiers of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. I intended to live-blog the event with my new, incredibly sexxxy Acer Iconia, but the place didn’t have wifi, so these
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Farber And Kurz On Section 13
Opponents of Section 13 argue that it is an assault on free speech. They claim that it targets speech that may merely offend those with thin skins. If the target of the law were merely “offensive” statements, we would wholeheartedly agree. But this is not the case. The law aims
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Your Daily Nazi: My Day Among The Nazis
So yesterday I went off to visit room 4D at 180 Queen West for the denouement of Warman Vs. Lemire. I wound up sitting two seats over from Lemire, who once threatened to sue me, and right in front of the Fourniers, who once tried to get me fired. The guy
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: CIJA Goes Soft On Section 13!
Asked if the Jewish community would benefit from the retention of Section 13, [CIJA CEO Shimon] Fogel stated: “What was intended as a shield against hate has become a sword. Certainly in its day, it was helpful in confronting the challenges related to the likes of [Holocaust denier] Ernst Zundel…
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: You guys have a majority.. why hide behind a Private Members Bill?
That’s my only real question of this particular reversal/manoeuvre on Section 13 regarding hate speech and the Human Rights Tribunal. I’m not at all surprised they’re doing this, even if they didn’t campaign on it, nor am I surprised that they’ve reversed course on supporting it, now that they have
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: New Government Hate Crime Initiatives Will Outlaw Linking To Hate Speech
Joe Brean is usually careful about these stories, so though I don’t see where anyone in the gov. has said this explicitly, I will assume he’s got it right re the criminal code enhancements that will offset the repeal of Section 13 of the CHRA: One of the Criminal Code enhancements
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Government To Strengthen Hate Speech Provisions In Criminal Code
The clip is Brian Storseth’s introduction of Bill C-304 to repeal Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act. The most interesting part is the last half, in which Minister of Justice Rob Nicholson asks the HOC to get behind the government’s “forthcoming amendments to strengthen the hate crimes provision of
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Your Daily Nazi, Part II: Storseth’s Bill To Empower The Nazis
…due up for a vote in February 2012 or so. So says Kady O’Malley, who writes:…Storseth’s bid to repeal the clause of the CHRA that governs the transmission of “hate messages” by telephone or online is likely to be one of the more contentious privat…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: My Bad
Storseth’s private Member’s bill to repeal section 13 of the Human Rights Act (C-304) was indeed introduced Friday. And it looks like an act, not a mere motion. I was looking at the wrong order papers. Here’s a newspaper ac…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Suck On It, Ezra
Something remarkable is happening in Alberta. Despite determined efforts by some alarmist columnists, the public and our government stubbornly refuse to be afraid of anti-hate legislation.Meanwhile, Brian Storseth’s Private Member’s Motion/Bill/w…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Brian Storseth’s Section 13 Repeal Fizzled Already?
Yesterday I noted that Tory back-bencher Brian Storseth was set to propose a private member’s initiative calling for the repeal of Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act. That’s, of course, the hate-seech provision. (Here’s a National Post e…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Here We Go Again
A Tory MP plans to introduce legislation as early as Friday calling for the repeal of a section in the federal human rights code banning hate speech over the Internet.My guess? Once again, almost every journalist in the country will sup…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Jason Kenney Blows Off Bishops
…says lawyer up if you don’t like law. Also, the CPoC is still officially against section 13. Not that the government plans to act.
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