Freedom of religion and freedom of speech are the primary jewels we have been given as Americans, part of our common patrimony. To see them under threat and being attacked in Canada was alarming, a little too close to home. Like acid rain and pollution which know no boundaries, such threats should be stopped at the source. And so I have written ...
Whither Canada?
The Chilling Effect of Richard Warman
"Freedom of Speech is an American concept, so I don't give it any value"
The good news is that many others are concerned and most of them are playing a much larger part than I. The other good news ...
On Thursday, the Canadian "Human Rights" Commission dismissed the complaint of the Canadian Islamic Congress against Maclean's magazine for printing an excerpt of Mark Steyn's America Alone.
Counsel to the Islamic Congress, Faisal Joseph expressed his disappointment and claimed "inappropriate political pressure."
Steyn was sited at the Prime Minister's Garden and when told of the decision joked maybe he should appeal.
Macleans responded
Though gratified by the decision, Maclean's continues to assert that no human rights commission, whether at the federal or provincial level, has the mandate or the expertise to monitor, inquire into, or assess the editorial decisions of the nation's media. ...We enthusiastically support those
parliamentarians who are calling for legislative review of the commissions with regard to speech issues.
Still to watch is the decision from the HRC of British Columbia and the many cases filed against Christians and others like the comedian recently charged for his offensive comments against a pair of hecklers.
The best solution is to get rid of all the silly pseudo-judicial commissions and revert to the common law which has done quite well over the past 800 years in taking care of the true free speech abuses - fraud, defamation and libel.