Posted on 01/16/2008 9:40:30 PM PST by GratianGasparri
Putting tribunals on trial
By Pete Vere January 17, 2008
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario
Canada's human rights commissions are a threat to freedom of speech in America, says Ezra Levant, the latest in a long string of conservative writers to be brought before Canada's quasi-judicial panels for speech about Islam.
But Mr. Levant is not taking it lying down and is using the Internet and his own legal savvy and flair for publicity to put the tribunals themselves on trial before the public, in Canada and elsewhere.
"Although the United States has a very robust First Amendment, Canada and Britain have a common tradition going back to the Magna Carta that brought about some of the freest presses in the world," Mr. Levant told The Washington Times. "If Canada and the U.K. can be infected, so can America."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Ezra Levant to commissioner:
"She's a thug, your a thug. I don't seek to convince your, because to do so means that I grant your some moral authority."
He's got a pair.
ping!
Mrs. Fournier was subject to a similar complaint this past summer when the Canadian Human Rights Commission opened an investigation into FreeDominion.com, a conservative Web forum that Mrs. Fournier moderates as the official Canadian sister-site to U.S.-based FreeRepublic. The complaint was withdrawn after gaining the attention of U.S. media outlets, including The Washington Times.
Mr. Levant is not taking it lying down and is using the Internet and his own legal savvy and flair for publicity to put the tribunals themselves on trial before the public, in Canada and elsewhere.
Go to http://www.ezralevant.com and watch all the video. They are all MUST SEE videos.
ping
Thanks for posting the video link. It is well worth a quick watch!
Thanks for the Ping. The Iman after Ezra Levant is in cahoots with CAIR no doubt.
Ping.
Yes, and shades of things to come here in US for those of us called to speak truth.
I had to watch the video twice, (particularly the 3rd and 4th ones in line) once to watch Ezra and once to watch the politburo workers reaction to him. It would be comical if it weren’t for real. Fascism is never funny. My prayers are with him, I wonder how much its costing him to defend himself. Meanwhile, the Iman sits back and learns how to manipulate the system, which will only encourage more of this absurdity leading to the death of the West.
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