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Various people have asked me why I will not vote for Stephen Harper and the Conservatives in this election. While the Cons’ failure to seriously tackle the deficit, reduce the size of government and begin to dismantle the Liberal state are all good reasons, I probably would hold my nose one more time if it were not for one, fundamental fact: C-51. And I might have even given Harper a pass on C-51 if I didn’t know the Conservative record on free speech, the perversion of the Human Rights Commission and the legal thuggery which attended it. Connie Fournier and...

About an hour ago a shooter killed a guard at Ottawa's War Memorial. The same shooter, or another, then entered the Parliament Building where he was shoot by security personnel. Police are saying nearby Rideau Centre shopping mall is now on lockdown.

In a case with implications for online privacy and free expression, a panel of Ottawa judges is considering whether websites named in libel actions should be required to identify people who post anonymous defamatory comments. Their decision could chill whistleblowers and others who use pseudonyms to post controversial comments, say civil libertarians. And, they maintain, if the judges support unmasking anonymous posters, that could erode their privacy by allowing others to piece together vast amounts of personal information. The case arises from a 2007 defamation suit filed by Ottawa lawyer Richard Warman, who is reviled by the far right for...

Commie thugs are after Ann Coulter again! An open letter to the University of Calgary regarding their staff member's plan to shut down the Ann Coulter speech:Dear University of Calgary I am writing to you about Jason Devine, who is an MA student at the University of Calgary. http://hist.ucalgary.ca/profiles/jason-corey-devine I emailed the University a few weeks ago because the Calgary Anti-Racist Action, a group that Jason Devine leads, was conducting a postering campaign against a young, female student on your campus, claiming that she was associated with the Aryan Guard. It turned out that the first round of posters resulted...

Ann Coulter is currently on a speaking tour in Canada. She will be speaking in Ottawa on Tuesday and a far leftist official from the University of Ottawa has sent her a notice of pre-emptive censorship. There may be fireworks in Ottawa to great Ann. Full text of letter to Ann Coulter: “Dear Ms. Coulter, I understand that you have been invited by University of Ottawa Campus Conservatives to speak at the University of Ottawa this coming Tuesday. We are, of course, always delighted to welcome speakers on our campus and hope that they will contribute positively to the meaningful...

OTTAWA – A partial birth abortion ban moved a step closer to the CPC Policy Convention floor today at the Regional Policy in Ottawa today. A motion to completely ban the gruesome abortion procedure passed muster at the Kingston and the Islands policy meeting five days ago, with a decisive 23 to 4 majority. Author of the motion to ban partial birth abortions, Connie Wilkins, sat in on the Regional Meeting’s breakout sessions dealing with Issues of Conscience. While all other groups were granted four motions to be put forward for approval at the main Policy Convention in Montreal, the...

Free Dominion has been hackedassistance requested Free Republic's Canadian chapter has been hacked by a group of commie weenies calling themselves the Internet Liberation Front. Isn't that a sweet, inspiring name? So original too, I'll bet no one in the sixties were clever enough to call themselves a liberation front. They have replaced our site URL with a bunch of commie nonsense that can be viewed here. If anyone has the ability to give them a taste of their own medicine, payback will be a female dog. Of course we would never condone such an action, we would prefer to...

Supporters enjoy close encounter with president While downtown streets were closed to pedestrians, school buses were cancelled in the name of security and protesters were kept out of the sight of George W. Bush, about 60 pro-Bush demonstrators were allowed to stand within metres of the U.S. president's motorcade as it left Ottawa Airport yesterday. Connie Wilkins, a member of a pro-United States website, www.FreeDominion.ca, and one of the organizers of the rally, said her group contacted RCMP when they heard Mr. Bush was coming. Ms. Wilkins said the group alerted RCMP they intended to be on the parkway, just...

The "5 fingered wave" has now gone international. For all of you Free Dominioners, and other principled conservatives, who stood in the cold for over three hours to welcome American President Bush to Canada, here is your reward. Personally...I feel overpaid. President Bush's realtime response to the "5 fingered wave"

Protesters gear up for Bush Ottawa — Protesters are frantically organizing to yank the welcome mat out from under U.S. President George W. Bush when he arrives here Tuesday. Sporadic graffiti heralds what could be a nasty reception as he starts a two-day visit to Canada. The black scrawl spray painted across a walkway near Parliament Hill uses a familiar obscenity to tell Bush to stay away. A noon-hour rally Tuesday is expected to draw thousands of marchers anxious to vent their views on everything from the war in Iraq to plans for a U.S. anti-missile defence shield. Smaller events...

Welcome to Canada, President Bush. Please click here. This was originally written by a Canadian, and has now been upgraded by another Canadian. (Audio begins after text messages.)

Entropy Squared & conniewFree Dominion November 21, 2004 Under attack President Bush is coming to Canada for a visit on November 30 and December 1. The MSM in Canada is going to paint it as a disaster of some type and many assorted Canadian leftists are planning on protesting his visit. Free Dominion is setting up welcoming demonstrations for President Bush to show him - and all Americans - that all Canadians are not Liberal weenies. Free Dominion has contacts in the U.S. Embassy, who know and trust us, and they are going to feed us information as to where...

Canadian news is reporting Saddam's sperm is dead. Is there validity to this news story?

The Free Dominion G.I. Phone Home Project Nothing can reassure a soldier's loved ones--or more clearly remind our heroes why they fight--than a phone call home. You can show your support for the American fighting troops by donating to the Free Dominion G.I. Phone Home fund. Donations from individuals and businesses will be used to purchase long distance minutes and U.S. Central Command has offered to help in the distribution of the phone cards to the troops. We are currently looking for a telephone company willing to match the long distance minutes we are able to purchase, doubling the time...

Is Capitalism compatible with Democracy? In order to address the issue of capitalism’s compatibility with democracy from the viewpoint of the classical liberal and Marxist perspectives the democratic ideals of both positions must be defined. The classical liberal tradition argues that capitalism is a system of ownership that is an extension of natural rights. Within this tradition, the democratic form of government is seen as the means to defend the natural rights of the individual. Socialists assert that capitalism is inimical to democracy. This assertion is based upon the Theory of Surplus value. After outlining both positions I will explain...

Wednesday » November 13 » 2002 East rallies to support jailed farmers Linda Slobodian The Calgary Herald Wednesday, November 13, 2002 Eastern Canadians are rising to the defence of western farmers being jailed for selling their own wheat, says the organizer of a protest rally to be held on Parliament Hill next Monday. "Support is snowballing. We think there's the potential for there to be thousands of people there," said Connie Wilkins of Kingston, Ont. The rally, nicknamed Storm the Bastille, is being organized through Free Dominion, a Web site Wilkins operates at www.freedominion.ca. It offers a forum to discuss...

Today is September, 10, 2002 - The Eve of Destruction Look at these pictures and try to tell me we are not at war. World War III started on September 11, 2001 as surely as World War II started with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. What you are seeing in these pictures is a sneak attack by enemies who want to destroy the freedom and liberty we enjoy, as surely as the Japanese wanted to destroy us and as surely as the Nazis wanted to destroy us.We are at war, folks. We didn’t start it, but we will finish it....

The following is an open letter sent to the President of the United States. This was a joint effort amongst the three signatories. It was our desire to let our American cousins know that our Prime Minister's stance on Iraq does not reflect that of all Canadians. There are many of us up here who support the United States in the War on Terrorism, and are willing to state so without reservation. Open letter to US President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 September 9, 2002 Dear Mr. President, As the eve of the anniversary of...

The Picture In My Classroom Tomorrow a new school year starts. When my students come into my classroom and are seated, they will see at the front of the class a beautiful water colour rendition of the 3 NY firefighters hoisting the Stars and Stripes over a smoldering WTC. I hope it generates some discussion because I have made up my mind that I am not going to hold back. By the way, there is also a Canadian flag for my front desk, something that is missing out of too many classrooms today.

Las Vegas - Free Dominion's Excellent Adventure Conniew and I have recently returned from the Free Republic Convention in Las Vegas. We were warmly received and we had the honor of meeting Jim Robinson, the man who created the Free Republic model we used to design Free Dominion. Free Dominion was recognized twice during the convention. First at the beginning when ‘diotima’ said from the microphone, “This convention is misnamed, it should be the International Convention since Free Dominion is present.” This resulted in a round of applause. The second time was during a big screen presentation of all the...