Posted on 06/05/2008 6:38:26 PM PDT by Dawnsblood
At issue is a cover story National Review’s own Mark Steyn wrote for the Canadian newsweekly Maclean’s, titled “The Future Belongs to Islam.” An excerpt from Steyn’s bestselling book America Alone, the article highlighted the fact that demographic trends suggest that Muslims may well become a majority in much of Europe and that this obviously represents a threat to Europe as we know it. A few Muslim law students objected to the article and filed multiple complaints with Canada’s national and provincial “human rights” tribunals and presto! Steyn’s opinion and Maclean’s right to print it have now been effectively criminalized.
The fact that a few fringe Muslims have reacted to Steyn’s article by invoking a once-obscure Canadian bureaucratic process to hold hostage the rights of all Canadians only goes to prove that Steyn needs to be heard, more than ever.
So with all due respect to our friendly neighbors to the north, what the hell is wrong with Canada and how did this happen?
In 1977, the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) was founded “to investigate and try to settle complaints of discrimination in employment and in the provision of services within federal jurisdiction.” While their mandate was suspiciously vague from the get-go, even those involved with the founding of the CHRC admit that it was never intended to do anything as abhorrent as regulate speech. At the outset, the commission’s responsibilities were fairly straightforward, e.g. investigating cases of discriminatory hiring practices within the government, discriminatory housing practices, and other cases in which someone might be subject to prejudice in an area under the purview of the federal government.
But with almost Newtonian certainty, bureaucratic power tends to expand over time, and so it was with the CHRC.
(Excerpt) Read more at article.nationalreview.com ...
excercise your second ammendment rights, America, while you still can, ‘cause you really might need to.
canada must be committing suicide
like great britain.
Ping! The issue is heating up!
We will have “Human Rights Tribunals” here if Obama and the DemonRats control Washington.
Aussies, Canucks, Brits and their cultural surrender... And, judging from the Moslem yoots car-burning reactions, France may actually be resisting their immigrant insurgents a bit. The Anglos, tho? Bet an Islamic Napolean could invade today’s Britain with little opposition.
another reason why we need to focus on the CONGRESSIONAL RACES this year... McCain is NOT our “savior in chief” either -— we need to put the MOST CONSERVATIVE folks we can in the House and Senate.. No matter which of the 2 liberals (Obama or McCain) running actually wins .....PERIOD...
btt
we must fight back. We must help our friends in Canada succeed in repealing those laws and putting the HRC back or help our counterparts succeed.
Give the government that kind of power, and anyone can use it for their own agenda. Better to just keep the government neutral on this stuff.
Thanks Anti-Bubba182 for all three.
Canadian Tribunal: Habib and Habib Not -Post IV
(posts from FR used as evidence against Mark Steyn)
Macleans | June 5, 2008 | Andrew Coyne
Posted on 06/05/2008 11:18:48 AM PDT by marinamuffy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026587/posts
FreeRepublic Posts Introduced Into Evidence Against Mark Steyn
June 5, 2008
Posted on 06/05/2008 3:13:11 PM PDT by AJFavish
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026723/posts
The already exist to some extent, with university speech codes and enforcement.
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Good idea, but I don’t think they go for the term ‘Canuck’ up there. I think technically it means French Canadian immigrants to northern New England. I may be wrong.
That, and the weak dollar!
Well, it's the Tee-shirt one group is selling in support.
Probably could base a human-rights complaint on it...
ping for later
BTTT
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