Free Republic

Nineteen years ago, a small group of Canadian FReepers set out on a journey to provide Canada with the same sort of political outlet that our American friends have with Free Republic. We started a Canada Chapter on this site, which we quickly outgrew. Then, we moved to our own site, and called it Free Dominion. Out of gratitude to Jim Robinson, and our friends on FR, we provided a backup forum for FReepers for when FR experienced technical problems. And, many Free Republic members registered, and regularly logged in to say hi! Several FR stalwarts, like coteblanche, backhoe and...

Conservative website shuttered after libel ruling Ottawa lawyer Richard Warman wins long-running legal battle By Andrew Duffy, OTTAWA CITIZEN January 28, 2014 OTTAWA — The online political forum, Free Dominion, has shut down after a wholesale defeat in a libel case brought by Ottawa human rights lawyer Richard Warman. A jury concluded that Warman was maliciously defamed by four commentators on Free Dominion, a website that bills itself as “the voice of principled conservatism.” Warman has been awarded more than $127,000 in general damages, aggravated damages, punitive damages and court costs because of 41 defamatory statements published on the conservative...

Entropy Squared & Connie Wilkins Free Dominion August 26, 2003 David Frum to speak at Free Dominion’s 2004 Awards Banquet Today we finalized arrangements to have David Frum appear as our featured speaker at the 2004 Free Dominion Principled Conservatism Awards Banquet to be held – again - at Tudor Hall in Ottawa, Ontario. We have chosen February 18, 2004 for this year’s banquet because it is the evening before the Canadian Alliance Convention in Ottawa so it will serve as the social and political kick-off of the weekend for conventioners. David Frum - Presidential Speechwriter, Journalist, Author Dubbed "one...

From a western Canadian cow family, "Don't blame us, we didn't vote for Chretien." Why are Americans mad at Canadians? After eight weeks of testing, it was only one cow after all. by J. L. Jackson and Craig Pichach Border Rally for western Canadian farmersJuly 29, 2003 Quote: 100% support of our Premier and our caucus... the borders will open.. science says it should.. common sense says it should have and I am confident they will.-Hon. Shirley McClellan, Deputy Premier and Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural DevelopmentNeighbours helping neighbours was the theme of Saturday's, July 26th Coutts Border Rally....

Free Republic's International Influence It's FReepathon time again and, as grateful FReepers, we thought it would be timely to let people know how much Free Republic has influenced political events in Canada. Two and a half years ago we started Free Dominion as the Canada Chapter of Free Republic. When we launched our website we were touched by the moral support of hundreds of FReepers who contacted us and wished us well. We have been encouraged by our involvement in the Free Republic Network, educated at the Las Vegas FR Convention, and we enjoy being members of the FR forum....

Help us FReep the Wingnuts I went to the store yesterday and was absolutely livid to see the below sign on the outside wall: In fact, I was SO angry, I refused to buy anything there. I went to their site today and could not find out who was funding this ad campaign...but I suspect it is a Canadian government-run organization. I looked at the poll results on the site and I think I probably had smoke coming out of my ears! Anyway, I'm asking for the help of our FReeper friends to turn those numbers around. We are sick...

This is kind of long...sorry! A few days ago I posted a request for help in FReeping Clinton when he came to speak at a Catholic hospital in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. I also promised that I would post an update on our first "International FReep" to let you know how it went. Well, we have a fairly small group in the Canada Chapter (Free Dominion) so we thought there might be only two or three of us there, but we decided that Bubba needed to know that he couldn't get away from FReepers just by leaving the USA! There were ...

Clinton a calculated fundraising coup Peter Van Harten The Hamilton Spectator We all know former U.S. president Bill Clinton. But he's no Terry Fox. Compared to our memory of the young Canadian who inspires the annual Terry Fox Run, Clinton is a fundraising piker when it comes to generating money. And can't you just imagine Clinton saying, "Hey, Hillary, where the hell is Hamilton." But ignore those barbs, say various fundraising experts -- including Terry Fox's younger brother -- because there is something special and worthwhile happening in Hamilton tonight. Tonight's celebrity Clinton dinner goes beyond the anticipated $200,000 ...

I apologize for posting a vanity...please don't flame me 'cause this is my first one! I was hoping that some of the longtime freepers would be able to help out our Canadian Chapter. As some of you may know, Bill Clinton is coming to Hamilton, Ontario on May 2, 2001 to speak at a Catholic hospital fundraiser. Since our US freeper friends have been doing such a great job of freeping 'ole Bubba at all of his speaking engagements, we would like to show our support by having our first "International Freep the Creep"! Unfortunately, our numbers are still small ...

Transcript From: The National December 13, 2000 Producer: Don Spandier Reporter: Leslie Mckinnon The White House is the seat of government for the world's most powerful nation. There can be no greater political prize. And yet, the man who will preside is, at once, famous, and an unknown. After the disputed election, the nation is so divided; he might well be described as the accidental president George W. Bush was an adult when his father was president, so he didn't grow up in the White House, and some would say he doesn't really belong at all. They also might ...