Magna Carta … the foundation of our freedom And another thing: Nullus liber homo capiatur, vel imprisonetur, aut … Hmnnn. Unless landowners are going to start posting signs in Latin to dissuade state harassment, which I'd support, I'd better rephrase that. But hold on to the thought. In English and complete, that passage reads: "No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the land." And yes, it's from good old Magna Carta. Clause 39 of the 1215 original, to be precise, and Clause 29 of the tidied-up 1225 reissue. Good old MCCXV. Continue Reading »
All of us are vitally interested in the fight to maintain democracy and the rule of law.
The recent Obama fiasco re Professor Gates is illustrative once again of the Obama type of politician that thinks personal judgment by those in positions of power outweighs the rule of law. Continue Reading »
With the release of the Moon report, Parliament has no excuse not to kill the censorship powers of the Canadian Human Rights Commission
Comment by Ezra Levant, November 25, 2008, in the National Post
The scandal-plagued Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) has had a rough year — and it just got rougher.
On Monday, Richard Moon, a University of Windsor law professor, released his report on the CHRC’s troubling penchant for Internet censorship. Moon had been hand-picked by the CHRC to review its conduct, so the whole arrangement had at first looked pretty cozy. In the past, Moon had written favourably about government limits on free speech. That, plus a large payment for his brief report, made Moon’s review look like a PR stunt, especially since the CHRC simultaneously hired the pricey lobby firm Hill & Knowlton to provide “communications” advice. It all looked like a strategy to offset six months of bad press — not to mention embarrassing investigations into the CHRC’s conduct by the RCMP, the Privacy Commissioner and Parliament’s Justice Committee. Continue Reading »
“a Hue of uniformity ”
As Canada expands its diversity, we increasingly are cornering our minds into a collectivist cage of consensus, where vocabulary and reason is subtracted from public discourse. Immigration from other cultures ought to and will increase our knowledge and expand our perspective, but not when we hold our freedoms captive while opening the doors of morality to relativism. Continue Reading »
Conservative Party votes “overwhelmingly” to repeal hate speech law
By Ezra Levant on November 14, 2008 11:28 PM
According to reports from the Conservative Party’s convention in Winnipeg, Resolution P-203 — repealing section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act, the “hate speech” provision — passed “overwhelmingly”. The vote was in a policy plenary session. Continue Reading »
Gun Bans Don’t Prevent Murder Lorne Gunter, National Post Published: Monday, October 27, 2008
There is no one more persistent than a liberal with a bad idea. He knows his intellectual and moral superiority make him infallible, so he easily convinces himself there is nothing wrong with his idea; it is the world that is mistaken.
Even the facts cannot be the facts when they disagree with his idea. So he forges ahead against all reason, attempting to remake the world until it accepts he was correct all along. read more
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July 16, 2008
What do Ontario Members of the Provincial Parliament Stand For?
A Question of the life and death of Freedom in Ontario and in Canada
Mr. Premier, – Regarding the newly introduced procedures of the Ontario Human Rights tribunal system, there are very serious problems you, your government and this legislature seem to have entirely overlooked. Essentially, you have placed designated minorities in a position to override every traditional principle of fundamental justice in the English speaking world. Continue Reading »
