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Censure the censors
Over the last few years, in a series of cases, human rights commissions have stretched the meaning of their codes to invariably rule against the right to free expression and in favour of those who claim their feelings have been hurt. Slowly, precedents have built up that are intimidating people into keeping silent. Now, media organizations routinely censor themselves for fear of being dragged in front of a tribunal, even going so far as to get people to sign forms where they promise not to offend anyone.
The real, big brain drain
The U.S. is about to adopt our successful immigration point system. And that could be bad news for Canada
Sean Fitzpatrick is very worried. He sees, just over the proverbial horizon, a big “brain drain” coming to Canada. The last time the brain drain captured the Canadian public’s attention was just before the turn of the […]
Soylent red
The Communists are frantically trying to reassure consumers around the world that their products are safe. But don’t expect Canada to double-check
At the end of the 1973 sci-fi film classic Soylent Green, the detective played by Charlton Heston discovers the food supply has been deliberately contaminated with human bodies. His cry of revulsion, “It’s people!” […]
Protection racket
An Ontario judge glosses over illegal aboriginal acts at Ipperwash. Indian blockaders now seem free to extract demands from government with impunity
Listen to Terry Nelson, chief of Manitoba’s Anishinabe First Nation, and it’s easy to see just how disruptive Canadian Indians’ national day of protest, planned for June 29, might be. “There’s 30,000 miles of […]
Leading by example
Harper says he went on his second trip to Afghanistan because ‘it’s the right thing to do.’ Will Canadians notice?
A fine, white dust hangs in the air over the Kandahar airbase in southern Afghanistan, so fine it is barely visible. It obscures the view only at a distance, but you can feel it sticking to […]
The gospel of green
Environmentalism may not be considered a religion by its adherents, but it’s getting easier to make that comparison all the time
If anyone has doubts that environmentalism has become a religion, then Al Gore, the failed U.S. presidential candidate who has been born again as a global warming guru, will put those doubts to rest. At […]
The Uyghur pawn
Beijing’s dictatorship sentences a Canadian to life in prison without evidence to support their charges. The question remains, why?
He calls it a “basket charge.” That’s the term Hamilton-area lawyer Chris MacLeod uses when describing “split-ism,” or seeking “to divide the motherland.” This is the charge his client Huseyin Celil has been convicted of in Communist […]
Will they ever learn?
Trailing in the polls with a weak leader, the desperate Liberals go negative
Imagine you are given a new job and a new office. When you move in, you discover a briefcase full of confidential files. Is it yours? Actually, no. “Even if we come upon something otherwise lawfully, for example, if we take over someone […]
Crouching tiger, problem-ridden dragon
India is booming, and the Asian tiger has a few advantages that could give it an edge over the Chinese dragon. Canada should pay attention
When Mira Kamdar woke up early in the morning on March 30, the first thing she did was go to the window. From her luxury suite in the Amarvilas Hotel in […]
Sowing confusion
Embarrassed by reports of live organ harvesting, China’s sympathizers launch a high-tech disinformation campaign
He posts his messages everywhere under several different names on Internet blogs and discussion groups. He writes letters to the editor anywhere and sends e-mails to anyone–anyone who might take seriously shocking evidence that the Chinese government “harvests” and sells live organs […]
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