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Thursday
Apr102008

Canadian civil liberties

Astonishing quote from a case before the Canadian Human Rights Commission:

In one famous exchange during the Lemire case, [Canadian Human Rights Commission (HRC) investigator Dean] Steacy was asked "What value do you give freedom of speech when you investigate?" -- to which he replied "Freedom of speech is an American concept, so I don't give it any value."

If you haven't heard about the way the CHRC operates, read the whole thing

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"Freedom of speech is an American concept, so I don't give it any value."

Dear Lord, that's gotta be taken out of context or something, nobody could be that arrogant.
Apr 10, 2008 at 11:00 PM | Unregistered CommenterWalterBoswell
See here:

http://ezralevant.com/2008/04/richard-warman-has-sued-me-and.html

for how Canadian bloggers are being dragged into court under the same laws.

STB.
Apr 11, 2008 at 11:07 AM | Unregistered CommenterScotsToryB

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