Thursday, July 19, 2007, 10:15 PM - Justice
Canada's Human Rights Commission Used to Target Conservative Website With "Hate Speech"
Free Dominion website not yet given any details
By Peter J. Smith
OTTAWA, July 19, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Free Dominion, Canadian conservative web forum, has been targeted via the Canada's Human Rights Commission (HRC) over allegations the conservative site promotes "hate speech."
"We have been waiting for six and a half years and the day has finally arrived, somebody is going to try to silence Free Dominion using the Canadian Human Rights Commission," Mark Fourier quipped in posting the letter. "Somebody has likely decided that because they can't defeat some argument presented by someone at Free Dominion they will instead try to silence the whole site. It isn't going to work."
A redacted copy of the letter sent by the HRC has been posted on the Free Dominion website (freedominion.ca) informing the conservative site of the complaint and that it has the option to settle before the investigation proceeds further. (http://www.freedominion.ca/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=84457)
While the right of citizens to exercise free speech used to be a hallmark of free democracies, Canada's Human Rights Commissions have taken to determining what ideas Canadian citizens may communicate with each other or with whom Canadians may freely associate.
Connie Wilkins of Free Dominion spoke with LifeSiteNews.com about the human rights complaint filed with the HRC by a certain"Ms. Gentes" accusing the site of promoting "hate speech" although the HRC has refused to say what protected groups are offended.
Wilkins told LifeSiteNews.com that the HRC claimed it sent the full complaint via Canada Post on June 9 with signature required. However, Free Dominion had received no word of this complaint until yesterday evening, when they received a second letter from the HRC telling them to respond to the complaint of "Ms. Gentes" by July 18, the very day they were required to respond.
After explaining the situation to an HRC official, Wilkins was told only that Free Dominion was accused of "hate speech" under Sec. 13 of the Human Rights Act and that they would resend the original complaint. While the officer said there were specifics in the complaint, he refused to mention them and said they would be found in the original complaint which they should receive Monday.
"It's frightening," Wilkins said commenting on the way the HRC has used allegations of "hate speech" to shut down the viewpoints of conservatives and Christians, such as Christian printer Scott Brockie and other individuals with smaller resources to defend themselves than Free Dominion. (http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2004/apr/04041604.html)
Wilkins explained that Free Dominion (freedominion.ca) is "an online meeting place for conservatives across the country to get together, strategise, plan, and do everything."
"They prefer it when conservatives are isolated from one another and can't talk and organise" to oppose the leftist agenda, Wilkins continued. One Free Dominion project was helping organise Canadians to vote to abolish abortion as the number one wish for the CBC's Great Canadian Wish Contest done in cooperation with Facebook. (http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/jul/07070305.html)
"I think the most significant thing about this is how much in the dark we are being kept," said Wilkins. "I mean you would think that if you're being charged with something and there is an allegation against, the first thing that they would do is tell you."
"There have been a lot of people rallying around us already," said Wilkins. "I think that it will be good if people start reporting this and show what the [Human Rights Commissions] do. A lot of Canadians don't realise this. They hear hate crimes laws and think that's a really good thing. They don't understand it's used as a club."
Wilkins said Free Dominion will fight the complaint all the way.
See related coverage by LifeSiteNews.com:
"Abolish Abortion in Canada" is the Top Canadian Wish, CBC Announces
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/jul/07070305.html
Scott Brockie Loses Decision at Court of Appeals, On the Hook for $40,000
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2004/apr/04041604.html
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Monday, July 2, 2007, 02:27 PM - Morality
Vote Life Canada has prepared this letter.
This is for all concerned Canadians, not just Catholic Canadians.
To read and get info on adding your name to the letter, follow the link.
Thank you
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Monday, July 2, 2007, 02:18 PM - Morality
Dear friend,
As you might know, earlier this spring the House of Commons passed Bill C-22
which raises the age at which a boy or girl can consent to s-x with an adult
from 14 to 16 years. Since then this important bill has been languishing in
the Senate instead of receiving the fast-track passage it deserves. Now
Senators have decided to commence a three month holiday without passing the
bill, thereby endangering the safety and dignity of the young men and women
as predators continue to exploit these adolescents without fear of legal
consequences.
In response to this we have created an petition asking Senators to either
return to Ottawa and convene a special session of the Senate to pass this
important piece of legislation, or alternatively, to make the passage of
C-22 their top priority upon returning to Ottawa in September for the Fall
Parliamentary session.
This is a non-partisan issue that all Canadians can agree on. Please take a
moment to tell our Senators how important it is to you that they protect our
children by passing C-22 as early as possible by clicking on the URL below
and adding your signature to this petition.
To Sign Petition
You can also download and print a copy of this petition and have your
friends and neighbours sign it. To download a copy of the petition now go
to:
DownloadPetition
Finally, in order to obtain the largest number signatures possible, please
forward this email as widely, and post to as many forums and blogs as
possible.
Joseph C. Ben-Ami
Executive Director
Institute for Canadian Values
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Thursday, June 21, 2007, 02:23 AM - Morality
If you are a facebook member, please vote in the CBC Canadian Wishlist. If not... please join.
From The Big Blue Wave Big Blue Wave
CANADIANS!
VOTE FOR "ABOLISH ABORTION" ON THE CBC'S GREAT CANADIAN WISH LIST CONTEST ON FACEBOOK!
The winning wish gets covered by the CBC on Canada Day.
Step One: Register on Facebook. You do not need to put your full name-- your first name and initial is sufficient. You can set the privacy features to not show any information if you so choose.
Step Two: Join the CBC's Great Canadian Wish List Group. Click on "Join this group" on the right.
Step Three: Vote for Abolish Abortion. Click on "Add Support" on the right.
Please also consider voting for Restore the Traditional Definition of Marriage. And For a Spiritual Revival in Our Nation.
to join
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007, 05:42 PM - Morality
On April 30th, our leader, Ron Gray, released this information.
“The federal government has allocated $300 million in its 2007 budget for a proposal to vaccinate our daughters and granddaughters against a disease that can cause cervical cancer. The plan targets adolescent and pre-adolescent girls for a vaccine called Gardasil.
Gardasil is a recently-developed vaccine for human papilloma virus (HPV), a viral infection that has become a virtual epidemic because of sexual promiscuity.”
source
World News Daily reported 2 weeks ago that adverse reactions to Gardasil include “spontaneous abortion and paralysis.”
source
Judicial Watch gained, under the Freedom of Information legislation access to 1637 reports of adverse reactions to Gardasil
reports
Is this an acceptable risk to which we should expose our children? It’s time our governments began telling us the truth about the risks of sexual immorality. Rather than trying to treat the symptoms of the problem, let’s treat the problem.
The only way to avoid STD’s is to practice abstinence outside of marriage: not experimental inoculations; not using condoms; abstinence works!
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007, 10:54 AM - Electoral Reform
The issue of electoral reform is important to all of us living in Ontario.
This is a link explaining the recommendations of the Ontario Citizen's Assembly on Electoral Reform.
Watch it and spread the word. We need to understand how this system works prior to voting in the referendum on October 10, 2007.
Mixed Member Proportional Representation more fairly reflects the diversity of Ontarians than our existing system, Single Member Plurality.
Most democracies have long since dropped SMP because of the inequities in representing the electorate.
The Provincial Government will send out information before election day to voters, however, the sooner we begin to familiarize ourselves with the benefits of MMPR, the easier it will be to make our decision.
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