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Monthly Archives: November 2008
Repeal s. 13
WOW!!! Section 13, the controversial hate speech provision in the Canadian Human Rights Act, should be repealed, according to an independent review by University of Windsor law professor Richard Moon. “The use of censorship by the government should be confined to a narrow category of extreme expression — that which threatens, advocates or justifies violence …
I can’t be complaining all the time…
Apropos nothing in particular. It’s just that this was a nice day in Ottawa. Clear skies, crisp air, perfect for a long walk. And of course for a nice cup of something sweet with whipped cream on it. It makes me happy. [cross-posted to PWPL]
Eeek! Blood!!!
Oh dear. A kerfuffle. Turkeys slaughtered while the governor yaks on. Is this a major faux-pas, or, as Mark Steyn called it, “a great teaching moment”? I admit I don’t think it’s so great a backdrop for a media availability. But the reactions of horror from sophisticated urbanites who blanch at the mere idea of …
Choose life – here’s why
[h/t Michelle Malkin] [cross-posted to PWPL]
But what if he still doesn’t like me?
Ahhh, progress. [cross-posted to PWPL]
Change, yes, but for what?
Further to yesterday’s post (we ain’t done with that topic, just you wait). Brian Lilley surveys the state of affairs and asks whether the GOP ought to drop social conservatives to woo voters. Well. While it’s true that change is sometimes good and that it’s always a smart idea, and not just in politics, to …
The folly of trying to appear “moderate” at all costs
Oh boy, the fun we’ll have in the next couple of years trying to figure out whither conservatism. I continue to maintain that so-called conservative parties ought to be – at least somewhat – conservative. The same way NDPers ought to be, well, NDPesque (Liberals can continue to be for themselves; they’re the only ones …