Jay Currie

Mordechai and the gang are always on about tracking stuff down. So I called Iggy’s office to ask about the Lying Jackal and whether he had been authorized to speak on behalf of the Liberal Party or Iggy himself when he made threats to cut a major Jewish organization’s influence unless his demands were met.

They [...]

To Steyn’s credit, he may have offered the first olive branch when he said as I was closing the show, “would you guys like to go for dinner?” One of the lawyers immediately said, “No!” They may not have broken bread, but they did continue the dialogue.

What became clear is that the rancor that started [...]

The time to discuss reasonable replies to Mr. Steyn’s piece was after the article was published and before the human rights actions were launched. For Maclean’s to agree to any “settlement” with quasi-judicial proceedings under way would be tantamount to an admission of wrongdoing on our part when we have done nothing but practise responsible [...]

“However, in light of the editors’ latest assertion we are making a fair and reasonable proposal today. In exchange for Maclean’s publishing a mutually acceptable response to the
Steyn article from an agreed upon author, we would be prepared to settle this
matter.”

The Lying Jackal reports that the Muslim-3 are planning on holding a news conference to make an offer to Macleans to settle the Human Rights complaint.

I suspect the prospect of another few months of public mockery followed by an unprecedented loss either before the Commissions or in the Courts was more than a little unappetizing. [...]