Jay Currie

A judge has ordered anti-hate lawyer Richard Warman to turn over a laptop computer he used to create false personas on far-right websites, so that an independent expert can search it for evidence that Mr. Warman authored a racist comment against a Canadian senator.

In a ruling stemming from Mr. Warman’s libel suit against free-speech activist [...]

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I suspect I have nothing whatsoever in common with the beliefs or ideology of “Press for Truth”. However, filming the TD Tower and refusing a demand for ID when you have not committed or been accused of committing a crime is outrageous.

The security overkill on the G-20 Summit may very [...]

[8] I have reviewed the submissions of the parties and have concluded that it would be appropriate and would properly serve the interests of justice if this matter was adjourned. While the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled in Canada (Human Rights Commission) v. Taylor, 1990 3 S.C.R. 892 that s. 13 (1) of the [...]

The Court recognized CCLA’s concerns regarding privacy and freedom of expression, stating that “[if] disclosure were automatic, a plaintiff with no legitimate claim could misuse the Rules of Civil Procedure by commencing an unmeritrous action for the sole purpose of revealing the identity of anonymous internet commentators, with a view to stifling such commentators [...]

“I think what we are doing to this country is that this idea of multiculturalism has been completely distorted, turned on its head to essentially claim that anything anyone believes – no matter how ridiculous and outrageous it might be – is okay and acceptable in the name of diversity.

“Where we have gone wrong in [...]

Mark Steyn notes that even Robert Fisk cannot take the “safe space” lunacy which accompanied Ann Coulter’s aborted visit to the University of Zero.

Saith Fisk:

Aaaaagh! Talk about an anthropological pit, this was as twee as you could get. “Certain groups”, eh? Muslims, perhaps? So why not say so? “Unsafe”? “Uncomfortable”? You mean that Muslims can’t [...]

Lovely to see Canadians – more or less – making the basement Nazi argument. I am sure that Richard Warman and Warren Kinsella and Bernie Farber will be busy filing the appropriate Criminal and Civil charges…

As if.

Couple of pussies confronted by actual hate.

Mr. Jacobsen said that if all of the false persona posts are not on the computer, it will show that another computer was used to make them. free dominion

As people wire up they acquire access to multiple computers. Lucy’s wife is apparently a judge. Does she have a computer at home? The CHRC has computers, [...]

Over at Free Dominion Connie reports on the Hearing with respect to proper disclosure on the part of our old pal Lucy.

Mr. Schiller, the censors’ counsel of choice, does not come off terribly well.

I don’t think Lucy is very used to dealing with opposing counsel of Peter Jacobsen’s caliber.

Mr. Shiller said that Ezra is on [...]

Senators Finley and Duffy kick of the Senate’s Free Speech Enquiry. Kitty has the full text.

Nor do I feel like joining in the ritual statements that find Ann Coulter’s views appalling. The only point of free speech is when it’s about views you find appalling. Otherwise, it’s “allowed speech,” because it doesn’t offend you.

One Ottawa student protester said a campus should be a safe and positive space. I agree with [...]

Notwithstanding, it is a good question how the police should behave in such circumstances. Under our essentially British constitution, the state has a duty to vindicate the right of free speech, and an interest in preventing the success of mob action.

The number of thugs is not at issue here, except as a tactical consideration. To [...]

Today, the Venezuelan government arrested Guillermo Zuloaga, president of Globovision Television, the only remaining television on public airwaves critical of Hugo Chavez. According to the government, Zuloaga made offensive comments about Chavez (which is against the law in Venezuela) while speaking at a conference of the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) in Aruba, where media representatives [...]

Here’s something that more folks should consider: The silencing of speech always says more about the person doing the silencing than it does about the speaker. That’s just as true of the leftist idiots at the University of Ottawa as it is of the Tea Party morons who shout down congressmen at those useless town [...]

Coulter was in danger from a false fire alarm and a demo outside? Poor shrinking violet. How many times have you been present for a false fire alarm and waited five minutes or so for someone to turn it off?

I don’t buy this “security” nonsense for a moment. I suspect she pulled the plug herself—she’ll [...]

We have a great respect for freedom of expression in Canada, as well as on our campus, and view it as a fundamental freedom, as recognized by our Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. I would, however, like to inform you, or perhaps remind you, that our domestic laws, both provincial and federal, delineate freedom [...]

In his emailed response to questions, Mr. Warman also alleged that the accusation at the core of this libel suit – that he was the author of a racist and sexist message posted on the far-right freedomsite.org—was “invented” by that site’s owner, Marc Lemire, as part of an effort to “derail” the hate speech case [...]

“That a single citizen [Mr. Warman] is the largest sole user of a legal procedure for 10 years is newsworthy in itself. It also makes it impossible to scrutinize the CHRC’s conduct without scrutinizing Mr. Warman’s conduct, as they are largely one and the same on this issue,” the affidavit reads. national post

There is not [...]

The pathetic lamers at the “homeless tent city” set up to protest homelessness managed to get themselves a bit of media attention by grabbing my pal Matt Chamber’s iPhone and erasing his audio files.

A young woman later identified as Harsha Walia interrupted:

“Wait a minute– is that guy recording?” she asked, stepping into the circle.

I said [...]

In a decision released February 25, the 3-member court ruled that William Whatcott did not violate section 14(1)(b) of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code by distributing flyers to oppose the teaching of homosexuality in Saskatoon’s public schools.

The flyers distributed by Mr. Whatcott in Saskatoon and Regina in 2001 and 2002 were polemical and inflammatory, and [...]