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... cheering audience, which was gathered at the same location (in front of the Lincoln Memorial) and on the anniversary of the date when Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech 47 years ago. ...
Wednesday, 01 September 2010
... that if the money doesn't keep flowing their way, democracy is undermined, the voices of Canadians have been silenced, and their right to freedom of speech has been denied. They object when told they should ...
Friday, 06 August 2010
... of speech for anyone to peacefully and respectfully ask women if they wish to speak with someone before having an abortion. Why is this? Why can Canadians not speak freely in the arbitrary zone around ...
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
... Szabo, Brad Trost, Tim Uppal, Maurice Vellacott, Mark Warawa, Jeff Watson, and Stephen Woodworth. After the speeches, the 12,500 pro-lifers wound their way through the streets of downtown Ottawa, ...
Thursday, 13 May 2010
... bylaw or regulation and so we will defend ourselves accordingly.  We will also not cease exercising our rights to free speech just because they’re threatening us. I’d rather be expelled as ...
Monday, 10 May 2010
... had violated section 14(1)(b) of the province's human rights code, which prohibits speech that “exposes or tends to expose to hatred, ridicules, belittles or otherwise affronts the dignity of any person ...
Monday, 05 April 2010
We all know we need to speak up for the unborn, but how many of us feel equipped for the task? Come hear Jon Dykstra speak in Hamilton and London on Pro-life 101: learning to speak for the speechless. ...
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
... indicating a subtle shift in Canadian voting patterns favouring traditional social values of family and morality, arguing Canada's political establishment is taking note. Wells references a 2003 speech ...
Friday, 19 March 2010
9. How to Foster Hatred
(Issues/Research/Justice/Freedom)
... and even charge anyone who utters discriminatory speech that is related to a crime. For example, a pastor who preaches from the pulpit that the homosexual lifestyle is a sin can be charged as accessory ...
Friday, 19 March 2010
10. Canadian Social Conservatism on the Rise?
(Canadian Politics/Election 2008)
Writing in the latest issue of Maclean's, national affairs columnist Paul Wells documents the rise of social conservatism in Ottawa and across the country, citing mounting evidence the Canadian government and ...
Friday, 19 March 2010
... speech. The next step is for the Liberal Opposition Senators to appoint a spokesperson for C-268. Following their speech this, Bill C-268 will be sent to a Senate Committee before returning to the Senate ...
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
12. Ask Harper a Question
(News/News)
 Canadians have an opportunity to ask questions to Stephen Harper in response to his Throne Speech. The questions can be submitted through this YouTube channel. He will select some of the most popular ...
Friday, 12 March 2010
 Read the throne speech and short summary of it on the Globe and Mail website here.  ...
Wednesday, 03 March 2010
... court decision is good news for free speech,” stated lawyer John Carpay, Executive Director of the CCF, which intervened in support of the right of citizens to express their religious and political ...
Friday, 26 February 2010
Lia's Grade 8 speech about abortion received over 800,000 views. Now she speaks out on euthanasia.  ...
Thursday, 25 February 2010
... full time kindergarten option. Thank-you for considering our request. Sincerely, [Name] --- Websites For Further Research http://www.vancouversun.com/pdf/throne_speechbc2009.pdf ...
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Joseph Brean, National Post (Feb 8/2010) Richard Warman, Canada's top online hate-hunter and scourge of free speech advocates, offered his first public response on Monday to the online campaign against ...
Tuesday, 09 February 2010
... garnered growing criticism as an infringement on freedom of speech, particularly following several high profile cases, including those brought against publisher Ezra Levant and columnist Mark Steyn. Steyn ...
Tuesday, 09 February 2010
... “no mention was made of the critical issues either by Lewis himself during the talk or by the discussion panel afterwards.“ “Lewis was warmly welcomed both in the introductory speech and by members of ...
Friday, 29 January 2010
... arguments are not always fallacies. In her speech that she gave when introducing this bill, Lalonde stated that those who in the past have argued that a bill like this would lead to a slippery slope that ...
Thursday, 14 January 2010
21. Parlaiment to be Prorogued: Bills delayed
(Issues/Research/Canadian Politics)
... prorogue Parliament Wednesday for a two-month break. The House of Commons and the Senate will come back in March, after the Vancouver Olympics, for a Speech from the Throne and a budget. The move will ...
Wednesday, 30 December 2009
22. Crucial Victory for Freedom of Religion in Canada
(Issues/Research/Justice/Freedom)
... victory for free speech in Boissoin court judgment  ...
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
... violated Canada’s constitution, because provinces do not have the constitutional authority to restrict free speech on matters of public policy.  Justice Wilson rejected this argument. Justice Wilson also ...
Thursday, 03 December 2009
24. Some Rights Are More Equal Than Others
(Issues/Research/Justice/Freedom)
By Neil Dykstra, leader of Langley ARPA - www.NoApologies.ca: Freedom of speech is an American concept, so I don’t give it any value (Dean Steacy, Investigator, Canadian Human Rights Commission, in sworn ...
Thursday, 29 October 2009
... response to another MP.  "So obviously it's not part of her prepared text," he said, "but it comes out in an honest way." This first debate indicated strong opposition to the bill, with only two speeches ...
Tuesday, 06 October 2009
... conviction of hate speech that resulted in the above penalties. That conviction was based upon a letter to the editor in the Red Deer Advocate, in which Boissoin expressed his opinion that homosexuality ...
Monday, 21 September 2009
... was "based on emotion" rather than reason. To this Smith replied that she and every other MP ought to emotionally care when the well-being of children is violated. She followed this with a passionate speech, ...
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
... but also to strike down the law that gives the Alberta Human Rights Commission jurisdiction over matters of free speech. Boissoin published a letter in the Red Deer Advocate in 2002 in which he criticized ...
Monday, 03 August 2009
... in Boissoin v. Lund, arguing that restrictions on free speech in Alberta’s human rights legislation violate Canada’s Constitution. In 2002, Rev. Stephen Boissoin wrote a strongly worded letter to the ...
Friday, 24 July 2009
30. Top court strikes down ad ban on B.C. buses
(Action Items/Current Action Requests)
... have appeared in Canadian cities. Canadian Press, July 10, 2009: OTTAWA — British Columbia Transit violated rights to free speech when it refused to carry political ads on the outside of its buses, Canada's ...
Friday, 10 July 2009
31. Kingdom Citizens in Secular Canada (Part Three)
(Issues/Research/Biblical Worldview)
... the NDP as a model in my CHP promotional speeches. I argued that if one reviews the policies advocated by the NDP at their formation in 1961, and looked at public life today, one could only conclude they ...
Friday, 03 July 2009
32. Kingdom Citizens in Secular Canada (Part Two)
(Issues/Research/Biblical Worldview)
... today, namely in countries where there is no freedom of speech, association, and religion. In Canada, however, we still have these freedoms, and political engagement in the customary sense of the term ...
Friday, 03 July 2009
33. Kingdom Citizens in Secular Canada (Part One)
(Issues/Research/Biblical Worldview)
... addressed by Mr. Ray Pennings, who has worked both for the Christian Heritage Party (CHP) and the Alliance Party, as well as by Mr. Ron Gray, the leader of the CHP. The speeches or summaries of them can ...
Friday, 03 July 2009
34. Important Summer Action Item: Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
(Action Items/Current Action Requests)
... to be lucid" does not assure that the individual is actually lucid." Click here to read the full analysis from the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition. In her short speech in Parliament that she delivered ...
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
... free speech takes a back seat when it comes to the sacrosanct issue of abortion,” he said. The “bubble zone” law has been challenged by pro-lifers using more indirect methods in the past. In 2006 pro-life ...
Thursday, 18 June 2009
Note: Click here to listen to a one minute speech by Vellacott in support of this bill. For Immediate Release - June 17, 2009 OTTAWA – Yesterday MP Maurice Vellacott introduced a Private Member’s ...
Thursday, 18 June 2009
... constitutionally protected rights such as the freedom of religion, freedom of conscience and freedom of speech. Additionally, these decisions violate principles of equity. In particular, when a "human ...
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
38. R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Should Christians "Respect" Other Religions?
(Issues/Research/Biblical Worldview)
... this week that Pope Benedict XVI, while visiting Jordan, spoke of his "respect" for Islam.  This came on the heels of the Pope's notorious 2006 speech at Germany's Regensburg University.  In that speech ...
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
... speech suppressed,” said Rod Bruinooge, Chair of the Parliamentary Pro Life Caucus (PPLC). “What do opponents of the pro-life viewpoint fear?” Each year, the multi-party Pro-life Caucus holds a press conference ...
Thursday, 14 May 2009
... today because this bill is very similar and the fundamental issues remain the same. In her short speech in Parliament that she delivered when introducing this bill, Lalonde referred to how times are changing. ...
Wednesday, 13 May 2009
... has shown that it is concerned not with actual human rights such as freedom of speech, association or religion; rather the opposite. It has shown an inherent bias against our rights, and instead works ...
Wednesday, 06 May 2009
The National Post has an excerpt from Stephen Harper's speech at the recent Manning Centre conference. In it he defines his understanding of conservatism through three f's: freedom, family and faith. Read ...
Friday, 01 May 2009
... Hu-man Rights Commission of its power to adjudicate cases of free speech--one of the most contentious sections in the code and an area that various groups wanted reformed.[Keep reading this article here.] ...
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
... Archbishop Nicolas de Jesus Lopez of Santo Domingo. The Cardinal has organized marches, has given a speech on national television, and has staged large-scale protests outside of government buildings ...
Thursday, 23 April 2009
45. Darwin would think again, Lunney tells House of Commons
(Issues/Research/Science/Environment)
ARPA Note: Send Mr. Lunney a note of encouragement and thanks for standing up for the truth. Click here for his contact information. Click here to read a part of his speech. Canada.com, The Daily News ...
Thursday, 09 April 2009
46. Kudo's to Brave Youth
(News/News)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CAMPUS PRO-LIFE BRINGS GENOCIDE AWARENESS PROJECT BACK TO UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY U of C Pro Life club members assert their right to freedom of speech CALGARY, AB, March 24, 2009  ...
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
47. Audio E-Luminary: Dr. Van Dam's Talk in Parliament
(Issues/Research/Biblical Worldview)
... and pictures of this event. In this speech Dr. Van Dam works off of Romans 13 to provide practical and theoretical insight to the MP's and Senators in attendance. To save this broadcast to your computer ...
Thursday, 12 March 2009
48. Historic Event on Parliament Hill (with pictures)
(Action Items/Success Stories)
... practical direction to the leaders in attendance. The audience listened attentively and the speech clearly connected with many hearts. It led to a very good and extensive discussion between the MP’s and ...
Wednesday, 04 March 2009
49. Historic Event on Parliament Hill (with pictures)
(Issues/Research/Biblical Worldview)
... practical direction to the leaders in attendance. The audience listened attentively and the speech clearly connected with many hearts. It led to a very good and extensive discussion between the MP’s and ...
Wednesday, 04 March 2009
50. Historic Event on Parliament Hill (with pictures)
(Strictly ARPA Related/ARPA Audio)
... practical direction to the leaders in attendance. The audience listened attentively and the speech clearly connected with many hearts. It led to a very good and extensive discussion between the MP’s and ...
Wednesday, 04 March 2009
... parents. We must all keep our focus on what is best for the children and their development. It is critical that we all speak up; if we don’t our silence will be seen as approval. End Notes 1. http://www.vancouversun.com/pdf/throne_speechbc2009.pdf ...
Monday, 23 February 2009
... parents. We must all keep our focus on what is best for the children and their development. It is critical that we all speak up; if we don’t our silence will be seen as approval. End Notes 1. http://www.vancouversun.com/pdf/throne_speechbc2009.pdf ...
Monday, 23 February 2009
Press Release: Freedom of Speech Upheld for Pro-Life Students For Immediate Release: February 17th 2009 - Freedom of speech has been upheld on two more university campuses in the past week, as two student ...
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
... shouted down by a mob of abortion supporters, will attempt to give the same pro-life presentation tonight at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Last Thursday's speech by Ruba, co-founder ...
Thursday, 12 February 2009
... an arbitrary limitation placed on a specific club become justification for desanctioning our club and not supporting our right to free speech?" said Campbell. CPL president Leah Hallman told the Herald ...
Thursday, 12 February 2009
... how to get the last word. Use free-speech rights to make your case. Once you've won, shut down the other side. Learn from David Suzuki, who Licia Corbella talks about. He thinks global-warming scientists ...
Wednesday, 04 February 2009
57. Update: Chris Kempling's Defence
(Issues/Research/Justice/Freedom)
... how to get the last word. Use free-speech rights to make your case. Once you've won, shut down the other side. Learn from David Suzuki, who Licia Corbella talks about. He thinks global-warming scientists ...
Wednesday, 04 February 2009
... a reply to that letter," Gray said. "The proceedings have cost about $50,000. Fortunately, there were people across Canada who believed in free speech enough to cover those costs with voluntary donations. ...
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
... and free speech rights. The current developments, considered in the light of two successive failed attempts to win a majority, may help to dampen Harper's authoritarian streak and his rigid control ...
Friday, 05 December 2008
... club and to request that the province stands up for free speech at the public university. More action suggestions are here. Update from CBC: U of C gets police involved in anti-abortion display From ...
Wednesday, 26 November 2008
... speech and has been used by the Human Rights Commission to squelch free speech. This conclusion was a surprise to many because it was paid for by the Human Rights Commission itself and was expected to ...
Monday, 24 November 2008
62. Pastor Boissoin vs. Goliath
(Issues/Research/Justice/Freedom)
... never again publish “disparaging remarks” about homosexuals in “newspapers, by email, on the radio, in public speeches, or on the Internet.” In other words, this pastor is not allowed to preach what the ...
Monday, 24 November 2008
By Ezra Levant Today I received news that the Canadian Human Rights Commission has acquitted me of a section 13 "hate speech" complaint. You can see their one-page letter to my lawyer here. I note that ...
Friday, 21 November 2008
Yesterday, the Governor General of Canada delivered the speech from the Throne, as prepared by our Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The purpose of this speech is to lay out the priorities and vision for ...
Thursday, 20 November 2008
... violence here is that being done to the principles of free speech." (See "No good reason to squelch this debate" http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/st...) Stephanie Gray of the ...
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
66. Presentation to Take Back Our Schools Seminar
(Strictly ARPA Related/General ARPA)
... "for now." The director of ARPA Canada gave a presentation about parental responsibilities in regards to education. The text of the speech follows: Good morning to each of you. My name is Mark Penninga. ...
Monday, 10 November 2008
... which shouts out 'Kill the Christian, Kill the Christian' is totally acceptable in Canada." "I am certainly not one to suppress freedom of speech but it would appear that Christians are not assured the ...
Tuesday, 04 November 2008
Commentary by David Warren: The assault on free speech and press in Canada continues on many bewildering fronts. While our "human rights" kangaroo courts have suffered recent setbacks, from having overreached ...
Friday, 31 October 2008
... and gowns to get their degrees this. Traditionally the chancellor's speech to the new graduates urges them to use their knowledge for "the glory of God and the honour of your country." Ian Bushfield, ...
Tuesday, 28 October 2008
... of the few places in the world where freedom of speech and choice prevail in a truly democratic fashion." A small group of pro-life protesters was able to organize a rally at the Citadel on the short ...
Friday, 10 October 2008
... hate speech law. In acquitting the magazine, the Tribunal ruled that the article, an excerpt from Mark Steyn's book America Alone in which he describes the demographic and ideological dangers posed by ...
Friday, 10 October 2008
Nigel Hannaford, Calgary Herald - October 04, 2008 This could be a free speech story, or a pro-life story, or just a story about plain old perseverance. You decide. [Read this article by clicking ...
Monday, 06 October 2008
John Carpay, Calgary Herald -  September 27, 2008 Should Bill Whatcott be required to pay $17,500 to four individuals who were offended by the flyers he distributed? In 2001 and 2002, Whatcott distributed ...
Monday, 29 September 2008
... doorway to the internet. It is an influential gatekeeper to the marketplace of debate. If there is to be a free exchange of ideas then Google cannot give special free speech rights to secular groups whilst ...
Thursday, 18 September 2008
For Immediate Release from the CHRISTIAN LEGAL FELLOWSHIP - September 5, 2008 DECISION RELEASED IN BC BUBBLE ZONE FREEDOM OF SPEECH CASE The British Columbia Court of Appeal released its ...
Friday, 05 September 2008
76. Do We Want it Both Ways?
(Issues/Research/Biblical Worldview)
An ARPA Canada Thought Provoker In his editorial "Religious Free-Speechers Try to Have it Both Ways" that appeared recently in the Calgary Herald, Rob Breakenridge tries to argue that conservative Christians ...
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
77. Support Health Minister Clement for Speaking Against Insite
(Action Items/Current Action Requests)
... be profoundly disturbing," Mr. Clement said in a speech, given at the CMA's annual meeting in Montreal, that drew angry reaction from doctors. "Is it ethical," he asked rhetorically, "for health-care professionals ...
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
... of the republication of the cartoons, the very strong language defining hatred and contempt in the case law, as well as a consideration of the importance of freedom of speech and the 'admonition to balance'…there ...
Thursday, 07 August 2008
79. Letter: 'Sacred texts' can't be hate speech
(Issues/Research/Justice/Freedom)
... While the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission did find the passage from Leviticus to be hate speech, their decision was overturned by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal. The Evangelical Fellowship of ...
Thursday, 07 August 2008
... the Canadian Human Rights Commission and the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal do not give a fig about protecting human rights. Their mission is suppressing free speech. Keep reading here.  ...
Monday, 21 July 2008
... by the Quesnel School District at a high school in Quesnel, British Columbia since 1990. In 1997, he began his life in the limelight as one of Canada's most prominent proponents of free speech and traditional ...
Tuesday, 08 July 2008
... have freedom of speech, and I have already spoken, putting me in a special class and at risk. Phone call log June 26, 2008 to Confidential Inquiry Line at Edmonton, AL 780.427.7661 at 3:40 p.m. (30 ...
Wednesday, 02 July 2008
... - Social conservatives across Canada are up in arms over the recent ruling by the Alberta Human Rights Commission (AHRC) against Christian pastor Steve Boissoin, who was accused of propogating "hate speech" ...
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
... would be the first priority of his administration. "The first thing I'd do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act," Obama said in his July speech to abortion advocates worried about the increase ...
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
... according to my personal beliefs and my religious beliefs." Most disturbingly, says Boissoin, is that the ruling calls for him to "cease publishing in newspapers, by email, on the radio, in public speeches, ...
Tuesday, 10 June 2008
86. Keep your promise, Premier: stand up for freedom of speech
(Action Items/Current Action Requests)
... of Rev. Stephen Boissoin who was found guilty of hate speech for a letter to the editor he wrote during the marriage debate. For both the article and the action item, click here.   Action Item Two: In ...
Monday, 09 June 2008
87. Thank you, e-mailers for freedom!
(Action Items/Current Action Requests)
... concern their constituents is the threat to freedom of speech posed by the interpretation of the hate messages provision in the Canada Human Rights Act by the country's human rights commissions." He's ...
Friday, 06 June 2008
... tribunal today and yesterday has attracted enormous media attention in Canada and the US for its attack on freedom of speech and a free press. A source at the hearing said that despite the fact the ...
Wednesday, 04 June 2008
... our ads were running. Some of them are now campaigning against restrictions on free speech. We hope they see this decision for what it is: an attempt to silence the pro-life voice from public discussion." ...
Monday, 26 May 2008
90. Bill C-51 Synopsis
(Issues/Research/Canadian Politics)
... Clement’s First Reading speech of Bill C-51, can be read here. In response to these accusations and concerns, Member of Parliament Rick Casson (Lethbridge, Alberta) prepared a press release and talking ...
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
... Friday against exploiting the power of human rights commissions to silence offensive speech. Addressing the annual gathering of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) in Calgary, Jason Kenney, a ...
Wednesday, 07 May 2008
92. Report on Human Rights Commissions
(Issues/Research/Justice/Freedom)
... The HRC would investigate the complaint at no charge, with the power to reverse an employment or housing decision, or to order financial compensation. The Substance of Law: Free Speech and Section 13 ...
Monday, 28 April 2008
UNITED MOTHERS, FATHERS & FRIENDS In Depth Report & Action Alert April 15, 2008 Protect Freedom of Speech & Conscience - Reform the Human Rights Act I) Does Free Speech Matter? II) Take ...
Friday, 25 April 2008
Defending YOUR free speech & religious liberty Three complaints have been filed with the Canadian Human Rights Commission against the Christian Heritage Party and its leader, Ron Gray, alleging ...
Friday, 18 April 2008
95. Conduct Unbecoming a Free Society
(Issues/Research/Justice/Freedom)
... paycheque for four months. One would think that the B.C. Civil Liberties Association might be concerned about this attack on free speech. On the contrary, they were granted leave to intervene against ...
Friday, 11 April 2008
96. Congrats to Surrey ARPA for a Conference Well Organized!
(Strictly ARPA Related/General ARPA)
... “Ignite!” conference in the history of the ECP Centre. Themed around a discussion about “New Media and a Christian Perspective on Free Speech”, the event featured a lively and thought-provoking group ...
Friday, 04 April 2008
By Hilary White (from www.lifesitenews.com) OTTAWA, January 31, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A British Columbia Parliamentarian, Keith Martin, has called for the abolition of the clause in the Canadian Human ...
Friday, 01 February 2008
98. How to Run a Losing Campaign: A Big Loser Speaks Out
(Issues/Research/Canadian Politics)
... of different mediums – pamphlets, press releases, videos, and, of course, speeches. There are a few general rules, but the key through all of these is really experimentation and learning from your not ...
Wednesday, 12 December 2007
99. A Godly leader
(Uncategorised Content)
National Post Editorial, Jan 21 2009: When Stephen Harper was first elected Prime Minister, he began ending his speeches with the phrase "God Bless Canada." As a result, Mr. Harper was attacked by Canadian ...
Thursday, 22 January 2009