What an embarrassment — now even leftoid American profs want nothing to do with us and our Human Rights Commissions:
A group of U. S. professors launched a campaign this week protesting plans by a prominent political science organization to hold its annual conference in Toronto next year, claiming that Canada’s restrictions on certain forms of speech puts controversial academics at risk of being prosecuted.
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Mr. Watson said that professors signing the petition are concerned that recent human rights commission investigations into Maclean’s and Western Standard magazines over articles concerning Islam, and the conviction of pastor Stephen Boisson, who was ordered by Alberta’s human rights tribunal in May to cease publicizing criticisms of homosexuality, suggest that professors risk being chilled from discussing important academic subjects, or ending up in legal trouble. Mr. Watson said he plans to distribute hundreds of buttons to attendees at the Boston conference reading “Toronto 2009, Non!”
You know what to do.
Toronto taxpayers especially may want to make a VERY big stink about this — after all, those precious tourist dollars are now at risk.
I’d also invite you to join me in thanking Dr. Watson for his inspirational stand in favour of free speech. His email address is:
brad.watson@email.stvincent.edu
