Stephen Harper and Government

Senate Canada: Consider the source: The House of Patronage filled up by a government that is now on the verge of open distrust of people who wear eyeglasses or read books, let alone, God forbid, believe in science, according to Rabble. This is precisely the kind of body we would expect to conclude that publishing a "Wanted Terrorist List" on the Internet would be a big step forward in protecting national security -- worded with enough loosey-goosey imprecision to include people for whom the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper itself is already providing "non lethal" military aid and signing eternal friendship pacts! What does it say about the Senate of Canada that it would include in this report a section alleging defamation laws are being misused "to deter people from discussing in frank terms terrorist and other threats" that sounds as if it were written by Ezra Levant himself "On a number of occasions, primarily in the context of public debate about terrorism, extremism and radicalization, plaintiffs have claimed to be defamed, and have launched lawsuits against those whom they alleged to have inflicted reputational damage upon them by stating or implying they had an association or affinity with radicalism," the senators bloviate. That the interim report of the Senate Standing Committee on National Security and Defence on countering terrorist threats to Canada is lazy, slapdash and sophomoric ought to surprise no one. A number of occasions Such as Can a single lawsuit against Levant be what the senators had in mind Now that a verdict has been rendered in that case against Levant, are the senators telling us they think the judge is a terrorist sympathizer too Let it be acknowledged that defamation law in Canada is frequently used to chill free speech and deter democratically legitimate criticism, just as the senators say. Rather, it is done with regularity by powerful individuals and corporations with connections to the Conservative Party that appointed the senators in question. But not by terrorist supporters. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.