Are you ready to enter the Dragon’s Den? Or at least are you ready to enter the conservative movement’s version of the Dragon’s Den? What the heck am I talking about? Well, the Manning Centre is organizing a unique contest to uncover the next big idea to promote conservatism in Canada. Essentially the Centre is asking conservatives to submit innovative plans in writing to strengthen the conservative movement in one of the following areas: communications, networking, intellectual capital, investment and training. The top five contestants will then make the case for their plan in a Dragon’s Den-style appearance before a panel of judges. Pretty cool eh? Learn more about this here.
The Societe MacDonald-Cartier Society will be holding a panel discussion on January 23, 2010 in Toronto to discuss: The Courage of Our Convictions, Principled Leadership for a Better Canada. Included among the speakers will be author William Gairdner, columnist Rory Leishman and Michael Taube, former speech writer for Prime Minister Stephen Harper. You can find all the information you need to know about this event right here.
The Canadian Constitution Foundation helped win a major victory for free speech recently in a Calgary court room. The victory came after the CCF intervened in the case of Reverend Stephen Boissoin who was legally battling the Human Rights Commission which had ordered him to pay a university professor $5,000 because he expressed opposition to homosexuality in a letter to the editor. Alberta’s human rights’ legislation bans any speech that “is likely to expose a person or a class of persons to hatred or contempt” because of race, religious beliefs, colour, and other grounds. The CCF argued this legislation infringes on free expression. The good news is the court dismissed the order that Boissoin pay a fine; the bad news is he left the law on the book. For more on this case go here.
Libertarian journalist John Stossel has a new TV show on Fox Business, cleverly called Stossel. The show will focus on economic liberty and will feature a live audience. Stossel sent out an email to his friend saying “I’m inviting both friends, and people who will scream at me and tell me free markets are evil.” So if you are in the New York area and you’d like to join an audience on 48th and 6th Avenue, e-mail him at stosseltix@foxnews.com.
Want to mix a little seasonal fun with your politics? Well if you’re in the Ottawa area on December 14th, be sure and check out The Free Thinking Film Society’s showing of Do As I say a film about leftist hypocrisy (Sounds like it could be a long movie!) Besides the movie you will also be able to share some eggnog, good cheer and great conversations. Sounds like a can’t miss event. For more information go here.
