Too much fairness in the Human Rights industry?

by Walker Morrow - 12/03/2010

You know, I do believe that Jennifer Lynch, the head honcho of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, deserves some recognition.

Why, you may be asking, would she deserve such an award? After all, hasn't she been the head of an organization which has made a routine habit of inquiring into Canadian citizens' beliefs and infringing upon their freedoms of speech and religion?

We Stand on Guard for Thee

by Brian Gardiner - 04/03/2010

Some days you just feel old. My daughter is upset that they are going to change the anthem. I’m explaining, in my best “When I was a boy,” voice, nothing new.

As a lad I learnt the anthem thus:

O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide, O Canada,
We stand on guard for thee.
Oh Canada, glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

Would you like some police with your intimidation?

by Walker Morrow - 25/01/2010

There's nothing like being followed around by a uniformed officer to make you feel like a free man. Or, via The Hook:

"The police took a special interest in an anti-Olympics speaking tour’s Kelowna stop this week. And while the cops say they were just doing what’s necessary to keep the Olympics safe, critics contend their actions were intimidating and an attack on the right to dissent.

Alcohol price floor will hurt the poor

by Hugh MacIntyre - 09/01/2010

Scotland is debating creating a price floor on the cheaper alcoholic drinks. Heavy drinking in Scotland is pretty common (not just a stereotype), and there are those who feel that this should be stopped: specifically the governing Scottish Nationalist Party wants to stop the “social plague” of heavy drinking.

There isn’t much of a chance of success.

Opposition parties in Scotland have correctly pointed out that a price floor will likely violate EU competition rules. This makes me feel warm and fuzzy towards the EU (which is a change), but there is a more crucial problem:

They're just words, after all

by Walker Morrow - 07/01/2010

Have you heard the news? It seems Stephen Harper is not only a snappy dresser, but he's a tyrant as well, and out to destroy the no-doubt fragile democracy that he so despises in our fair land. Prorogue city. The short-pants Parliament. Oh sure, it's constitutional, but who ever let legality ever get in the way of accusing someone of breaking the rules?