… you generally know where they are coming from. “We must protect our children from sexual grooming and pedophilia. The sexualization agenda is robbing children of their innocence.” “I am a very concerned person who has done research on the subject of the LGBTQ ideology” . Thus spaketh Lorraine Hackenschmidt, described
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THE FIFTH COLUMN: Thoughts on the police
This post does not claim to have all the answers, or any answers, nor to be a comprehensive, or any kind of analysis, but is simply some thoughts on a subject that our society has finally been forced to deal with. One’s attitude to the police is clearly shaped by
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: When Is Discrimination Not Discrimination?
Answer: When it occurs in Quebec. Question #2: Where is teaching tolerance, respect and understanding considered contrary to the public good? Answer: Quebec It would seem that in La Belle Province, a little learning is a dangerous thing: Since 2008, elementary and high school students in Quebec have taken a
Continue readingA. Picazo: Confronting prejudice and changing minds
For Maclean’s on August 31, 2017 One year ago on C-SPAN, Heather McGhee—an African-American woman and the president of Demos, an equality-focused public policy organization—was the featured guest of a call-in program in Washington. Half an hour into the broadcast, a caller introduced himself as Garry from North Carolina, and made a
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Combatting Discrimination/ Bias: Panel in Brantford featuring Mary Ng
If you’re in the Brantford area on Sunday Oct 15, and want to attend an interesting political and social discussion, consider coming Sunday Oct 15 to the Islamic Community Centre at 1pm to a panel discussing how to combat discrimination and implicit bias. Sponsored by the local Brantford-Brant Women’s Liberal
Continue readingWise Law Blog: LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday September 19, 2017. Today we are talking about Employment Law. Ontario employees are prohibited from discrimination and harassment against any employee. Employers may not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, citizenship, creed, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Human Rights Appears To Be An Issue In New Ontario Autism Program
Minister of Children and Youth Services Micheal Coteau has been a champion of human rights especially in the black community and around racism, but when it comes to autistic kids it may be a different story. Coteau made an announcement yesterday that was very short on detail regarding the
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Senator Plett Reprises His Complaints on Bill C-16
Whether we are talking about Bill C-16, Bill C-279 or Bill C-389, there has been one consistent thing in the Senate – the voice of Senator Plett droning on about how terrible this legislation is. This week, second reading of Bill C-16 happened in the Senate, and sure enough Senator
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Senator Plett Reprises His Complaints on Bill C-16
Whether we are talking about Bill C-16, Bill C-279 or Bill C-389, there has been one consistent thing in the Senate – the voice of Senator Plett droning on about how terrible this legislation is. This week, second reading of Bill C-16 happened in the Senate, and sure enough Senator
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Islamophobia—what’s in a word?
Words don’t always mean what they say. For example, anti-Semitism says “against Semites,” but it means “against Jews,” who actually only make up a small part of the Semite community. Yet confusion never arises because the word has become so firmly established as meaning anti-Jew. That is not the case
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Islamophobia—what’s in a word?
Words don’t always mean what they say. For example, anti-Semitism says “against Semites,” but it means “against Jews,” who actually only make up a small part of the Semite community. Yet confusion never arises because the word has become so firmly established as meaning anti-Jew. That is not the case
Continue readingWise Law Blog: LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday January 24, 2017. Today we are talking about Employment Law. A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Jan 24, 2017 at 6:44am PST Under Ontario’s Human Rights Code, where discrimination or harassment has been proven the Tribunal can
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Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday January 17, 2017. Today we are talking about Employment Law. A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Jan 17, 2017 at 7:03am PST Ontario employees are prohibited from discrimination and harassment against any employee. Employers may not discriminate
Continue readingAgainst the Grain: The Vultures of False Equivalency Descend
I really shouldn’t be surprised that even the much beloved Humans of New York decided it was Trump supporters who needed to be humanized in the wake of at least ~700 hate crimes committed in the past 3 days targeting almost entirely minorities. Okay, so, I have some thoughts.
Continue readingAgainst the Grain: Vocabulary’s got nothin’ to do with it
Content Notice: Victim blaming, trans-antagonism, reclamation of t-word slur Perhaps it was good fortune that I caught a bug and started drowning in my lungs. I recognized earlier this week that I was very tense from working back-to-back for such a protracted period of time and even though I earmarked
Continue readingAgainst the Grain: What happens in the US doesn’t stay in the US
The question of what America’s progressives are going to do next is a complex one. There are many US analysts attempting to dissect the bloated carcass of the 2016 election and for my part I’m probably going to take a while to really take stock in terms of action in
Continue readingWise Law Blog: LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday August 30, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Aug 30, 2016 at 7:05am PDTOntario employers are prohibited from discrimination and harassmen…
Continue readingWise Law Blog: LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday August 30, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Aug 30, 2016 at 7:05am PDTOntario employers are prohibited from discrimination and harassmen…
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Here is you daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday April 12, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.A video posted by @wiselaw on Apr 12, 2016 at 6:14am PDTOntario employees are prohibited from discrimination and harassment against any employ…
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – Not Coffee You Dirty Sodomites!
Get out the duct tape! You’ll need it to keep your jaw from hitting the floor over how amazingly absurd this fine christian preacher is. Because people are protesting outside of his church they must be Sodomites and by extension the coffee that they are serving must be infused with
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