My address to the House of Commons Committee on Justice and Human Rights, on how government can or should combat the spread of hatred on social media platforms. Democracy’s most sacrosanct principles collide in this debate.
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LeDaro: Donald Trump is trumping his own trump.
Donald Trump will ban all Muslims entering U.S if he is elected president.This time G.O.P has taken notice and many Republicans have condemned his remarks.
Continue readingLeDaro: New York Subway Murder: What is this world coming to?
Image from surveillance video released by the NYPD shows a woman wanted in the subway push death of a man in Queens on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. / WCBS It is staggering that there are such people out there, people capable of such hatred and cruelty. A woman shoved a man
Continue readingOne Town’s War on Gay Teens | #uspoli #lgbt
One Town’s War on Gay Teens | Politics News | Rolling Stone: “Asked on a radio program whether the anti-gay agenda of her ilk bore any responsibility for the bullying and suicides, Barb Anderson, co-author of the original “No Homo Promo,” held fast to her principles, blaming pro-gay groups for
Continue readingDecember 6, 22nd Anniversary of the Polytechnique Massacre–With Every Passing Year, We Seem To Keep Going Backward
Here we are again, boys ‘n’ girls, another somber December 6; another year has come and gone and it is time again to commemorate the Polytechnique Massacre when fourteen young women’s lives were lost at the hands of a deranged misogynist. For the two plus years since I’ve started Sister
Continue readingA Cynical and Dangerous Game
The creation of enemies both at home and abroad during bad economic times is nothing new and that the Harper Conservatives would resort to this most dangerous of tactics is indeed no surprise. Governments have favoured it throughout time because it gives people who are justifiably angry an outlet with
Continue readingThis drama with the Catholic school system reminds me of a Mel Brooks moment
I’m sorry, I just can’t help it sometimes.It’s probably not the most famous or best-remembered scene from Blazing Saddles (and in truth, it’s got a lot of competition), but in light of the Catholic school system’s way of dealing with gay and lesbian st…
Continue readingAll this Catholic-school business reminds me of a Mel Brooks moment
I’m sorry, I just can’t help it sometimes.It’s probably not the most famous or best-remembered scene from Blazing Saddles (and in truth, it’s got a lot of competition), but in light of the Catholic school system’s way of dealing with gay and lesbian st…
Continue readingThe Catholic school system needs to get its hands out of our pockets
And that’s just for starters.The travesty that took place this week is common knowledge by now. Activist Leanne Iskander, who’s got more courage in her little finger than most people have in their whole bodies, has been threatened with disciplinar…
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