Comments on: Alberta minister and political activist win in hate speech tribunal http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2006/08/02/alberta-minister-and-political-activist-win-in-hate-speech-tribunal/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:49:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Canada’s Religious Right at Bene Diction Blogs On http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2006/08/02/alberta-minister-and-political-activist-win-in-hate-speech-tribunal/comment-page-1/#comment-21993 Canada’s Religious Right at Bene Diction Blogs On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:12:12 +0000 http://www.benedictionblogson.com/?p=2591#comment-21993 [...] Another is lobby group is Concerned Christians Canada out of Calgary. Craig Chandler, and head of Freedom Radio Network, (freetospeak.ca) is a member. the CCC is affiliated with Sky Angel - a multi million dollar media empire in the US run by Marcus Lamb. They are supporting Steven Boisson, a former national director of Concerned Christians Canada after a complaint was filed by Dr. David Lund regarding a letter by Boisson to local media. Lund is claiming hate speech. More here. [...] [...] Another is lobby group is Concerned Christians Canada out of Calgary. Craig Chandler, and head of Freedom Radio Network, (freetospeak.ca) is a member. the CCC is affiliated with Sky Angel – a multi million dollar media empire in the US run by Marcus Lamb. They are supporting Steven Boisson, a former national director of Concerned Christians Canada after a complaint was filed by Dr. David Lund regarding a letter by Boisson to local media. Lund is claiming hate speech. More here. [...]

]]> By: joseph http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2006/08/02/alberta-minister-and-political-activist-win-in-hate-speech-tribunal/comment-page-1/#comment-21489 joseph Fri, 04 Aug 2006 19:20:24 +0000 http://www.benedictionblogson.com/?p=2591#comment-21489 I think you've done a good job of pulling together a number of the resources on this one. There are too many angles for me to pull them all together just yet... I have been following this case from time to time, along with the case of Mullen on the east coast. Apart from obvious divides on "the issue", one link between both cases, from my particular vantage point, is the involvement of university professors, and the broad questions about freedom of speech and expression, and the role of the academy. One recent article in the U of A Expressnews by an academic librarian lamented the fact that so many of books being purchased are "curriculum driven", sometimes at the expense of allowing competing viewpoints into the academy for wider discussion. On the legal side, I found the panel's reference to the Dagenais case rather thought provoking: are we moving toward an absolute (?American) sense of freedom of expression? I think you’ve done a good job of pulling together a number of the resources on this one. There are too many angles for me to pull them all together just yet…

I have been following this case from time to time, along with the case of Mullen on the east coast. Apart from obvious divides on “the issue”, one link between both cases, from my particular vantage point, is the involvement of university professors, and the broad questions about freedom of speech and expression, and the role of the academy. One recent article in the U of A Expressnews by an academic librarian lamented the fact that so many of books being purchased are “curriculum driven”, sometimes at the expense of allowing competing viewpoints into the academy for wider discussion.

On the legal side, I found the panel’s reference to the Dagenais case rather thought provoking: are we moving toward an absolute (?American) sense of freedom of expression?

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