Changing 'O Canada'? (UPDATE: Nope!)

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has changed his mind on the national anthem -- it's fine just the way it is.

 

Two days after Harper, in the speech from the throne, said his government would review the wording of the English version of 'O Canada,' with an eye toward making it "gender neutral," the idea was abruptly shelved.

 

"We offered to hear from Canadians on this issue and they have already spoken loud and clear. They overwhelmingly do not want to open the issue," said Dimitri Soudas, the prime minister's press secretary. "The government will not proceed any further to change our national anthem."

The Conservative government announced Wednesday in the throne speech that Parliament will explore rewording ...

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Herald Column: (Another) Judge Strikes (Another) Blow for Free Speech

...Like Whatcott, Boissoin was speaking to some of these very same issues when he penned his now famous letter to the Red Deer Advocate in 2002. Like Whatcott, Boissoin used some clumsy rhetoric. And like Whatcott, Boissoin was convicted and censored by a human rights tribunal.

Fortunately, however, this parallel extends one further: like Boissoin's case, an actual court has admonished the human right commissions and struck a blow for freedom of speech.

Last year an Alberta judge overturned Boissoin's conviction and had some harsh words for the way the case was handled, especially how the human rights panel incorrectly interpreted Alberta's human rights legislation.

Last week, the Saskatchewan Court of ...

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Look, I Like Hockey!! Vote for Me!!

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