Halifax Cartoon Crisis
Posted 5/8/2008 7:30:00 PM
 
Yes, it's another human rights complaint over a cartoon:

Police in Halifax are investigating a complaint about a political cartoon that some members of a local Islamic group claim is a hate crime.

The cartoon, published April 18 in the Chronicle Herald newspaper, depicts a woman in a burka holding a sign that reads, "I want millions," and she says, "I can put it towards my husband's next training camp."

The cartoon by Bruce MacKinnon is a reference to Cheryfa MacAulay Jamal, a woman from Nova Scotia whose husband was arrested in 2006 in an anti-terrorism raid. Qayyum Abdul Jamal was released from jail after charges against him were stayed on April 15.

Zia Khan, director of the Centre for Islamic Development in Halif...


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Mark Steyn on "The Hour"
Posted 5/8/2008 7:00:00 PM

  

 

 

Interesting recap here, and a must-read post on the "debate challenge" here.
 
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Liberal Carbon Tax Plan
Posted 5/8/2008 6:30:00 PM
 
I touched on this in my Tuesday Herald column, that despite all the concern over rising gas prices, the Liberals are planning to, well, raise energy prices:
 

Stéphane Dion is poised to unveil a carbon-tax scheme and attempt to neutralize any political damage by offering corresponding personal income tax cuts of between $10-billion and $13-billion to working Canadians, senior Liberal sources say.

The Liberal Leader wants this major environmental poli...


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