Free speech or hate speech: former Western Standard publisher Ezra Levant on his fight with the Alberta Human Rights Commission over the magazine's publication of the Danish Mohammed cartoons.
Ezra Levant is a Calgary-based lawyer, columnist, and the author of Shakedown: How Our Government is Undermining Democracy in the Name of Human Rights. Visit Ezra's blog at: ezralevant.com.
Alan Echenberg is a senior producer for the Agenda with Steve Paikin and has been TVO's Ottawa bureau chief since 1998. In his fifteen seasons in the Parliament Hill bureau of TVO, he has produced dozens of field documentaries and hundreds of studio interviews and discussions. He's covered five federal elections, one referendum, one ice storm, one Grey Cup, one Alanis Morissette concert, one hot-air balloon festival, several playoff collapses by the Ottawa Senators, and many other stories. Somewhere in there, his efforts on one particular show helped win TVO a Gemini Award. Follow Alan on Twitter.
Alan Echenberg is a senior producer for the Agenda with Steve Paikin and has been TVO's Ottawa bureau chief since 1998. In his fifteen seasons in the Parliament Hill bureau of TVO, he has produced dozens of field documentaries and hundreds of studio interviews and discussions. He's covered five federal elections, one referendum, one ice storm, one Grey Cup, one Alanis Morissette concert, one hot-air balloon festival, several playoff collapses by the Ottawa Senators, and many other stories. Somewhere in there, his efforts on one particular show helped win TVO a Gemini Award. Follow Alan on Twitter.
Canada's controversial Human Rights Commissions: an integral part of our justice system or demagogic political entities?
Mohammad Fadel is a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto. He has also published numerous articles on Islamic legal history.
Grant Huscroft is associate dean academic with the Faculty of Law at the University of Western Ontario.
Joanne McGarry is executive director of the Catholic Civil Rights League.
Ziyaad Mia is chair of Advocacy and Research with the Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association. He prepared written submissions and appeared on behalf of the Coalition of Muslim Organizations before the House of Commons and Senate Committees studying the Anti-terrorism Act.
Grant Huscroft is associate dean academic with the Faculty of Law at the University of Western Ontario.
Joanne McGarry is executive director of the Catholic Civil Rights League.
Mohammad Fadel is a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto. He has also published numerous articles on Islamic legal history.
Alan Echenberg is a senior producer for the Agenda with Steve Paikin and has been TVO's Ottawa bureau chief since 1998. In his fifteen seasons in the Parliament Hill bureau of TVO, he has produced dozens of field documentaries and hundreds of studio interviews and discussions. He's covered five federal elections, one referendum, one ice storm, one Grey Cup, one Alanis Morissette concert, one hot-air balloon festival, several playoff collapses by the Ottawa Senators, and many other stories. Somewhere in there, his efforts on one particular show helped win TVO a Gemini Award. Follow Alan on Twitter.
Alan Echenberg is a senior producer for the Agenda with Steve Paikin and has been TVO's Ottawa bureau chief since 1998. In his fifteen seasons in the Parliament Hill bureau of TVO, he has produced dozens of field documentaries and hundreds of studio interviews and discussions. He's covered five federal elections, one referendum, one ice storm, one Grey Cup, one Alanis Morissette concert, one hot-air balloon festival, several playoff collapses by the Ottawa Senators, and many other stories. Somewhere in there, his efforts on one particular show helped win TVO a Gemini Award. Follow Alan on Twitter.
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