Micallef Program - Racism

No stake for this witch hunt

The Ontario Human Rights Commission seems to like it both ways.

It declines to prosecute columnist Mark Steyn for an allegedly Islamophobic piece published in Maclean's, as its legislative mandate doesn't cover publications...
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The Media’s Delusional take on Multiculturalism

According to the Edmonton Journal’s editorial of April 4/08, “Prosperity in Diversity”, Canadians are just loving the transformation of their cities. Yeah right. Truth be told, Spike Lee could do a movie on what’s happening in my hometown of Vancouver, and no doubt a few other places...Continue

Let Them Eat Ethanol!

Wall Street millionaires have spent months mourning their losses from once ridiculously over-valued investments...Continue

Funny how the West gets blamed for poverty in developing countries when prices are low as well http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_subsidies. Guess we just can't get anything right.

Another former censor comes out in defense of censorship

The National Post has published an opinion piece by Maxwell Yalden, formerly of the Canadian Human Rights Commission. In the piece, entitled "Human Rights are More Important than Anything-Goes Free Speech," Yalden chastises the Post for its "below-the-belt bashing of our human-rights institutions."
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Human-rights commissions are getting a bad rap

The free-speech debate has become a Trojan horse for attacking commissions in particular and several human-rights issues more broadly....
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Rights body dismisses Maclean's case

The Ontario Human Rights Commission announced Wednesday it had dismissed a complaint about allegedly Islamophobic articles in Maclean's magazine because it lacked jurisdiction over printed material...Continue

"The Heart of Multiculturalism is a Lie"

Steyn warns Europe is headed for "societal collapse, fascist revivalism, and then the long Eurabian night"...
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Barbara Kay responds to an Indo-Canadian reader: Multiculturalism is an invitation to fragmentation

My choice of multiculturalism as Canada’s biggest mistake has brought me quite a lot of feedback. Few so far have disagreed with my conclusion — that is to say, I am sure many readers did disagree, but there were few amongst those who took the trouble to respond personally or on this blog...
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Political messages in census data

Nearly 96 per cent of non-whites live in urban centres, compared with 68 per cent for the total population... Continue

Sounds like something that was supposed to bring us together is going to rip us apart.

Mayor 'stunned' admitted killer is free

Mayor Dianne Watts says she was "absolutely stunned" to discover an admitted killer linked to a notorious Salvadoran gang is free in her city pending the outcome of his immigration case...Continue

How Long Before Polygamy (Formally) Comes to Canada?

Legal experts are pushing for the B.C. Government to make a reference to the B.C. Court of Appeal on the constitutionality of laws against polygamy...Continue

Barbara Kay: Multiculturalism was Canada's biggest mistake

Barbara Kay writes about the sour, divisive legacy of multiculturalism...Continue

Changes treat immigrants as 'economic units'

Canada is signalling to the world that it views immigrants as commodities and not people, ethnic groups warned Tuesday as they voiced concerns about controversial legislation that they say could threaten the country’s tradition of multiculturalism and diversity...Continue

I love how diversity trumps the economy.

Immigration issue challenges all parties

The biggest rabbit to come out of the federal hat this year has been the major overhaul of Canada's immigration system that the Conservatives tucked in their budget implementation bill, thereby risking the life of their minority government...Continue

Why Can't Other Western Countries Do This?

When they decided to have their first child, Alexander Gorlov and Laila Simanova discovered that something new was afoot in post-Soviet Russia: a baby boom...Continue

Book Review: Alien Nation By Peter Brimelow

Peter Brimelow, a journalist and senior editor at Forbes and National Review, has written a stimulating and illuminating discussion of the morass that passes for U.S. immigration policy...Continue

After years of shrinking population, Russia has post-Soviet first: a baby boom

When they decided to have their first child, Alexander Gorlov and Laila Simanova discovered that something new was afoot in post-Soviet Russia: a baby boom...Continue

Top 8 reasons NOT to immigrate to CANADA

Every year 250,000 eager foreigners arrive in cities like Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. After they do so, their careers, finances and lives are destroyed. Read the famous "Top Eight Reasons NOT to Immigrate to Canada"...
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Rights group defends itself

Facing calls for its abolition or reform, commission moves to rebut 'misinformation'...Continue

Foreign doctors: which nationalities get most complaints?

An investigation into the safety of foreign doctors has found language difficulties at the heart of many complaints from frightened, frustrated and sometimes "racist" patients...Continue

Canada's Kangaroo Court

Why is the Canadian Human Rights Commission permitted to employ high-tech Stalinist tactics?...Continue

I will NEVER drink Absolut again

Switch brands. Tell your friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, students, people on the street to never, ever touch this swill again. Doing so is treasonous to your health!...

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Women not tolerating Sharpton's rape rant

Al Sharpton and the local chapter of the NAACP have gotten themselves into trouble with black women for trying to turn the Dunbar Village rape case into a showpiece of racial injustice...Continue

Racism Hurting Economy, Says Minister

Thanks to its multiculturalism policy, Canada is known as a model society for tolerance and the accommodation of people from around the world who choose this country as their new home...Continue

Liberals seek to sell scandal to an uninterested public

Before he flew off to London for a “Progressive Governance Conference,” Stéphane Dion spent his week trying to convince Canadians that a Conservative plan to shake up immigration policy is a national scandal...
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Growth for the Sake of Growth

Canada's visible minority immigrant population tends to turn its back on Peterborough... Continue

Chinese Spy 'Slept' In U.S. for 2 Decades

Prosecutors called Chi Mak the "perfect sleeper agent," though he hardly looked the part. For two decades, the bespectacled Chinese-born engineer lived quietly with his wife in a Los Angeles suburb, buying a house and holding a steady job with a U.S. defense contractor, which rewarded him with promotions and a security clearance...Continue

Mass Immigration Makes Home Ownership Unaffordable

Mass immigration, and the pursuit of a better life, is translating into a worse life for many Canadians. Home ownership is a dream for most Canadians and now, it appears, that dream is in jeopardy for many...Continue

Let's get behind brave backbencher as he stands up to an Orwellian law

Back in 1972, Pierre Trudeau infamously referred to opposition backbenchers as "nobodies" once they were more than a few yards from Parliament Hill...Continue

Woman strives to achieve justice

CHUCK CADMAN may be gone but a petite grandmother from Surrey is continuing his fight to make criminal law fair to victims. Two weeks ago she marched their fight into the Supreme Court of Canada...
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Ethnic-education issue goes to the vote

Portuguese community leaders are anxiously awaiting the verdict of tonight's Toronto District School Board vote on a series of motions aimed at addressing high dropout rates among students from several linguistic groups by tailoring programs to their needs. Continue

A detailed list of drop out rates based on country of origin and ethnicity would be of great use to everyone. Unfortunately, such a list will never be made public....

NZ First Party says Asian immigrants should be banned to prevent inundation

New Zealand should shut its door on Asian immigrants to prevent the country from being inundated with people who will not integrate well into society, a leader of an anti-immigrant party said Wednesday...Continue

Sigh

It’s the year 2008, and still, people need to speak out against racism.

It’s sad but true.

We hear racist comments, jokes, and whispers almost daily, and in Williams Lake, it usually involves First Nations...
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Sikhs file rights complaint over firm's hard-hat rule

Two turbaned Sikhs have filed a human rights complaint against International Forest Products, saying a new hard-hat policy is preventing them from returning to their jobs at a Delta sawmill...Continue

Pro Indo-Canadian party to block immigration changes

The Canadian parliament is heading for a vote on a crucial immigration law amendment, which if passed will give the government sweeping powers to decide who is let into the country...Continue