Is it just my imagination, or is there a pattern here:
John Ibbitson: “Debating multiculturalism gives a voice to the angry, the frustrated and yes, the bigoted. It makes newer Canadians feel less welcome.”
Barbara Kay: “Last Thursday, environmentalist guru David Suzuki stormed out of a Toronto AM640 radio interview with host John Oakley because Oakley dared to suggest that global warming might not be the “totally settled issue” Suzuki insisted it was . . . Suzuki’s very public censure of Oakley for his perceived blasphemy is disquieting because it smacks of the totalitarian impulse to silence and humiliate the dissenter –or even, as in this case, the dissenter’s messenger.”
Michael McBane, Canadian Health Coalition: “[Canadians] have told us they flat-out reject Dr. Ouellet’s proposal to provide us with American-style, two-tier medicine.”
Might there be a connection between the fact that so many Canadians have tuned out of political debate in our country and that one side continuously says there’s nothing left to discuss?
Update: And now Avaaz.org is trying to stifle Sun TV News, or as they call their campaign, “48 hours to save Canadian journalism“.
Avaaz ye swabs!!!
And shiver me timbers…oh the horror an alternate point of view!!!
Cheers
Hans-Christian Georg Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North”
After Justin Bieber’s juvenile (well, he is only 16) and uninformed comments on the Canadian health care system — like, it’s free! (fawgettabout the exorbitant taxes we all pay for a third or fourth rate service) — I’m glad Esperanza Spalding won the Grammy. 😉
Vis a vis the oh so enlightened Avaaz, cross posted Feb. 15 on Reader Tips:
Check out Avaaz’s latest hysteria (h/t BCF):
http://www.avaaz.org/en/canada_fair_and_balanced/?vl
[Avaaz’s petition, in part]:
To the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission:
As concerned Canadians who value journalistic integrity, we urge the CRTC to protect, not weaken, Canada’s standards for journalism by refusing to change the “fair and balanced” rule for news networks and distributors. Open and honest media is vital to our democracy. We urge you to keep Canada’s news honest.