Free Dominion Persecuted For Allowing Free Speech

Connie and Mark, the owners of the Free Dominion forum, have received a letter from the so called "Canadian human rights commission", which stated that there was a complaint filed against the forum. While it was quite obvious that the biggest right-wing forum in Canada, with over 8000 registered users and over a million messages posted, could eventually be targeted by the truth-bashers and PC thugs, the letter itself looked more like a hoax.

Bill Whatcott, a strong supporter of free speech and family values, who's been repeatedly charged by the provincial branches of Canada's "Minitrue", was quick to notice several irregularities. First, the letter was delivered by the Express post, rather than by registered mail. The letter informed Connie of the complaint but didn't specify the full details of the complaint as it is usually done in these cases. Finally, a letter dated July 16th, stated that the response is due by... July 18th, the day the letter was actually received.

The letter was however printed on chrc letterhead. It included the investigator's email address at chrc-ccdp.ca as well as the telephone number, which (judging from the voice mail message) was the actual office number of the officer who sent the letter. When contacted, the investigator confirmed that:

• There has been a complaint against Connie, as the owner of Free Dominion filed to chrc by Mary Lynn Gentes.

• The complaint is about Section 13 of the "Canadian human rights act" that deals with what is considered "hate speech" and the internet.

• The officer investigating the complaint is John Chamberlain. He said this has something to do with something that was posted at sometime by somebody at Free Dominion. He would not tell Connie anything more than that about it.

• There is supposed to be another letter sent to Connie, this one with more details;

• When asked to explain the 2-day deadline, John Chamberlain claimed that there was a signature-required notification mailed in June, when the complaint was received by chrc. He didn't try to imply that Connie actually received it.

It looks like the opponents of liberty are going to try to use the same tactic they've used against other websites they wanted to silence. But this time they've picked prey who have teeth of their own. There are plenty of users pledging support, financial and professional, to prevent Canada's greatest stronghold of free speech from being shut down.

And so their rights which they maintained,
We swear to yield them never!
Our watchword evermore shall be,
The Maple Leaf forever!
Once again, we witness our right to free speech threatened by a leftie's censorship agency. Let it be the battle that awakes the sleeping giant, so once we win, those "human rights" tribunals share the fate the "court challenges program".

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Discussion thread at Free Dominion and a brief summary.

Article in Canada Free Press.

Article on Life Site.