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June 14, 2012 — xanthippaDaniel Hannan: Tax is not the answer
June 8, 2012 — xanthippa
He mentioned Regan and Thatcher and lowering taxes in ‘the big EU room’: I suspect that the only reason he did not get lynched by the socialists there is because the room was, as usual, almost empty!
Time for Canada to leave the UN
June 7, 2012 — xanthippaI know I’ve said this before, in many ways and in many posts but it is tome for Canada to de-fund and leave the UN altogether. Our membership in this organization filled with theocrats, dictators and other thugs lends it an unearned air of legitimacy and respectability.
Time to get out!
I’m glad that others have begun to speak up as well!
Yes – ‘Section 13’ gets the ax!
June 7, 2012 — xanthippaFor those of you who are unaware of what ‘Section 13’ is: it is the ‘hate speech’ clause in Canada’s Human Rights Act which makes it illegal to say things which have the potential to offend somebody.
‘Section 13’ had been used to stifle free speech to the point where people were handed lifetime bans to even speak to friends about certain topics on which they did not hold ‘politically correct’ views.
‘Section 13’ – and how it was used to silence legitimate criticism – is a big reason why I had started this blog in the first place.
Now, the largest step towards ridding ourselves of this selective gag order has been taken:
‘Canada is freer today than it was yesterday.
The federal government has just voted to repeal Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act. While the bill still has to pass a Senate vote, Canadians likely now have permission to speak more freely.’
Awesome!
UPDATE: now, with video…
UN has plans to ‘regulate’ the internet…
June 5, 2012 — xanthippaThis is more than UN’s Agenda 21 which seeks to gain control over parts of nation states through bypassing their legitimate governments (and which Alabama had just banned within its borders), it is an attempt to re-shape the internet to the liking of Russia, China, Saudi Arabia and Iran!
‘ISOC’s Sally Wentworth, senior manager of public policy for the group, warned that the proposals to be considered are not “compatible” with the current open manner in which the Internet is managed.
Vint Cerf, Google’s chief Internet evangelist, co-creator of the TCP/IP protocol, and former chairman of ICANN, said the ITU meeting could lead to “top-down control dictated by governments” that could impact free expression, security, and other important issues..
“The open Internet has never been at a higher risk than it is now,” Cerf said.’
In my never-humble-opinion, it is time to dissolve that toxic tumour upon our society also known as the United Nations!
OpenMedia: Who’s on your side?
June 5, 2012 — xanthippaFrom OpenMedia:
Canadians have been raising a loud national call for every MP to stand against costly and invasive online spying. Thanks to the pro-Internet community, the video at http://openmedia.ca/stand went viral and got national news coverage from CBC,1 among others.
The response so far has exceeded our expectations: Over sixty MPs have signed up as Pro-Privacy politicians through our online tool. We have a real opportunity right now to tip the scales in favour of our online rights.
We need to act quickly. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews, far from backing down, is pushing for a renewed multi-faceted scheme to erode Canadians’ online privacy rights: Toews has also quietly been working on a deal with the U.S. known as “Perimeter Security”, which could lead to the U.S. government having access to your private data.2
We have momentum now, with over sixty MPs—nearly two-thirds of opposition MPs—on our side. Let’s seize this crucial moment and turn up the heat on the government.
Thank you for all that you do to safeguard the open, affordable, surveillance-free Internet.
Onward,
Steve and Lindsey, on behalf of your OpenMedia.ca team
P.S. You can see exactly which MPs are on your side, and which are not, using our new Pro-Privacy MP display tool here: http://openmedia.ca/WithCanada
P.P.S. We were only able to build this online Pro-Privacy MP tool for you because people from across the country chipped in to make it happen. Please help our small team continue to do this kind of work by making a contribution today.
Footnotes
[1] CBC News: Online surveillance bill opponents continue campaign
[2] Huffington Post: Canadians’ Online Habits Could Soon Be Available To U.S. Government Without Warrant, Critics Say
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