Intellectual freedom in Canada: What goes around comes around

The excellent Franklin Carter of the Book and Periodical Council of Canada sends the following re intellectual freedom in Canada.
If you are an American, please care. What goes around, comes around.

The debate over whether Canada's human rights commissions and their tribunals should investigate and punish "hate speech" continues unabated.


NEWS

In the National Post, Joseph Brean reports Jennifer Lynch's and Richard Moon's latest remarks about the Canadian Human Rights Commission:

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1719766


OPINION

In the Calgary Sun, Peter Worthington comments on the federal commission:

http://www.calgarysun.com/comment/columnists/peter_worthington/2009/06/21/9877986-sun.html


In the Calgary Herald, an editorial writer comments on the federal commission:

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/CHRC+seeks+more+powers/1717899/story.html


In the Ottawa Citizen, Kate Heartfield comments briefly on Canada's HRCs:

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/System+failures/1719492/story.html


In The Toronto Star, Haroon Siddiqui comments on the Ontario and federal conservative parties' thinking about the HRCs:

http://www.thestar.com/article/653912