~ REMEMBER your actionables: write, call , speak out, letters to the editor (and remember to mention the url FreeMarkSteyn.com in all of them). The ‘Echo-Chamber’ effect of the blogosphere is not enough to bring about real-world change. It’s our country, and our freedom to lose. Get to work …. (FreeMarkSteyn.com)
~ FRESH WebElf Report BlogRoll News, just up on our other (main) news-site. You will go, and you will read, and you will enjoy, and then you will have become part of our ever-growing army of predead minions. Muwahahaha …. (We Personally, Our Own Selves)
~ “CAN ANYONE SHED SOME LIGHT ON THIS???” The crisis rocks Ottawa! MagiStats: “Anybody know if the Human Rights Commission was in the news recently?” …. (sda, ms)
~ MARK STEYN in Maclean’s: It’s all very odd, ‘that’s for sure’– “Why should Richard Warman be the only citizen to have his own personal inquisition?” …. (macleans.ca)
~ BLOG BURST – Busting into the MSM …. (socon.ca)
~ DARRELL EPP— Canadian Government Says Goodbye To Free Speech, Forces Private Citizen To Obey Sharia; AMERICA ALONE, by Mark Steyn Public Enemy #1; More on the Steyn thing …. (darrellepp)
~ WHAT IS multiculturalism and how did it come about in Canada? …. (gatesofvienna.blog)
~ GOTCHA: Canadian Human Rights Investigator Posts at Stormfront: “So let’s see if I understand this. Canada’s ”Human Rights“ Commissions have managed to get anonymous website comments designated a crime and its investigators now go around leaving such comments themselves? Is that right?” Very ‘entraptment-y’ and sneaky …. (littlegreenfootballs)
~ TO PAKISTAN, WITH LOVE: North Americans aiding Hekmatyar, a deadly misunderstanding. He even had a Toronto 1-800! …. (canadafreepress)
~ ANOTHER frivilous lawsuit of irritated muslims vs. an uppity person? Terrorizing Free Speech, by Joe Kaufman …. (frontpagemag)
~ MACLEANS— ain’t perfect by any means: “Canada: state-sponsors of terrible” …. (p2bc)
Ezra Levant News
~ FIRST THINGS BLOG: Human Rights vs. Free Speech …. (firstthings)
~ DEBORAH GYAPONG: Why is mainstream news media ignoring Ezra Levant’s plight? …. (deborahgyapong.blog)
~ SOCON.CA— The rules of MSM engagement; The Skinny on Bill’s Bust; The Orcs and the HRCs …. (socon.ca)
~ NEWS GOES DOWN UNDER: “Australia, beware this daft gift from Canada: Human rights commissions are a chilling threat to free speech” …. (canada.com)
~ P2BC FOLLOWUP: Ezra Levant finds his accuser is now the accused; accused by the women of his own mosque …. (p2bc)
~ WESTERN STANDARD— Letters to Ezra: As Ezra’s battle with the Commission is making news, we’re getting overwhelmed with letters. We thought we’d air a few of them …. (westernstandard)
~ BELARUS Imprisons the Publisher of the Motoons …. (gatesofvienna.blog)
A Swift Sunrise 
Alan Borovoy is giving a talk to the UofA law society this Wednesday in Edmonton, called “What happened to Freedom of Speech?” I saw it, and considered going, but then realized I had a class at that time. I’d love to know what he says, though. Is anyone going? Can they report back? According to the posters, a light lunch is being served, if that’s an incentive. 😉 They’re asking people to RSVP, since the room can only hold a 100 and they’re serving that lunch.
When: Wednesday, January 23, 12:00 – 1:30pm
Where: Aurora Room, Lister Hall, University of Alberta
More info. here.
http://www.chumirethicsfoundation.ca/main/page.php?page_id=136
Oh, and I see that this is in combination with a Calgary event, where Borovoy is going to be on a panel with two others, discussing/arguing the question. Registration is absolutely required in this case.
CALGARY—Alan Borovoy, Canada’s best-known civil libertarian, will be in Calgary on January 24 to speak on the key issues facing us as we try to balance free speech and freedom from discrimination. He will be joined by Stephen Ward, Professor of Journalism Ethics at UBC, and Micheal Vonn of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association for a panel discussion on Offensive speech: What’s legal? What’s ethical? sponsored by the Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership.
http://www.chumirethicsfoundation.ca/main/page.php?page_id=137
This is obviously not the echo chamber for us conservatives, which is why I think these two events are particularly important, and deserve to be heard about.