Jason Kenney on Ezra Levant on new office of Religious Freedom

This needs to be listened to very, very carefully. It was highly diplomatic of them not to mention that nearly 100% of the persecution mentioned is in fact by Muslims and in strict accordance with Islamic dogma, but it was very good anyway. I am cautious about new laws, as I have seen over and over again in the past few decades that once you create a lever of power its only a matter of time till it is selectively enforced in favour of the very people or ideologies it was created to protect us all from. This one seems ripe for the picking as well once someone else is in control of it, which is why I prefer general and broad principles like the US 1st and 2nd amendments, which are clear, and harder to navigate around or change course.

Bordering on contempt of free speech

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Pastor Terry Jones
Controversial Florida pastor Terry Jones stands in a courtroom of the 19th District Dearborn Court in Dearborn, Michigan on April 21, 2011. (REUTERS/Rebecca Cook)

Terry Jones, the fringe pastor from Florida best known for his handlebar moustache and his ability to enthrall the media by threatening to burn the Muslim Qur’an, was denied entry to Canada on Thursday.

Jones was attempting to drive across the border, en route to a Toronto rally. But he was stopped by the Canadian Border Services Agency and subjected to a four-hour search typically reserved for suspected drug smugglers or terrorists. His luggage was opened, his car was torn apart and sniffer dogs were called in.

Jones was refused entry on a trumped-up pretext: 19 years ago in Germany he had been fined for calling himself a “doctor” (he claims he has an honorary doctorate in theology) and last year at a rally in Detroit, he was charged with breaching the peace. The Detroit charges were thrown out on appeal and Jones claims the German fine was overturned too.

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