Update on Ed Corrigan’s libel and defamation action

From: edcorrigan <edcorrigan@edcorrigan.ca>
Date: Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:39 PM
Subject: Update on Ed Corrigan’s libel and defamation action against being called “one of Canada’s most notorious anti-semites and idiotic spammers.”

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Globe & Mail: Coalition warns of rising anti-Semitism, but critics say group shows Israeli bias

GLORIA GALLOWAY OTTAWA— From Friday’s Globe and Mail, Jul. 08, 2011

A multi-party coalition of current and former parliamentarians has concluded that anti-Semitic incidents are on the increase across Canada and have been fostered by a climate that is receptive to attacks on Israel, particularly on university campuses.

But critics say the work of the [...]

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IJV Report Card on Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism

Criterion Grade Comments Researcher Legitimacy F Self-selected MPs portray themselves as an official parliamentary committee Passed ethical review F Goal to justify muzzling criticism of Israel; not an ethical research method Is hypothesis testable F Conflates hostility to Jews with criticism of Israeli policies Was method unbiased F Selected mostly pro-Israel lobby groups, rejected [...]

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Applauding UofT Provost position on Peto thesis

Press Release For immediate release December 9, 2010

Jewish Group Commends U of T Provost for Supporting Freedom of Inquiry

Independent Jewish Voices – Canada (IJV) applauds University of Toronto Provost Cheryl Misak for standing behind the student whose thesis on Jewish identity and Holocaust education programs has been criticized by some observers as [...]

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The CPCCA should be reconfigured to combat racism against all peoples

By Harry Shannon

Published on rabble.ca

November 8, 2010

In 1987, when caught in a lie about the Iran-Contra affair, President Ronald Reagan infamously said : “My heart and my best intentions still tell me that’s true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not.”

In 2010, Liberal MP Irwin [...]

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VIDEO on Antisemitism politics: Threat is from the new McCarthyism NOT the new antisemitism

Independant Jewish Voices-Canada has released a new video:

Defend Free Speech: The threat is from the new McCarthyism NOT the new antisemitism.

It is a strong refutation of the legitimacy of the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism (CPCCA) meeting today and tomorrow. The Harper government has given [...]

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Fox News’ anti-Semitism problem

Rupert Murdoch claimed in a recent speech that “the most virulent strains” of anti-Semitism “come from the left.” However, his own Fox News personalities have a history of promoting anti-Semitic sources and mainstreaming people who have associations with anti-Semitic groups.

* Beck cited book from Nazi supporter Elizabeth Dilling on his radio show. * [...]

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Le Bloc se retire de la Coalition de lutte contre l’antisémitisme (CPCCA) / Bloc Quits CPCCA

(English below)

De Hélène Buzetti

Le Devoir, 20 mars 2010

Ottawa – Le Bloc québécois a décidé hier de se retirer de la Coalition parlementaire canadienne de lutte contre l’antisémitisme parce qu’il juge celle-ci «biaisée» en faveur d’Israël et contre les Palestiniens.

La Coalition parlementaire canadienne de lutte contre l’antisémitisme (CPCCA, de son acronyme anglais) [...]

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THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENTARY COALITION TO COMBAT ANTISEMITISM: WHAT IT MEANS FOR CANADIANS 

“One Year Later…Gaza Remembered”, Talk given on January 30, 2010, at Vancouver Public Library

by Joanne Naiman

We are here tonight primarily to hear about the effects of an illegal occupation and war on the people of Gaza, and to express our solidarity with the [...]

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DEFEND OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH / DEFENDEZ NOTRE LIBÉRTÉ DE L’EXPRESSION

CLICK HERE AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE HEARINGS OF THIS PARLIAMENTARY COALITION AND SIGN THE PETITION /

CLIQUEZ ICI POUR DES RENSEIGNEMENTS SUR LA COALITION PARLEMENTAIRE ET SIGNER LA PÉTITION

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