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Update on Ed Corrigan’s libel and defamation action

admin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:36:10 +0000

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

admin — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:26:11 +0000

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 [...]

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

admin — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:10:04 +0000

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 [...]

Applauding UofT Provost position on Peto thesis

admin — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:39:18 +0000

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 [...]

The CPCCA should be reconfigured to combat racism against all peoples

admin — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 03:22:08 +0000

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 [...]

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

admin — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:24:32 +0000

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 [...]