Years in Canadian Politics - 2007 in Canadian Politics, 2008 in Canadian Politics, 2009 in Canadian Politics, 2010 in Canadian Politics (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 2007 in Canadian Politics, 2008 in Canadian Politics, 2009 in Canadian Politics, 2010 in Canadian Politics, Human Rights Complaints Against Maclean's Magazine, Braidwood Inquiry, 2009 Canadian Federal Budget, Chalk River Laboratories, 2008 Canadian Listeriosis Outbreak, 2007 Canadian Federal Budget, 2008 Canadian Incumbents, 2007 Canadian Incumbents, 2008 Toronto Transit Commission Strike, 2008 Canadian Federal Budget, Aboriginal Day of Action, Alberta Royalty Review, Goudge Inquiry, 2010 Canadian Federal Budget, Louis Champagne. Excerpt: Human rights complaints against Maclean's magazine were filed in December 2007 by the Canadian Islamic Congress with the Canadian Human Rights Commission, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal and the Ontario Human Rights Commission. Maclean's magazine was accused of publishing eighteen Islamophobic articles between January 2005 and July 2007. The articles in question included a column by Mark Steyn titled "The Future Belongs to Islam". The Ontario Human Rights Commission ruled that it did not have the jurisdiction to hear the complaint. The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal heard the complaint in June 2008 and issued a ruling on October 10, 2008 dismissing the complaint. The Canadian Human Rights Commission dismissed the federal complaint on June 26, 2008 without referring the matter to a tribunal. The federal Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRe dismissed the Canadian Islamic Congress (CIe' complaint against Maclean's in June 2008. The CHRC's ruling said of the article that, "the writing is polemical, colourful and emphatic, and was obviously calculated to excite discussion and even offend certain readers, Muslim and non-Muslim alike." However, the Commission ruled that overall, "the views... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=17358689