Two great Op-Eds in the Post

Laura Rosen Cohen asks some of the questions I've been asking for a while: what's wrong with the Canadian Jewish Congress?

...a cursory glance of the CJC website reveals a public relations agenda of dubious or even nonexistent significance to the average Canadian Jew. There are a number of press releases and commentaries on Darfur (which, last time I checked, was Jew-free), a little bit about Jewish art looted by the Nazis and very solemn commentaries noting which local dignitaries attended recent Holocaust memorial ceremonies.

There is also a lot of repetitive bleating about the evils of "hate speech." It seems that if one really wants to get noticed by the organized, "democratically elected" representatives of Canadian Jewry, one needs only to yell "kike" in a crowded room somewhere in Canada.

She hit a lot of great points, but she was restrained enough not to mention the CJC's greatest embarrassment -- that they continue to countenance the conduct of Richard Warman.

The Post also has this editorial, supporting Keith Martin's private member's motion, and properly shaming Stephane Dion for opposing it.

It is nonsense to suggest that reining in human rights legislation, and leaving the policing of hate speech up to the actual police, would be some sort of treason to the legacy of Trudeauvian liberalism. Keith Martin should not be made to feel that he is committing sacrilege by treating permanent Charter values as more important than a particular federal statute. Indeed, he should be celebrated for doing it, and not just by Liberals.

Good stuff from the Post!