Laurier Free Speech

• Ottawa Catholic university ban on abortion film not under province’s authority

  Ontario Advanced Education Minister Deb Matthews' office says she has no authority to condemn a ban on polarizing events at a Catholic university in Ottawa that used the policy last week to cancel the scheduled screening of a documentary about abortion.

  Politics

  Nov 28, 2017
  
• Andrew Scheer weighs in on Catholic university that banned abortion film

  A Catholic university that cancelled a screening of a documentary about abortion receives millions of dollars in public money each year but Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is staying silent on whether he would strip funding from the school if elected prime minister.

  Politics

  Nov 27, 2017
  
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• Ottawa Catholic university cancels screening of abortion documentary

  A Catholic university in Ottawa cancelled a contracted screening of an award-winning documentary about a doctor who provides abortions at sea, telling organizers two days before the screening that they could either change the film or go somewhere else. 

  Canada

  Nov 24, 2017
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• Laurier University incident demonstrates defence of certain kinds of speech

  What we’re seeing once again is the defence of selective speech.

  Commentary

  Nov 23, 2017
• ANALYSIS: Despite about-face, Laurier needs schooling on fundamentals of free speech

  The problem for Laurier when it says it is seriously examining the many issues raised by this incident is that they’ve been down this road before.

  Canada

  Nov 22, 2017
• Bill Kelly: A victory for free speech at Laurier University

  Universities should provide a platform for an exchange of contrary ideas to create a dialogue and debate on those issues.

  Nov 22, 2017