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Press conference: Jason Kenney’s “anti free speech” conference sponsorship to be exposed
November 08, 2010
Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) will hold press conference on Monday in Ottawa, releasing a video to the media and Members of Parliament which challenges the Harper government’s mounting attacks on free speech.
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and the Harper government are sponsoring an international conference in Ottawa on November 8 and 9 of the ‘Inter-Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism’ (ICCA), following hearings earlier this year of the ICCA’s local counterpart – the ‘Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism’ (CPCCA).
The press conference speakers and video evidence will reveal startling details of how the CPCCA and ICCA have an agenda to attack free speech and to silence legitimate criticism of Israel by falsely conflating this with anti-Semitism.
Speaking at the press conference will be: Michael Keefer, Author of Antisemitism Real and Imagined: Responses to the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism, as well as Diana Ralph, Steering Committee, IJV. IJV member, Linda Belanger will take questions in French.
At the press conference, the short video produced by IJV on the theme “The Threat is the New McCarthyism, not the 'New Antisemitism' ” will be showed. The video features prominent human rights lawyers, professors and experts; groups and individuals already victimized by the Canadian government’s assault on free speech; and human rights spokespeople.
Time: 9:30 am
Venue: Charles Lynch Room (130-S, Centre Block)
Location: Parliament Hill Ottawa, ON
Website: http://www.independentjewishvoices.ca
For information contact: Diana Ralph
Phone: 613-314-2805 (cell)
Categories: Human Rights, Law, Legal
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