Jason Kenney with Guidy Mamann

Dear Mr. Kenney

We, the undersigned, all members of the Ontario Bar, agree with the statement of Guidy Mamann when he asserted that it was not credible that the decision taken in relation to the Conrad Black Temporary Resident Permit was made without any input from yourself. Given the high degree of control which you exercise over your department, we do not believe that you did not give your consent, either express or tacit, in relation to the request.

The use by an official of your office, of the Law Society of Upper Canada complaint process, in order to try to silence a critic for his opinion was rightly rejected by the Law Society.  However, if you believe that our statement violates the Law Society of Upper Canada Rules please feel free to report us to the Law Society.

We find the attempt by you and your officials to muzzle freedom of expression to be reprehensible. We will not succumb.

Yours truly,

LORNE WALDMAN

BARBARA JACKMAN

NASEEM MITHOOWANI

CLIFFORD LUYT

DANIEL RADIN

AADIL MANGALJI

M CHOUDHURY

MEERA BUDOVITCH

CLARISA WALDMAN

CLARE CRUMMEY

JACQUELINE SWAISLAND

TARA MCELROY

KRASSINA KOSTADINOV

ROGER RODRIGUES

AURINA CHATTERJI

LANI GOZLAN

AVIVA BASMAN

JENNIFER ROGGEMANN

ALTAF PATEL

CAITLIN MAXWELL

JACK MARTIN

AISLING BONDY

ROBERT W YOUNG

KUMAR SRISKANDA

CATHERINE BRUCE

JOHN ABRAMS

JOEL SANDALUK

HOWARD P EISENBERG

LESLIE MORLEY

MARY BOYCE

JONATHAN FEDDER

LINA ANANI

LUXMI VASAN

OMAR SHABBIR KHAN

ROGER RODRIGUES

DANIEL RADIN

MONIKA CHOUDHURY

MEERA BUDOVITCH

AURINA CHATTERJI

ANTHONY NAVANEELAN

MORDECAI WASSERMAN

MEHRAN YOUSSEFI

LEE TENENHOUSE

PETER IVANYI

JARED WILL

GERALDINE MACDONALD

SHARRYN J AIKEN

EUGENIA CAPPELLARO ZAVALETA

TONI SCHWEITZER

MICHAEL CRANE

KRISTIN MARSHALL

LESLIE M ANDERSON

RODNEY WOLFE

DAVID YERZY

PRASANNA BALASUNDARAM

JOAN C MANAFA

JOEL HECTER

JAMES GILDINER

SARA ABRAHAM

ARGHAVA GERAMI

JAKI FREEMAN

JONATHON W JURMAIN

JOHN STRUTHERS

AARON B NARNETT

JENNIFER POLLOCK

PREEVANDA KAUK SAPRU

PAMILA BHARDWAJ

TIMOTHY LEACH

MEGHAN WILSON

SAYRAN SULEVANI

RAOUL BOULAKIA

CAROL DAHAN

JOHN W PETRYKANYN

PATRCIA CULLEN

This letter should also be copied to Kasra Nejatian, the staffer in Kenny’s office who was reportedly responsible for the LSUC complaint.

Nejatian is a 2008 Juris Doctor graduate of the University of Toronto, and worked at Ropes & Gray LLP before joining Citizenship and Immigration Canada as Director of Strategic Planning.

Nejatian before the Commons ethics committee in Ottawa

Omar Ha-Redeye taught a seminar on Online Reputation Management at the Leveraging Social Media session held at the Schulich Executive Education Centre on Monday, March 28, 2011.

This talk was given to marketing professionals at the Schulich School of Business.

Presentation included questions and answers, as well as interactive exercises using the brands and companies of participants, but this content has been removed to respect the privacy of the companies involved and their representatives.

Legal cases discussed include:

• Hill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 1130
• R. v. Cuttell, 2009 ONCJ 471
• York University v. Bell Canada Enterprises, 2009 CanLII 46447 (ON S.C.)
• Cohen v. Google, Inc., Index No. 100012/09 (N.Y. Cty. Aug. 17, 2009).
• Foda et al v. RateMDs, Inc., California Northern District Court

The Vancouver Moose picks up on a recent post regarding Minister Jason Kenney:

• Minister of Immigration blames the Immigrants:
  

  So you see, if you’re an immigrant to Canada and you’re having a tough time, it’s really your fault, not the government’s. Min. Kenney seemed oblivious to the acute xenophobia towards these immigrants, and denied that there have been calls to bar certain groups from entry to Canada. He thought the British and Australian immigration models (and responses) was something we should emulate.

Last year marked the 100th Anniversary of the Continuous Passage Act,

…THEREFORE the Governor general in Council is pleased to Order and it is hereby Ordered that, … immigrants may be prohibited from landing or coming into Canada unless they come from the country of their birth, or citizenship, by a continuous journey and on through tickets purchased before leaving the country of their birth, or citizenship.
Wednesday, 8th Day of January, 1908

This deliberately racist Act stayed on the books and was enforced all the way until 1947.

Just in time to commemorate the progress we have made in Canadian society, our Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism reminds us that the fight against xenophobia continues, and we must forever remain vigilant against those that would clothe racist laws in what they purport to be bona fide immigration requirements.

On Mar. 18, 2009, Hon. Jason Kenney, Min. of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, spoke at Huron College at UWO.

See the write-up and the discussion on Law is Cool.