Doug Christie, Lawyer For Canada's Far Right, Has Been Diagnosed With Liver Cancer

This post came to my attention yesterday, from Christie client Arthur Topham, who I have written about on several occasions:

Today it is my misfortune to have to share with you some very sad news regarding one of Canada’s foremost advocates in the struggle to retain our right to freedom of speech, Mr. Douglas H. Christie.

Yesterday, February 22, 2013 I received an email from Doug’s office assistant in Victoria, B.C., Jeremy Maddock, marked “Urgent”. Upon opening the email I read:

“Dear Arthur:

I regret to advise that Mr. Christie has been diagnosed with an advanced form of liver cancer, and has received medical advice that he cannot practice law any further at the present time. In these circumstances, it will be necessary for you to seek other counsel as soon as possible.”

Among Mr. Christie's other accomplishments beyond defending white supremacists was his creation of the Western Canada Concept, one of Canada's first Western Separatist parties and a precursor of the Reform Party. 

So, a storied career, then.

Be interesting to see what happens should Mr. Christie retire.  There are not too many people in this country willing to do his job.  In fact I think there is just one.

NDP And Reform: Together At Last

"Joining the B.C. New Democratic Party in vowing to axe the tax is the Reform Party of B.C., who have adopted the slogan, “We ♥ CO2.”"

Also lining up behind the NDP in railing against the carbon tax are the B.C. Conservatives, who have made the issue one of the six main planks of their platform.

And another 1st: NDP policy gets a prominent write-up on IceCap, the premier Climate Change Denialist site. They must be so proud.

Gerry Nicholls To CPoC Base: Let's Self-Immolate!

Or better yet, maybe it’s time for old-time Reformers to start demanding their voices be heard within the party.

To be blunter, the Reformers should take back their party.

So far, Gerry is most ticked-off about the "Quebec Nation" resolution, but underneath I sense a longing for a return to the Imperial System of measurement. Go for it, Gerry! Down with Metric! And burn a couple of witches for good measure. Above all, be sure to get in touch with this guy and get working on "Plan B"!!!

As the Libs come together, the CPoC comes apart.

Why, Ezra? Because The Alberta Liberals Are Courting Nutters, The Federal Tories Trying To Avoid Them.

Ezra is wondering why The Alberta Liberal Party is making nice free-speechy noises about him and his AHRC case, even mentioning him "by name", while the Federal Tories are issuing "empty banalities".

That's because, Ezra, the Alberta Liberal Party couldn't draw flies to a pile of dog poop. They'll take your vote, his vote, any vote, and worry about the consequences later. Whereas Mr. Harper's Federal Tories have made a few tentative stabs at reaching out to Canada's various ethnic communities. They see you and an election coming at the same time, and have stomach spasms.

For them, Ezra Levant at the head of a passel of Neo Nazis and people who employ their Freedom of Speech to crack wise about the holocaust is just too much a blast from the Reform Party past, a return to the bad old days when white extremists and Western Seperatists were in, and the Charter of Rights and the Metric system on their way out.

They're not gonna touch you guys with a ten foot pole, Ezra.