The Metis Win In Court--May Get Winnipeg!

APTN seems to be the only ones covering this SCC decision, though it sounds pretty significant.  At the very least the MMF (Manitoba Metis Federation) gets costs for 30 years of legal wrangling, and it will most likely trigger land claim negotiations.  There's even an outside chance the MMF is awarded Winnipeg.  Be careful what you wish for, Metis!

Whatcott At It Again

Despite a recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling against him, social conservative activist Bill Whatcott took his controversial anti-gay and anti-abortion stand on Wednesday to the University of Regina.

Bill will soon find out that defying the Supreme Court is a bit different from defying the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission.  He will also discover, I think, that as his legal troubles increase post SCC-decision they will trigger smaller and smaller amounts of media coverage.

(Although, that said, I'm not sure the SCC decision mentioned his anti-abortion pamphlets.  If he lays-off the gay bashing Bill may be OK.)

Laurie Hawn Clarifies

Apparently, I wasn't the only one hassling him for suggesting that Bill C-392 was an attack on the West. He offers a "clarification" of his opposition to the bill in the first minute of the following youtube clip:

Fair enough, Mr. Hawn, but you did play the alienated Westerner card in your original twitter post. You did.