I know some readers are having trouble wrapping their minds around the possibility that various animal rights organizations are not only anti-breeding, but can also be anti-<place breed name here>, anti-dog, and anti-pet. So, I’m going to try again. Not all animal rights organizations are…
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How much public money has been wasted on the Ontario dog ownership ban?
How much public money has been wasted on the Ontario dog ownership ban? We are asking EVERY ONTARIO RESIDENT to contact their MPP and ask them how to file a Freedom of Information request with the Ministry of the Attorney General and the Ministry of…
Voting without knowledge or understanding
Don’t know how I missed this before. The Ontario committee hearings on the Dog Owners’ Liability Act were a constant flow of politicians (members of provincial parliament), with no one day containing the same nine members of the committee. I really don’t know how they…
Guilty by association
DiscriminationIntimidationIsolationVilification These are but a few of the many experiences that some, if not most, owners of certain types of dogs must endure on a regular and frequent basis. As a direct result of the disinformation spouted by mainstream media organizations and by publicity-seeking politicians,…
Fantino on irresponsible driving
Julian Fantino, current Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner (chief), former Toronto Police chief, former Ontario Commissioner of Emergency Management, and key supporter of Ontario’s pit bull ban during that law’s committee hearings, has decided to focus his police force, 24 hours a day, 7 days a…
Advice from an expert
Every morning, a quotation pops up on my computer. I was particularly struck by today’s. “What luck for rulers that men do not think.” The speaker was Adolf Hitler.As 2006 ends, I and many others have spent the last two years fighting Ontario’s pit bull…
Front Groups
I received a comment from Anonymous about my previous post, PETA Kills Animals!, stating that “the Center for Consumer Freedom is a front organization…(with) almost zero credibility”.I do not dispute this. Everyone has an agenda and CCF definitely has one. The following quote is from…
Bryant is bankrupting Ontario’s Legal Aid system
According to Legal Aid Ontario, grandiose “mega-trials” designed by Ontario’s Attorney General, Michael Bryant, are bankrupting the Legal Aid system, which can now no longer afford to provide assistance to people who truly need it.Just like with his ill-conceived dog legislation, Bryant has dived headlong…
PETA Kills Animals!
It’s been almost a month since my last post. To make up for that, I’ll quote an article that’s over nine months old.The Center for Consumer Freedom has been a consistent critic of extremist animal rights organizations and has been a valuable source of information…
Muzzle ALL dogs, again?
I wrote an article a while ago in response to a columnist’s suggestion to muzzle all dogs over 40 pounds. Now we have a contributor in the Toronto Sun suggesting to muzzle all dogs, period. Most dog bites are not serious. They result in a…