Tuesday digest

- According to an Ontario Superior Court judge, the right to plot mass murder of innocent civilians in the name of political, religious or ideological grievance is guaranteed by the Canadian Constitution.

I don't think the FLQ-busting Pierre Trudeau had that freedom in mind when he conceived the Charter.

- Today's loony left play of the day comes from NDP MP Dawn Black, who, in arguing for higher standards of decorum in Parliament, typically went way too far and undermined her own credibility by uttering the following:

"There's a basic disdain of women in politics, still, by many members," said Black. "When women get up to speak there's a look of anger in the faces of many men in the House of Commons."

She can't be serious.

A look of ... anger?!?

More here.

- As Gilles Duceppe promotes his fantasy of achieving a seperate Quebec in less than ten years, Brigitte Pellerin points out how refusing to recognize the power of incentives is what has castigated Sweden on the St. Lawrence to third-class status economically. On that note, this article is highly critical of central planners left and right.

- A look from Down Under at the limits of multiculturalism, here. The question for me is this: at what point should freedom of religion take a back seat to assimilation? For me, the answer is somewhere between the veil and genital multilation.

- North America bailing Europe out again? Hey, why not? It's a great idea, on paper, anyways, but no European government would want to play ball with this White House on trade unless they had a death wish politically. I could see steps being taken towards a US/EU free trade agreement under either McCain or Hilary, though, especially if the (wrongheaded) protectionist crowd led by Lou Dobbs quiets down.