Canadian Association for Free Expression
- Canadian Association for Free Expression
The Canadian Association for Free Expression (CAFE) is a political organization based in Canada that campaigns for free speech and has links to the racist far right.
Founded by Paul Fromm in 1981, it claims to be committed to the promotion and defence of total freedom of speech and opinion, which it sees as essential to the functioning of Canadian democracy. It began in Ontario, although it has since also been incorporated in Alberta. It publishes a "Free Speech Monitor" ten times a year. Fromm has been CAFE's director and spokesperson since the group's inception.
Recent campaigns by CAFE have included organizing demonstrations for the release of Brad Love, whom it claims is a political prisoner jailed for expressing his nativist sentiments (co-organized with the Canadian Heritage Alliance and the defunct Northern Alliance), as well as campaigning for the release of Ernst Zündel and David Irving and against Richard Warman and the Canadian Human Rights Commission.
CAFE has been vocal in what it sees as injustices against whites in the Canadian system, and has argued that the law does not robustly defend the free speech of whites, and is too weighted towards minorities [http://www.canadianfreespeech.com/human_wrongs/index.html] . Opponents have accused the CAFE of racism, arguing that it does not simply support the free speech of far right groups, but also endorses their opinions. CAFE leader Paul Fromm has been called a neo-Nazi due to his links with far-right political parties and Holocaust denial. The group is a signatory of the New Orleans Protocol, indicating a kinship with White nationalism.
On November 23, 2007, Ontario Superior Court Justice Monique Métivier ruled that Fromm and CAFE had libeled Richard Warman ordered them to pay a total of $30,000 in damages and to post full retractions on all the websites on which the defamatory comments were posted within 10 days. [Don Butler, " [http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=d6a84a0b-b5af-4f45-a492-7d29dfe30345 Anti-racism activist wins libel judgment] ", "Ottawa Citizen", November 24, 2007]
See also
*Citizens for Foreign Aid Reform
References
External links
* [http://www.canadianfreespeech.com/homepage.html CAFE website]
* [http://www.nizkor.org/ftp.cgi/ftp.py?orgs/canadian/canadian-association-for-free-expression/bigotrys-fellow-travellers Urban Alliance on Race Relations' guide to Canadian far right]
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