{"id":3300,"date":"2019-09-06T04:29:46","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T08:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=3300"},"modified":"2019-09-06T04:29:46","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T08:29:46","slug":"support-pours-in-from-across-ontario-for-paul-fromms-appearance-at-hamilton-city-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=3300","title":{"rendered":"SUPPORT POURS IN FROM ACROSS ONTARIO FOR PAUL FROMM&#8217;S APPEARANCE AT HAMILTON CITY COUNCIL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">SUPPORT POURS IN FROM ACROSS ONTARIO FOR PAUL FROMM&#8217;S APPEARANCE AT HAMILTON CITY COUNCIL<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Letter to the Editor<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton Spectator<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To the Editor:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Your article advocating that the Canadian Association for Free Expression be denied the opportunity to submit a brief to Hamilton council is ironic, to say the least.\u00a0 In today\u2019s editorial you stated: \u201cGovernments at all levels and of all stripes need to be very careful that they don&#8217;t abuse their positions of trust, including their commitment to be open, responsive and accessible to citizens. That&#8217;s central to their commitment to the democratic process and civic engagement\u201d.\u00a0 If that isn\u2019t doublespeak I don\u2019t know what is.\u00a0 Let everyone\u2019s opinion hit the table.\u00a0 Even Paul Fromm\u2019s.\u00a0 If council or the public don\u2019t agree with an opinion then argue it or ignore it.\u00a0 On the other hand, perhaps everyone\u2019s point of view is essential to a robust dialogue on any issue at hand.\u00a0 What skin does the Spectator have in the game to deny a Canadian\u2019s right to express themselves?\u00a0 Is it to control public opinion?\u00a0 Sounds like it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Helen Kmera<\/p>\n<p>Belleville ON<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUPPORT POURS IN FROM ACROSS ONTARIO FOR PAUL FROMM&#8217;S APPEARANCE AT HAMILTON CITY COUNCIL &nbsp; Letter to the Editor Hamilton Spectator &nbsp; To the Editor: &nbsp; Your article advocating that the Canadian Association for Free Expression be denied the opportunity &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=3300\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1797,1931,38],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3300"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3301,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3300\/revisions\/3301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}