{"id":397,"date":"2013-09-04T03:29:41","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T07:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=397"},"modified":"2013-09-04T03:29:41","modified_gmt":"2013-09-04T07:29:41","slug":"cafe-accepted-as-intervener-in-mccorkill-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=397","title":{"rendered":"CAFE Accepted As Intervener in McCorkill Case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nSt. John, New Brunswick, September 3, 2013<\/strong>. The Canadian Association for Free Expression was granted intervener status by the New Brunswick Court of Queen’s bench. CAFE will be supporting the …<\/span>Estate of the late Robert McCorkill who left a large legacy to the National Alliance. This legacy has been challenged by McCorkill’s estranged sister Isabelle, who came forward nine years after his death after a U.S. anti-free speech group the Southern Poverty Law Centre of Montgomery, AL sought to prevent the NA from receiving the legacy.<\/p>\n

“This is an incredibly crucial case,” says CAFE Director Paul Fromm. “The enemies of free speech, with significant Establishment assistance, are seeking to reach the skeletal fingers of political correctness even into the disposition of a person’s private property.”<\/p>\n

Supporting Isabelle McCorkell’s [yes, there’s a spelling difference] motion to negate the legacy are the Attorney General of New Brunswick, the League for Human Rights of B’nai Brith and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs. All are arguing\u00a0 that the bequest is contrary to the public good. \"Photo:<\/p>\n

Marc-Antoine Chiasson, Isabelle McCorkell’s lawyer has said: \u201cHate speech in Canada is criminally prohibited. Secondly, Canada has signed on to numerous international conventions with the specific goal and aim to get rid of hate speech, hate groups and the financing of hate groups.\u201d We signed on to some poxy agreement preventing donations to groups the biased SPLC says are \u201chate groups\u201d?<\/p>\n

” The National Alliance is a perfectly legal group in the U.S.” Paul Fromm points out.\u00a0 “The New Brunswick Attorney General is arguing that the bequest is contrary to the public good or public policy. Abortion on demand is the laws of the land. Would a bequest to a pro-life group be ruled contrary to the public good? The implications of this case are frightening!”<\/p>\n

Interestingly, neither of the parties, the petitioner Isabelle McCorkell or John Hughes lawyer for Fred Streed, executor of the estate, were in Court this morning, CAFE lawyer Andy Lodge reported. Mr. Hughes had written to the Court giving his consent to CAFE’s intervention.<\/p>\n

Lawyers for the other three interveners did attend Court. The New Brunswick Attorney General indicated that he neither consented nor opposed CAFE;s participation. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs indicated it did not oppose CAFE’s intervention, but did “want to go on the record as opposing any substantive evidence CAFE might submit and CAFE’s arguments.” It might be noted that these arguments are still to be filed.
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Please Help CAFE Defend Free Speech from Those Who Would Submit Beneficiaries to Some Politically Correct Litmus Test<\/span><\/p>\n

Time is of the essence. The case goes to Court September 10. Our lawyer has had to devote a good deal of time (and our money!) getting up to speed on this case, We are being billed weekly! We anticipate that the intervention could cost up to $20,000. WE NEED YOUR HELP AND, NOT TO BE PUSHY, WE NEED IS QUICKLY!<\/p>\n

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