The plight of free speech on campus

From Blazing Cat Fur:

Jason Kenney abruptly cancelled a scheduled appearance at York University last week, during the Israeli Apartheid Week festivities. No public reason was given, until now.

Like Norman Finkelstein's cancelled apprearance at Mohawk College, Jason Kenney faced an identical Security Fee Shakedown. Kenney cancelled out of a desire not to spend taxpayer dollars on the extra police presence demanded by York to guarantee the "security" of the event. The student groups involved simply could not afford the fees for rent-a-cops, hence no event. The fees are steep as you will see in the e-mail I was provided (posted below).

Now there is no question that security is a concern for conservative speakers and organizers, the list of cancelled and disrupted events continues to grow. Christie Blatchford, Iranium - twice, the 2nd time at guess where-

York U, and most recently Michael Coren.