Your Ward News Commentary and Reportage

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September 2, 2019

LeRoy St. Germaine, the publisher of the Toronto publication Your Ward News has been sentenced to one year of strict house arrest. Its editor, James Sears, will spend a year in jail, if he loses his appeal. They were both convicted of spreading hate against Jews and women. This is the first time a court has punished hate speech against women.

My friend Franklin Carter has collected news stories and commentary about this case. Here’s a list of current articles about the case and the convictions.The Canadian Press reports:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-your-ward-news-leroy-stgermaine-1.5264047Adrian Ghobrial of Toronto’s CityNews reports:

https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2019/08/29/publisher-of-your-ward-news-sentenced/https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/08/28/james-sears-your-ward-news-hate/

Tiffany Lam of CBC News reports:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/your-ward-news-bail-1.5263071Kerri Breen of Global News reports:

https://globalnews.ca/news/5810045/jail-promoting-hate-strong-message/Paul Lungen of The Canadian Jewish News reports:

https://www.cjnews.com/news/canada/publisher-of-your-ward-news-gets-house-arrestJoanna Lavoie of Toronto.com reports:

https://www.toronto.com/news-story/9563162-your-ward-news-editor-james-sears-gets-jail-time-for-promoting-hate/Colin Perkel of the Canadian Press reports:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/your-ward-news-james-sears-sentenced-1.5256452
Mack Lamoureux of Vice reports:

https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/pa7bw7/james-sears-editor-of-canadas-most-racist-paper-ygets-year-in-prison-for-promoting-hate-your-ward-newsCOMMENTARY

In The Globe and Mail, Marcus Gee comments:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto/article-jailing-people-for-hate-speech-is-wrong/Rosie DiManno of the Toronto Star writes:

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2019/08/22/judge-gives-editor-of-vile-your-ward-news-maximum-sentence-and-regrets-it-couldnt-be-longer.htmlB’nai Brith Canada comments: