Direct from Sean Connolly at CFRA comes this:
A speech at the University of Ottawa, from American Conservative commentator Ann Coulter, was cancelled Tuesday night by organizers, due to "security concerns" after protesters turned up outside the venue.
Organizers said they feared for Coulter's safety after an estimated two thousand people gathered outside the venue to protest her presence there.
Coulter, was scheduled to speak at the University’s Marion Hall as part of a three-city Canadian tour, organized by the International Free Press Society.
During a speech at University of Western Ontario last Monday night, she caused controversy after telling a 17-year-old Muslim student to ``take a camel'' instead of the flying carpet she previously suggested Muslims use for transportation.
Earlier, University of Ottawa provost Francois Houle drew criticism himself, for sending Coulter a letter cautioning her on the limits of free speech in Canada.
Coulter reacted angrily stating the university was ``threatening to criminally prosecute me for my speech.''
The self righteous haters must be so proud.
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