It wasn’t long ago that University of Toronto psychology professor Jordan Peterson’s future seemed somewhat in doubt. It was part of a multi-pronged YouTube campaign against political correctness and “compelled speech,” and against federal legislation that would make gender expression and gender identity prohibited grounds for discrimination. Professors at McMaster University backed out of a debate with him — in one case citing security concerns, in other cases citing nothing at all. But all of it is unbelievable,” says Peterson, referring both to the money and to the last eight months in general. Peterson says he knows “for a fact” Levant isn’t Islamophobic, noting they were recently at a meeting with several moderate Canadian Muslims.

Source: National Post June 02, 2017 20:48 UTC