The only free speech stalwart on Wilfrid Laurier University’s free expression task force has temporarily resigned. In the wake of that experience, Shepherd formed The Laurier Society for Open Inquiry (LSOI), with the goal of bringing controversial speakers and events to campus. The task force had just had a meeting, where, Haskell said, “I’ve removed myself … It’s incomprehensible I could move forward knowing this is a masturbatory exercise. As Haskell put it, “The policy is clearly prejudicial to clubs, faculty and associations that want to bring right-leaning speakers on campus. He was also, astonishingly, the only professor on the task force who publicly supported Lindsay Shepherd.

Source: National Post May 03, 2018 23:36 UTC