COULTER ABANDONS SPEECH IN OTTAWA UNIVERSITY
March 1st, 2010
BY LEAH GERMAIN and KEITH NUTHALL
The vice-president of a Canadian university is being blamed for inciting more than 2,000 protestors to force outspoken US conservative Ann Coulter to abandon a speech tonight. The University of Ottawa's vice-president and provost, Francois Houle sent Coulter an email on Friday advising her to "educate yourself, if need be, as to what is acceptable in Canada and to do so before your planned visit here."
Later this evening, after the student union voted to ban Coulter, police advised organizers to abandon the event ...
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