Free Dominion is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 conservative website. It was inspired by Free Republic

Free Republic

Free Republic is a moderated Internet forum for activists, and chat site for self-described conservatives, primarily within the United States. It presents articles and comments posted pseudonymously by registered members, known as "Freepers", using screen names...

 in the United States

United States

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, and some members contribute to both sites. The site uses the phrase "Principled Conservativism" to describe its ideology

Ideology

An ideology is a set of ideas that constitutes one's goals, expectations, and actions. An ideology can be thought of as a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at things , as in common sense and several philosophical tendencies , or a set of ideas proposed by the dominant class of a society to...

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The lead moderators and former owners of the site are Mark and Connie Fournier.
Fournier ran in the 2007 Ontario Election for the Freedom Party of Ontario

Freedom Party of Ontario

The Freedom Party of Ontario is a provincial political party in Ontario, Canada. It was founded on January 1, 1984 in London, Ontario by Robert Metz and Marc Emery, as a successor to the Unparty....

 

On December 31, 2005, Free Dominion made news when one of its frequent contributors, Gordon Stamp, resigned as Peter Goldring

Peter Goldring

Peter Goldring is a Canadian federal politician.Goldring is currently a member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Edmonton East since 2004, Edmonton Centre-East since 2000, and Edmonton East from 1997 to 2000...

's campaign manager as a result of comments Stamp had posted on Free Dominion about being open to Alberta separatism

Alberta separatism

Alberta separatism is a movement that advocates the secession of the province of Alberta from Canada either by forming an independent nation, or by creating a new federation with one or more of Canada's other three westernmost provinces.-Foundations:...

 under certain circumstances. Goldring was subsequently quoted saying that Free Dominion is "extreme" in its views. In July 2007, a complaint was made against Free Dominion before the Canadian Human Rights Commission

Canadian Human Rights Commission

The Canadian Human Rights Commission is a quasi-judicial body that was established in 1977 by the government of Canada. It is empowered under the Canadian Human Rights Act to investigate and try to settle complaints of discrimination in employment and in the provision of services within federal...

 for posting material perceived to be discriminatory against Muslim

Muslim

A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...

s; the complaint was subsequently withdrawn.

Free Dominion and Mark and Connie Fournier, along with several contributors to the site, are the subject of defamation lawsuits by human rights lawyer Richard Warman

Richard Warman

Richard Warman is an Ottawa-based lawyer who is active in human rights law. Warman worked for the Canadian Human Rights Commission from July 2002 until March 2004...

 and Liberal Party of Canada activist Warren Kinsella

Warren Kinsella

Warren James Douglas Kinsella , is a Toronto-based Canadian, lawyer, author, musician, political consultant, commentator, and blogger...

. In March 2009 the Fourniers were ordered by an Ontario Superior Court judge to turn over information about eight anonymous posters to the site in relation to the Warman lawsuit. The Fourniers successfully appealed this decision, with support from intervenors Canadian Civil Liberties Association

Canadian Civil Liberties Association

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association or CCLA, is Canada's leading national organization devoted to the defence of civil liberties and constitutional rights, both inside and outside the courts. The organization's work focuses on constitutional litigation, law reform, advocating on civil...

 and the Canadian Public Policy and Interest Clinic. The court ruled that before the court could compel the release of their identities, a prima facie

Prima facie

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 case against them should be supplied.

In early 2008, the website was sold to Liberty News Service in Panama

Panama

Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

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