A journalism professor says the controversy over an anti-diversity opinion piece published in 91裸聊视频� and then pulled online from 91裸聊视频� the Vancouver Sun has nothing to do with freedom of expression.

91裸聊视频淛ournalists have always had the ability to decide what to publish and broadcast and what not to publish and broadcast,91裸聊视频� Sean Holman with Calgary91裸聊视频檚 Mount Royal University said Monday.

91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e not common carriers. We91裸聊视频檙e not the telephone system.91裸聊视频�

Mark Hecht, an instructor of geography at Mount Royal, argued in the column that showed on the weekend that more diversity means less social trust. He commended Denmark for becoming more restrictive toward immigrants.

91裸聊视频淐an Canada learn from Denmark? The jury is out,91裸聊视频� Hecht wrote. 91裸聊视频淏ut the minimum requirement is that we say goodbye to diversity, tolerance and inclusion if we wish to be a society that can rebuild the trust we used to have in one another and start accepting a new norm for immigration policy 91裸聊视频� compatibility, cohesion and social trust.91裸聊视频�

The piece was removed from the paper91裸聊视频檚 website on Saturday, but not before it went to the printing press.

91裸聊视频淚 am dismayed by the suppression of open and rational debate in this country,91裸聊视频� Hecht wrote in an email Monday.

Holman said he and many of his colleagues were troubled by the piece. Several Vancouver Sun journalists also denounced it on social media.

Holman said newspapers have no obligation to run op-eds 91裸聊视频� columns submitted by people unaffiliated with the paper 91裸聊视频� that don91裸聊视频檛 pass journalistic muster.

He said one major red flag in Hecht91裸聊视频檚 piece was that it cites the Gatestone Institute, a think tank that has been widely criticized for spreading anti-Muslim misinformation.

The op-ed may help fuel anti-immigrant sentiment in Canada, he suggested.

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91裸聊视频淭he Vancouver Sun should not have published this op-ed. It does not meet our standard of helping facilitate the kind of rational, empathetic, informed decision-making expected of us in a democracy.91裸聊视频�

The Sun91裸聊视频檚 editor-in-chief, Harold Munro, apologized for the piece he said did not meet the paper91裸聊视频檚 journalistic standards.

91裸聊视频淭he Vancouver Sun is committed to promoting and celebrating diversity, tolerance and inclusion. Our vibrant community and nation are built on these important pillars,91裸聊视频� Munro wrote.

91裸聊视频淲e are reviewing our local workflow and editorial processes to ensure greater oversight and accountability so that this does not happen again.91裸聊视频�

Hecht91裸聊视频檚 biography on the Mount Royal website says his main interests include 91裸聊视频渋nvasive species dispersal, invasion, colonization and evolutionary adaptation, especially as it relates to European ecological dominance.91裸聊视频�

He has a self-published book called 91裸聊视频淭he Rules of Invasion: Why Europeans Naturally Invaded the New World.91裸聊视频�

Neither Hecht nor Mount Royal indicated whether he still has his job at the university.

91裸聊视频淢ount Royal, like all universities, is a place for debate, for freedom of expression and for the respectful exchange of ideas,91裸聊视频� Jonathan Withey, dean of the faculty of science and technology, said in an e-mailed statement.

91裸聊视频淭he ideas expressed in this newspaper op-ed, while protected by freedom of expression, do not represent my personal views, nor the position of Mount Royal University as a whole.91裸聊视频�

Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press

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