OTTAWA—Despite some opposition and attempts by activists to shut down Jordan Peterson’s speech in the nation’s capital, the famed psychologist and academic went ahead with his sold-out talk at the Canadian Tire Centre on Jan. 30. No protesters showed up.
Peterson began by chiding the 36 groups that wanted to ban him from speaking in Ottawa. He joked that he saw in the crowd bigots and misogynists as far as the eye could see. He added that Ottawa had to work on its activists a bit more as he didn’t see even one placard in opposition to his presentation….