It's time to stop giving the pro-Palestine protestors the benefit of the doubt
The pro-Palestine movement has repeatedly failed to purge itself from its consistently prominent, continually hateful elements.
Supreme Court confirms that the Charter applies to Indigenous governments—except when it doesn't
The Supreme Court concluded that where the collective rights of Indigenous Peoples is in a real and irreconcilable conflict with individual Charter rights, the collective right will trump those rights.
Canadian politicians have suddenly forgotten how to denounce protestors
If Trudeau wants to push back against this hatred and intimidation, he might look across the pond to U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for an example of what a modicum of moral clarity might look like.
The government doubles down on censoring the internet
The hate crime of “advocating genocide,” previously punishable by up to five years’ imprisonment, now carries a possibility of life imprisonment.
The battles between the provinces and the federal government are just heating up
The Supreme Court’s ruling last week preserved the principle that provinces can’t be required to implement federal laws— but that won’t prevent a future government lawyer from trying to argue that the decision gives cover for Ottawa to attempt to ram through future laws.
The Federal Court's Emergencies Act decision is happy vindication for those who care about the Constitution
Federal use of Emergencies Act against Convoy protestors found illegal
The rule of law prevails in Emergencies Act debacle
Accusing Israel of genocide is a gross distortion of the facts
To be clear, nobody with eyes can deny that a horrifying humanitarian catastrophe is happening in Gaza. This is substantially due to the fact that Israel is fighting an enemy which launches rockets from apartment balconies, holds hostages in hospitals, and establishes command centres out of UN schools. It is Hamas, not Israel, that insists things be so.
What the 'math is racist' argument gets wrong about equality rights
The proposition upheld by the Divisional Court—that fear of burdening racialized candidates should lead the government to scrap a test meant to boost poor math scores throughout public schools—represents a nadir of bigotry of low expectations and threatens to entrench poor math outcomes for all students.
Censuring an NDP MPP for pro-Palestine comments is not a free speech issue
Ontario NDP MPP Sarah Jama’s censure and removal from caucus are not free speech issues due to the intricacies of parliamentary privilege. Whether these were advisable steps to take is another matter entirely.
Pro-Hamas demonstrations are despicable, but they are still legal—And that's a good thing
Acknowledging the rights of Hamas sympathizers to gather and protest does not mean we should lessen our vigilance in denouncing and tracking them. Quite the contrary.