Joanna Baron: Censuring an NDP MPP for pro-Palestine comments is not a free speech issue
26 October 2023
Ken Boessenkool: Eliminate the GST—and other ways to respond to future Trump trade tariffs
The Weekly Wrap: I stand with Alberta
Heather Exner-Pirot: Want to remain strong and free, Canada? Six steps to becoming an energy and resource superpower
Richard Shimooka: When it comes to national security, Trudeau leaves Canada worse than he found it
Joanna Baron: Don’t forget about the Emergencies Act when assessing Trudeau’s legal legacy
Ken Boessenkool: Eliminate the GST—and other ways to respond to future Trump trade tariffs
The Weekly Wrap: I stand with Alberta
Heather Exner-Pirot: Want to remain strong and free, Canada? Six steps to becoming an energy and resource superpower
Richard Shimooka: When it comes to national security, Trudeau leaves Canada worse than he found it
Joanna Baron: Don’t forget about the Emergencies Act when assessing Trudeau’s legal legacy
Joanna Baron
Joanna Baron is Executive Director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation, a legal charity that protects constitutional freedoms in courts of law and public opinion. Previously, she was the founding National Director of the Runnymede Society and a criminal defence litigator in Toronto. She studied Classics at St John’s College in MD and NM and law at McGill University.
Joanna Baron: Pro-Hamas demonstrations may be despicable, but they are still legal—And that’s a good thing
11 October 2023
Joanna Baron: Parliament’s attempted cancellation of Russell Brand is an outrageous overreach
29 September 2023
Joanna Baron: Establishing a right to housing is a bad idea
8 September 2023
Joanna Baron: Israel’s Declaration of Independence
23 August 2023
Joanna Baron: The Canadian Charter explicitly permits affirmative action. That doesn’t make all discriminatory admissions ok
3 August 2023
Joanna Baron: Criminalizing residential school ‘denialism’ is both unnecessary and unconstitutional
6 July 2023
Joanna Baron: Why this former Supreme Court Justice needs to finally quit Hong Kong’s top court
7 June 2023
Joanna Baron: More myths than facts: Unpacking the government’s doublespeak on its internet censorship bill
17 May 2023
Joanna Baron: The Supreme Court ducks an opportunity to actually address our health-care crisis
24 April 2023
Joanna Baron: As the Emergencies Act decision goes to Federal Court, the government is arguing against its own guardrails
17 April 2023
Joanna Baron: Justice Rouleau’s deferential report is not the final word on the Emergencies Act
21 February 2023
Joanna Baron: Jordan Peterson is too big to be silenced by the naysayers and regulators—but what about the rest of us?
30 January 2023
Joanna Baron: I thought the Charter would protect our rights during the pandemic. I was wrong
3 August 2022
Joanna Baron: Our fraying constitutional order
22 June 2022
Joanna Baron: Enforcement of the Charter should not be left to the courts alone
19 April 2022
Joanna Baron: Invoking the Emergencies Act requires a high threshold. The government has not met it
16 February 2022
Joanna Baron: Quebec’s vaccination tax must be condemned outright
14 January 2022
Joanna Baron: The Supreme Court rules there’s still no right not to be offended
29 October 2021
Joanna Baron: The government’s new ‘online harms’ bill will not make hate speech go away
29 June 2021
