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  • Is this a ‘Liberal problem or a Trudeau problem’?: David Frum on the potential political fallout from the election interference story
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Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press.
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Holding our Supreme Court to account: Lawyer Asher Honickman on the state of the judiciary in Canada

Canadian lawyer and legal thinker Asher Honickman joins Hub Dialogues to discuss the influence of the so-called “Living Tree” doctrine, Canada’s Originalist tradition, and the policy and political consequences of these two judicial approaches.

Antiabortion protesters chant during an abortion rights protest led by the Party for Socialism and Liberation in front of the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/AP Photo.
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The abortion battle is just beginning: David Frum discusses the end of Roe v. Wade

On this episode of Frum Dialogues, Sean Speer and David Frum discuss the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortion rights and the political reaction in Canada and elsewhere around the world.

Justice Michael Moldaver (left) shares a laugh with his Supreme Court colleagues during a welcoming ceremony in the Supreme Court of Canada, Monday November 14, 2011. Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press.
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Brian Bird: The humanity of judges is an asset, not a workplace hazard

Judges are human beings with formative experiences and perspectives that predate their judicial careers. They are not robots, and that is for the better.

Brian Bird - Posted on June 27, 2022
Quebec Justice Minister and French Language Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette holds a book containing the 1867 Canadian constitution and the Canadian Act during a news conference, Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at the legislature in Quebec City. Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press.
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Our fraying constitutional order

Proposals in Alberta and Quebec are starting to nip at the fabric of our constitutional order and are attempting to force a constitutional crisis for flagrantly political ends.

Joanna Baron - Posted on June 22, 2022
The Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press.
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The Charter at Forty: The future of Canada's Charter

It’s hard to imagine that many Canadians foresaw the Charter being argued in cases about euthanasia, prohibitions on private health care and same-sex marriage—to name only a few issues.

Brian Bird - Posted on May 25, 2022
Beverly McLachlin, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, delivers a speech in Ottawa, Tuesday, February 5, 2013. Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press.
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Canada's former chief justice should resign from the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal

It is disturbing that former Chief Justice McLachlin has not yet resigned from the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal. Canadian lawyers should be encouraging Chief Justice McLachlin to resile from the weaponization of her prestige for China’s ends.

Mark Mancini - Posted on May 20, 2022
Abortion-rights protesters display placards during a demonstration outside the U.S. Capitol, Sunday, May 8, 2022, in Washington. Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo.
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David Frum on the collapse of cryptocurrencies and how the conservative judicial movement shifted the ground on abortion

Today’s episode of Frum Dialogues features discussion on the precipitous drop in the value of cryptocurrencies, as well as the conservative shift in the U.S. judiciary in the context of a pending Supreme Court decision on abortion rights.

Premier Scott Moe speaks after Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal ruled in a split decision that a federally imposed carbon tax is constitutional during a press conference at the Legislative Building in Regina on Friday May 3, 2019. Michael Bell/The Canadian Press.
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Restoring the vitality of the rule of law in Canada

When governments fail to enforce the law consistently and fairly, they simply invite further lawlessness. And even more alarming is that our governments that are themselves obliged to act within the law have been failing to do so.

Aaron Wudrick - Posted on May 2, 2022
People demonstrate in support of the Ukraine outside the United Nations' top court, rear, in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, March 16, 2022, where judges where expected to rule on a request by Ukraine to order Russia to halt its devastating invasion. But it remains to be seen if Moscow would comply with any order made by the International Court of Justice. Russia snubbed a hearing last week at which lawyers for Ukraine accused the country's powerful neighbor of "resorting to tactics reminiscent of medieval siege warfare" in its brutal assault. Peter Dejong/AP Photo.
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The Russia-Ukraine crisis may trigger a renewed era of international law

Russia has made clear that it intends to continue fighting in certain parts of the country and will continue to support separatist militias in the Donbas. But that does not mean that international law has altogether failed Ukraine.

Liam Faught - Posted on April 26, 2022
Minister of Defence Anita Anand reaches to congratulate Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland after she delivered the federal budget in the House of Commons as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Liberal Members of Parliament look on, Thursday, April 7, 2022 in Ottawa. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press.
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The Charter ‘has contributed to the disenchantment with politicians and politics,’ says David Frum

David Frum explains why as a young man he was skeptical that Canada needed a Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and, now that it has been enacted for 40 years, Frum outlines the effects the Charter has had on Canada, both the visible and the less visible.

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