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  • Jordan Peterson is too big to be silenced by the naysayers and regulators—but what about the rest of us?
    Joanna Baron
  • Canada deserves to be relegated from the G7
    Howard Anglin
  • Quebec slaps new taxes on vapes after drop in tobacco tax revenue
    Geoff Russ

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Comedian Mike Ward leaves the Quebec Appeal Court Wednesday, January 16, 2019 in Montreal. Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press.
Viewpoint

The Supreme Court rules there’s still no right not to be offended

The Ward decision was one judge away from rendering the spectre of government fines for offensive jokes a constitutional requirement, an outcome that would be the death knell of comedy.

Joanna Baron - Posted on October 29, 2021
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is applauded by his PC Party members during Question Period at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto on July 30, 2018. The Ontario government passed a controversial bill to reduce the size of Toronto city council. Chris Young/The Canadian Press.
Viewpoint

Today's Supreme Court ruling is vindication for Doug Ford

There may have been political reasons to oppose the Act, but in this case the judge’s rushed decision ignored some inescapable facts.

Howard Anglin - Posted on October 1, 2021
Jody Wilson-Raybould appears at the House of Commons Justice Committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Feb. 27, 2019. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press.
Viewpoint

Kennedy and Honickman: It’s time to sever the roles of justice minister and attorney general

Over the coming days, The Hub will publish mandate letters for the incoming cabinet ministers that set out a series of bold policy prescriptions that would cumulatively tilt Canadian politics…

Gerard Kennedy and Asher Honickman - Posted on September 28, 2021
A proof of vaccination sign is posted at a bar in San Francisco on July 29, 2021. Haven Daley/AP Photo.
Viewpoint

Settle the legality of vaccine mandates with the notwithstanding clause

The number of Canadians vaccinated against COVID-19 may be insufficient to guarantee a return to normal life. An obvious way to encourage higher vaccine take-up is restricting the liberty, including taking away the jobs, of the unvaccinated. But is it legal?

Gerard Kennedy - Posted on August 10, 2021
Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Rota on Monday, June 21, 2021. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press.
News Dispatch

Ignoring the courts would only make Parliament's standoff worse

Canada’s courts have not become as politicized as those in the United States. But suggestions that their decisions should be ignored are alarming and bring us further in an American direction.

Gerard Kennedy - Posted on July 12, 2021
Customers lineup at a government cannabis store on Oct. 19, 2018 in Montreal on the third day of the legal cannabis sales in Canada. Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press.
Viewpoint

Blair Gibbs: Three years after cannabis legalization, the sky hasn’t fallen

Cannabis legalization has worked out well in this country for several reasons—not least of which is the fact that Canadians were ready for it.

Blair Gibbs - Posted on July 7, 2021
Official Languages Minister Melanie Joly rises during Question Period on Nov. 19, 2018. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press.
Viewpoint

Howard Anglin: Bill C-32 elevates language over all other forms of diversity

The government’s proposed legislation will make the pool of potential Supreme Court justices more Laurentian and more elite.

Howard Anglin - Posted on June 23, 2021
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Richard Wagner speaks during a news conference on June 17, 2021. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press.
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Joanna Baron: Without a Governor General, Canada lacks institutional independence

The media has mostly been silent about the risks posed by the Governor General vacuum to our institutional independence and legitimacy. Have they failed to grasp the risk to institutional independence and legitimacy occasioned by Richard Wagner’s tenure as acting Governor General?

Joanna Baron - Posted on June 23, 2021
People take part in a demonstration following a Superior Court ruling on Bill 21 on April 20, 2021. Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press.
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Caroline Elliott: Quebec’s Bill 21 forgets the ‘liberal’ in liberal democracy

Cultural and religious minorities are not the only ones who should be worried about Bill 21. Anyone who believes in liberal democracy ought to vigorously oppose it, too.

Caroline Elliott - Posted on June 22, 2021

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