This week’s Hub Roundtable discusses the Canadian reaction to Israel’s war against Hamas including the extent to which left-wing academic ideas have been reflected in a lot of pro-Hamas protests and rallies across the country. They also discuss the Trudeau government’s announcement this week of new exemptions from the national carbon tax.
If we in the media want the public to listen to us, we must first listen to them. And if we expect the public to trust us, we’re going to have to start by trusting them.
North American scenes of anti-Jewish rallies and full-throated defences of Hamas’s horrific terrorist attacks rooted in left-wing theories of anti-colonialism and anti-settler resistance are signs that the radicalism has spilled out from the university seminar rooms and into the streets.
The observation in the new directive is that while some CAF members pray, they may pray in different ways and some do not pray at all. To address these differences, the CAF will implement an uncreative “inclusivity” solution—erasing prayer from public events.
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.
These media failures are highly problematic especially in a context of heightened tensions in the region and elsewhere around the world. There is an onus on the news media to ensure that its coverage its reliable and trustworthy.
A “Notwithstanding Act” would oblige the federal cabinet to use its power to disallow a federal or provincial law every time a legislature uses section 33 to pass a law that either they or the Supreme Court of Canada concludes is inconsistent with international law.
Tal Toubiana, a Canadian-based Israeli who works as a security consultant, returned to Israel for military service following Hamas’s terrorist attacks against Israel on October 7.
After nearly a decade on their back foot, the oilsands have reason for optimism. Lots of people still love to hate them, but they’re starting to rack up some wins.
The Supreme Court of Canada has held that the federal government’s Impact Assessment Act is largely unconstitutional. In coming to this conclusion, the Court’s reasoning left some important issues open…
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