Category Archives: Constitution

Canada’s heritage of freedom

A talk I gave on Saturday to a libertarian group in Ottawa.

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Nobodies… with wallets

Everybody talks about empowering backbench MPs. But nobody seems to mean what they say. At any rate, in today’s Globe and Mail Brian Laghi and Jane Taber report that Michael Ignatieff has announced that he’ll protect sitting Liberal MPs from … Continue reading

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Freedom of whine

Ottawa atheists are crying censorship, the Citizen reports, because OC Transpo won’t run their ads on buses. Must one point out once again that freedom of speech means not that you have a right to an audience, or a publisher, … Continue reading

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Human wrongs

The Ottawa Citizen notes that “Canada is being told it’s not doing enough in areas such as aboriginal rights, violence against women, poverty and racism by UN Human Rights Council delegates representing countries that allow torture, jail bloggers and amputate … Continue reading

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Booted and spurred

Is it not curious that Barack Obama, like Bill Clinton, should have a series of cabinet appointees in trouble over laws they didn’t bother to obey? It seems paradoxical that those most eager to make rules for other people should … Continue reading

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