The Real Threat to Free Speech
Forget anti-Islamophobia legislation. The biggest challenge is coming from activists
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Our latest stories on Canadian politics, elections, parties, and policy, from the municipal to the federal level, plus the politics of the world around us and how they affect our democratic systems.
Should Scientists Be Marching for Science?
Some say science and politics don’t mix. But with their profession under threat, there may be too much at stake
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The Unintended Legacy of Canada’s Charter
The document that protects our basic rights turns thirty-five today. Has it served us well?
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Our Own Worst Enemies
The campaign against the Vancouver Women’s Library shows how the left continues to thwart feminist activism
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Ivanka Trump Could Save the US from Steve Bannon—But She Won’t
If you are comforted by the fact that the President’s daughter and her husband are Jewish, you are wrong
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Why Right-Wing Jews Have Made an Uneasy Alliance with Anti-Semites
The question isn’t whether this big tent will collapse—it’s how bad the damage will be when it does
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My Encounter with the Crank Behind Donald Trump
I’d love to say I predicted Stephen Bannon’s rise to power. But the notion of a conspiracy theorist in the White House was beyond my imagination
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Why Environmental Consultations Don’t Work
The Energy East pipeline would benefit from a federal review—but not the kind that currently exists
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How Kelly Leitch Poisoned Our National Dialogue
My students fear that defining ‘Canadian values’ makes you a xenophobe
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Trump’s Typo Problem: Human Error, or Willful Ignorance?
The number of mistakes signals that important people don’t know what they’re doing—and couldn’t care less
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