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Mark Carney must flatly reject Danielle Smith's latest round of anti-constitutional posturing
Danielle Smith has threatened to withhold provincial funding for new judicial appointments unless the province gets more of a say in selecting judges.
 • Emmett Macfarlane
Is the Supreme Court's Secession Reference Still Relevant?
The media has been talking a lot about secession lately, with an organized separatist movement in Alberta (albeit with support that looks increasingly…
 • Emmett Macfarlane
Is Canada morally leaderless?
For anyone born in the 70s or 80s, it is abundantly clear we’re living in the most perilous period of our lifetimes.
 • Emmett Macfarlane
The parallels between Trump's pardons and Danielle Smith's use of the notwithstanding clause
I was reading about yet another round of Trump pardons and it is blazingly apparent the extent to which Trump has exercised this presidential power in a…
 • Emmett Macfarlane
No, the Supreme Court is not an obstacle to tougher laws against child porn
Yesterday the Supreme Court issued a decision striking down mandatory minimum sentences in the context of possessing or accessing child pornography.
 • Emmett Macfarlane
An analysis of the Carney Government's 'Combatting Hate Act'
Bill C-9 was recently introduced in Parliament, and it would establish new hate speech, hate crimes, and intimidation offences.
 • Emmett Macfarlane
U of T prof's tweet, assumed by some to refer to Charlie Kirk killing, was bad, but so is the University's reaction
[Note: a commenter has pointed to this PressProgress report suggesting that the media’s coverage of this story, including the CBC story linked below…
 • Emmett Macfarlane
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Defending Canadian Democracy
Informed analysis on events in Canadian politics in an era of misinformation and democratic decline.
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