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Tag Archives: law

Shaky legal ground is crumbling under the federal carbon tax legislation: Dwight Newman in the National Post

The view that the carbon tax law is unconstitutional has received just as many votes as any particular view that it is, writes...

 

August 5, 2019 at 4:29 pm read more

Watching Harvard, My Alma Mater, Surrender to the Mob: Kaveh Shahrooz in Quillette

The Harvard administration should have stood up for the longstanding liberal-democratic principle that even the most reviled members of society deserve a lawyer....

 

May 17, 2019 at 7:37 pm read more
Richard Owens

There is a 98% chance your lawyer is a sheep: Richard Owens for Inside Policy

Forced speech breaches section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which sets out the fundamental freedoms of conscience, thought and...

 

April 30, 2019 at 8:49 pm read more

Time for Ontario lawyers to scrap rule that violates their freedom of expression: Arthur Cockfield in the Hill Times

While I teach the values of equality and diversity, I oppose forcing all lawyers to promote these or any other government-prescribed values, writes...

 

April 17, 2019 at 7:25 pm read more

Decoding the Mueller Report: Straight Talk Q & A with Ken White

OTTAWA, ON (April 17, 2019): Set to a backdrop of continued political tension in the US, the Mueller Report is scheduled to have...

 

April 17, 2019 at 2:19 pm read more

Ep. 19 - The Resource Economy and Indigenous Rights with Ken Coates and Dwight Newman

In this episode of Pod Bless Canada, Ken Coates is joined by MLI Senior Fellow Dwight Newman to discuss the current state of...

 

December 17, 2018 at 7:31 pm read more

Dissent from Within at the Supreme Court of Canada: 2015 Year in Review by Benjamin Perrin

UBC law professor analysis finds the Supreme Court is more divided than in past years OTTAWA, Jan. 15, 2016 – Some striking new...

 

January 15, 2016 at 7:50 am read more

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    OTTAWA, ON (April 16, 2021): Infrastructure development is sorely needed in the Indo-Pacific region to sustain growth among large and mid-sized economies alike....

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  • Universities should stop stealing copyright material: Richard C. Owens in the Financial Post

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    It's frustrating that Canada’s education sector prefers to impoverish Canada and its culture while bloating its own payrolls, writes Richard C. Owens in...

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  • If I were finance minister: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post

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    This article is part of a series by the Financial Post Comment. With next week’s federal budget fast approaching, FP Comment asked its...

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  • A Way Forward, Part II: Defending human rights in China

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    OTTAWA, ON (April 15, 2021): The world is waking up to the nature of a crony capitalist enterprise operating as a government in...

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EP. 63 - Where Hong Kong Stands Now with Sharon Hom, Alvin Y.H. Cheung, and Ai-Men Lau

Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Pod Bless Canada · Ep. 63 - Where Hong Kong Stands Now with Sharon Hom, Alvin Y.H. Cheung, and Ai-Men Lau...

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