Reading Time: 3 minutes There are no status cards providing one group with superior rights. There are no special financial privileges
Author: Brian Giesbrecht
Brian Giesbrecht was a Provincial Court Judge in Manitoba from 1976 to 2007. During that time he served as Acting Chief Judge, and Associate Chief Judge. He is now retired and lives in western Manitoba.
One sentencing standard for all offenders
Reading Time: 3 minutes Terri-Lynne McClintic shouldn’t have been sent to a healing lodge. In fact, the very nature of such institutions defies fair practise
One set of laws for all the only way to end racism in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes In his new book There is No Difference, Peter Best details a way to resolve Canada’s legal and social relations with its Indigenous
We can’t ignore the roots of some rural crime
Reading Time: 3 minutes Trotting out historical excuses for criminal actions will only leave rural residents to continue to be terrorized by gangsters
The strangling nature of Canada’s ‘duty to consult’ the Indigenous
Reading Time: 5 minutes A recent Supreme Court decision seems to have loosened the constraints, but will new legislation push such matters to the UN?
The notwithstanding clause has a valuable role
Reading Time: 3 minutes When Canada’s courts overreach their responsibility, it’s up to legislators to see that the will of the people is done
Truth and Reconciliation proposals on child welfare destined to fail
Reading Time: 3 minutes Government is called upon for yet more legislation and more money when the real problem is poor parenting
John A. Macdonald’s mistake
Reading Time: 4 minutes Tearing down statues and decrying historic decisions in no way takes the measure of a great man, or his flaws when it comes to the Indigenous
Tearing down statues, losing perspective on history’s heroes
Reading Time: 3 minutes John A. Macdonald and Louis Riel had serious flaws. So did Nellie McClung. But nothing is served by repudiating their good work
Canada’s identity forged by struggle that created shared values
Reading Time: 3 minutes Trudeau is wrong – it’s not just diversity that makes us strong, it’s how our diverse parts find so much in common