Reading Time: 3 minutes Democracy can’t survive when equality before the law becomes a cynical joke
Author: Peter Stockland
Prior to joining Cardus, Peter Stockland was vice-president of English-language magazines for Readers' Digest Magazines Canada Ltd. He was also a former editor-in-chief of The Gazette newspaper in Montreal, a former editorial page editor of the Calgary Herald newspaper. He's worked as a journalist throughout Canada during a 30-year career in the media.
Jody Wilson-Raybould’s deeply Canadian courage
Reading Time: 4 minutes The former minister has demonstrated quality we should all be proud of. And the system shows it can deal with such honesty
We can’t afford to turn a blind eye to corruption
Reading Time: 3 minutes The SNC-Lavalin affair shows us how pernicious behaviour can seep into the deep spaces of our institutions
A close shave: marketing and politics indistinguishable
Reading Time: 3 minutes Gillette has stepped boldly into the socio-political minefields of #MeToo, bullying, spousal abuse and male self-absorption
Uber’s utter disrespect for social and business norms
Reading Time: 3 minutes The economic benefits of demolishing a monopoly business practice aren’t worth the environmental and human costs
Compelled speech compromises basic rights
Reading Time: 3 minutes If the Canada Summer Jobs precedent holds, soon other government agencies will mix public funds and political preferences
Will the Supreme Court uphold our liberty to dissent?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Trinity Western University case represents one of the most important religious freedom decisions of the past 20 years
Liberals’ “values test” a threat to freedom in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes The freedom of Canadian citizens to peacefully oppose anything, including abortion, is the very base on which all rights are founded
Not just a fluffy tale about the Easter Bunny
Reading Time: 3 minutes The refusal by foster parents to lie about a mythical rabbit should not have meant the removal of children in their care
Systemic racism or a protected, impartial process?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Gerald Stanley-Colten Boushie case has touched off a firestorm that reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of how our legal system works