Reading Time: 3 minutes Broadcasting the Alex Jones interview was the right decision. All points of view, no matter how reprehensible, must be open for debate
Tag: Free speech
Governor General apologizes for telling the truth
Reading Time: 3 minutes David Johnston told the unvarnished truth: all Canadians, including aboriginals, are immigrants from somewhere. No apology necessary
In Trump’s wake, a new world order can inspire us again
Reading Time: 4 minutes Western values for westerners has a nice ring to it. Let the rest of the world make their own value choices. It sure beats neo-colonial wars in distant lands
Civil law under attack from new and powerful enemy
Reading Time: 4 minutes The disproportionate impact of activists through social media could swamp legally-held rights and trample on centuries of legal history
Cultural appropriation controversy is entirely about free speech
Reading Time: 3 minutes The only route to a better appreciation of the cultures in Canada is through exposure, questioning, expressing opinions – even if those opinions are wrong
Getting snowed under in a political Potter’s field
Reading Time: 3 minutes The fault isn’t with Quebec society. It’s with a political world that utterly rejects that it must bear responsibility when hundreds are stranded in a storm
Why French Canadians have a right to be offended
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Andrew Potter incident should be viewed from the perspective of an ongoing pattern of anglophones marginalizing francophones
Andrew Potter, Maclean’s and the loss of academic freedom
Reading Time: 3 minutes His departure from McGill was a terrible moment for the talented columnist and editor – and a disgrace to one of Canada’s oldest institutions of higher learning
Left’s belief in free market of ideas honoured only in the breach
Reading Time: 4 minutes What is even more disturbing is the incestuous relationship between the left and vast tracts of the legacy media
A courageous stand against made-up gender pronouns
Reading Time: 3 minutes Individuals and groups cannot simply force a change in speech, language or perception that hasn’t been recognized by the vast majority of society