“Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…” Winston […]
Category: Constitution
“The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic. […] The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they […]
“All of which raises an interesting question. If we are agreed to constitutionally protect the property rights of some Canadians, why do we shrink from doing the same for others? Recall that the same Constitution that entrenched aboriginal rights, from which we now see derived aboriginal title, declined to protect the right to own property […]
“Today, Liberals have to be courageous in dealing with two bills that are before the House of Commons: C-7 (Senate Reform Act) and C-53 (Succession to the Throne Act, 2013). I say that we have to be courageous not because I oppose those Bills, but because the Government is not following the “rule of law”. […]
The Canadian Government can take advantage of the Immigrant Communities Global Professional Skills “The numbers, however, don’t address what types of jobs the immigrants are holding. A foreign-trained doctor working at a fast-food restaurant is still considered employed. Part of the problem, according to Andrew Ramlo of the think tank Urban Future, is that there […]
At the 2012 Liberal Biennial Convention, a controversial motion came to the floor. It argued that Canada should be a republic and I found myself offended. I was not sure why and I mentioned this troubling state of mind to a friend. At that point, I found out that that same friend was a republican […]
“It was another poke in the eye to Stephen Harper from his appointees, it was a bump in the road for NDP Leader Tom Mulcair’s Senate abolition campaign but a boost for Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s oft-derided contention that the institution can function properly with quality appointments. Some of these lines, but not all, have […]
Many Liberals have argued that Objectivity should be the driving force behind our policy approaches. The same objectivity that pushes scientific or academic pursuits should be applied to Government Policy. It is not a surprise that John Stuart Mill asked for such an approach in the 18th Century. Nor is it a surprise that Liberals […]
“In addition to the voting machine in Pennsylvania which cast a vote for Republican Mitt Romney when the voter touched the screen for Obama, the town of Covington, Virginia, has been covered in shame after its voting machines described Obama as a Republican. (The state-of-the-art machines in Virginia also said that Romney is Republican, which […]
“The complication is that millions of Canadians do see homosexual behaviour in exactly those fire-and-brimstone terms, even if the rest of us (myself included) do not. They include not only many religious Christians such as Mr. Whatcott, but also many religious Muslims and Jews. And there is no sugar-coating the fact that — despite its […]
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