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Allegations Of ‘Denialism’ Obstruct Access To Truth
Climate activists rally to urge politicians to stand against climate denial in New York on Jan. 9, 2017. (Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images) According to various sources, “denialism” is the practice of denying the validity of something for which there’s irrefutable proof....
The Truth About Residential Schools w/Brian Giesbrecht
On this episode of Open Mike, Michael Thiessen tries to sift through the sensationalized rhetoric and common lies pertaining to the history of Canadian Residential schools by talking to former Manitoban Judge, Brian Dale Giesbrecht, author and commentator, and a...
Dr. Rodney Clifton shares his thoughts on Truth and Reconciliation – Grey Matter Podcast
https://rumble.com/embed/v1lezvc/?pub=1u06to In this episode Constitutional Lawyer Leighton Grey and Dr. Rodney Clifton, both Senior Fellows at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, have a conversation about Canada's indigenous history, how the truth...
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Canadian Property Rights Index 2023
A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
Alberta Politics and Empty Promises of Health-care Solutions
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
Was there a cultural genocide in Canada as claimed in the Truth and Reconciliation Report? Mass graves at residential schools? An interview with Brian Giesbrecht, retired Judge and one of the co-authors of “From Truth Comes Reconciliation: An Assessment of the...
Residential School Graves: Pursuing the Truth is of Utmost Importance
Over the last six weeks or so, popular newspapers in Canada and around the world have been filled with reports and commentaries on the discovery of 215 graves on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School and an increasing number of graves at other...
Thinker’s Corner Video – A Conversation About the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
A conversation about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission with Dr. Rodney Clifton, co-editor and author of the Frontier Centre's recent book, From Truth Comes Reconciliation. We have not written this book for people who think that this Report is too sacred for...
Truth is the Road to Reconciliation
Canada has consistently failed to make progress that is commensurate with so many lofty pronouncements and expectations on the Indigenous file. By statistics alone, it is a national shame that most Indigenous Canadians on reservations live far below acceptable...
When the Media Doesn’t tell the Truth – the Floyd and Boushie Cases
Derek Chauvin is the Minneapolis police officer who achieved international notoriety for his role in the death of George Floyd. A video showing Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck for nine minutes, as Floyd pleaded that he couldn’t breathe, was viewed millions of times...
A Lament for ‘Truth’
The current state of society has come to depend on one simple concept—truth. Every other fact, every other value, action, justice, and principle resides on the fulcrum of what this one simple term means. The reductionists who cut, scar, and scorn the fundamental value...
An Inconvenient Truth
While activists and protesters celebrate the destruction of Sir John A. Macdonald’s statue in Montreal, they probably don’t want to be reminded that in neighbouring Ontario there stands another statue, one that has thus far escaped the wrath of Black and Indigenous...
Provide a Timely Response. Ensure Transparency. Tell the Truth.
These are just some of the basic tenets of crisis communications, and our Prime Minister and his Crisis Response Team would do well to take them to heart because, so far, their statements and actions have missed the mark in every way. We are not yet one week into our...
Is the Truth Becoming Irrelevant in Canada’s Labour Law?
With large amounts of publicity being generated about the case of Jessica Yaniv (the transgender woman who is taking businesses to court for refusing to perform Brazilian waxes on Yaniv’s male genitalia), there is growing awareness within Canada that human rights...