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Is the Senate in Violation of the 2006 Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, and Hindering Reconciliation?
In July 2024 the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples issued an Interim Report entitled 'Missing Records, Missing Children'. The problem with that title? There are no missing Indian residential school children. Special Interlocutor Kimberly Murray...
Championing Fathers’ Rights: Dietvorst’s Battle Against Parental Alienation
An Albertan IT specialist has become a champion for father’s rights after hearing countless stories of their suffering. Monique Dietvorst works as a technical writer in STEM fields, mostly in software. Her honest inquiry into men’s rights presented a much different...
Frontier Live on X – Convoy and Coutts Trials & Mistrials – with Ray McGinnis
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Weaponizing the Law
The indictment of former U.S. president Donald Trump for crimes invented by his political opponents is the most egregious example yet seen of the weaponizing of the law. The United States is now full of examples. However, in Canada, we also see the law being...
“Looking At” Seizing Control Over Western Canada’s Natural Resources
OTTAWA, REGINA - Last week, two things happened that could have profound impacts on natural resources development in Saskatchewan. One is a hint the federal government might want to take control of natural resources away from the provinces, and the other is the...
Peckford: The People Must Save Democracy In Canada and The US
Speech to the We Unify Conference In Victoria, BC, June 23, 2024 Because of time constraints at the conference this complete address was not given. But here it is! History and Application of Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms—The Charter —My Magna Carta —Our...
Trump’s Trial Defines Justice in Disrepute
Canada and the US both have a problem with rogue judges
Canada’s Constitutional Mistake: How the Rule of Law Gave Way to the Managerial State
Most Canadians surely believe their society is governed by the rule of law. We all have rights and freedoms, safeguarded by the courts, that protect us from the tyranny of the state. All of that is mirage, argues Bruce Pardy. In this provocative essay, Pardy describes...
Scotland’s Crazy Anti-hate Law May Be Sign Of Things To Come Here
Some argue that Scotland’s new hate speech law is more draconian than Canada’s yet-to-be-enacted equivalent, Bill C-63. Others say this is not so — that portions of '63' are even greater threats to free speech than Scotland’s extreme new law. Regardless of who wins in...
Coutts Three Verdict: A Warning to Protesters Who Act as Liaison With Police
Twelve jurors have found the Coutts Three guilty of mischief over $5,000 at a courthouse in Lethbridge, Alberta. Marco Van Huigenbois, Alex Van Herk and George Janzen will appear again in court on July 22 for sentencing. Van Huigenbois, Van Herk and Janzen were each...
Peckford: The Legality and Morality of Our Country Are No Longer Aligned
“Our legal system may find me/us guilty, but the legality and morality of our country are no longer aligned.” This is a part of the statement by Marco Huigenbos of the Coutts three after being found guilty of mischief for behaviour at the Alberta border during the...
Justice, Or Racial Politics?
In a case that has generated enormous news coverage in Manitoba the government of Manitoba and federal government have agreed to spend $20,000,000 each on a search of the landfill site, where it is suspected that the bodies of indigenous women were dumped by a...
Peckford: How Good It Is to See Some Independent Constitutional Thinkers! Surely, We Will Find Some in Canada?
Curious readers of my blog might have noticed that in a recent blog of mine on the career of the Professor of Constitutional Law, Seth Barrett Tillman, by Tablet ‘s Amen Rosen, I highlighted one of Professor Tillman’s quotes. It was: “That is: If you’re trying to...
Brian Peckford: Supreme Court Of Canada Rules —Hockey Players Could Train Indoors But Christians Could Not Pray Together
This is a scandalous verdict by the SCOC (6 to 3) on the Manitoba case brought by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms on behalf The Gateway Baptist Church challenging the closure of churches and restricting outdoor assembly. The JCCF in their reaction to...