Canadian News and Politics

A group of 20 plaintiffs targeted by the extrajudicial measures of the Emergencies Act claim the federal government, financial institutions and law enforcement infringed their Charter rights. Trudeau, his Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, and former ministers Marco Mendicino and David Lametti are named as defendants in the lawsuit, including...

Dr. Kulvinder Kaur Gill is a kind, compassionate, and humane doctor to underprivileged communities west of Toronto, Canada. At the beginning of the Covid lockdowns, she was overwhelmed at the costs imposed on the communities she served and went public with her opposition to all the measures. That outspokenness is now costing her: the medical board...

"As we've seen from a few different premiers, you can use the Notwithstanding Clause to opt out of basic Charter rights of Canadians. gender rights. But you can't opt out of the Federation. You can't opt out of Canada. We are a country of laws. We're a country of rules and responsibilities. And it's evolved over 150-plus years to be...

David Thomas, the former Chair of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, sounds the alarm over Justin Trudeau's new proposed Online Harms bill which, if passed, could put you in prison for so-called hate speech.

Polls have consistently put the Conservatives under Pierre Poilievre in firm majority territory, with some showing the Liberals almost in third place behind the NDP. Also, the federal government's proposed online hate speech ban is coming under fire for having such an ill-defined test for what constitutes hate speech. Andrew discusses with law...

This legislation authorizes house arrest and electronic tagging for a person considered likely to commit a future crime. It's right there in the text: if a judge believes there are reasonable grounds to "fear" a future hate crime, the as of yet innocent party can be sentenced to house arrest, complete with electronic tagging, mandatory drug...