19 June 2012
by Gerry Nicholls The Toronto Star’s Haroon Siddiqui recently came up with a baffling argument to defend Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act. Section 13, of course, is the controversial law which gives the Canadian Human Rights Commission the legal right to annoy Ezra Levant. But that’s not all. Lots of people also believe Section 13 [...]
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04 June 2012
by Gerry Nicholls If there’s any branch of the federal government that should top the “hate list” for Canadian conservatives it has to be the Canada Revenue Agency. Which charities get the most foreign cash? Not those on Tory hit list CRA audits charitable status of Tides Canada amid Tory attack Tory rhetoric creates chilly [...]
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17 April 2012
by Gerry Nicholls I hate to throw cold water on all the hoopla associated with 30th anniversary of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but it should be remembered that this document has sometimes failed to protect individual rights. There are four cases in particular that spring to my mind: Forced Union Dues Merv Lavigne [...]
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10 April 2012
by Gerry Nicholls Editor’s Note: If you haven’t heard the news, Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen landed in hot water recently when he praised former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. Of course, his has caused a stir in south Florida. At any rate, this story reminded me of an column I wrote years and years go, that [...]
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22 March 2012
by Gerry Nicholls Thanks to crack investigative reporting and to first-rate Opposition party research a disturbing detail has emerged regarding the robocall scandal. It turns out using fraudulent and irritating phone calls to annoy and misdirect voters is actually an “American-style” trick. NDP MP Pat Martin first broke this alarming news when he fumed: “These [...]
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24 February 2012
By Paul W. Bennett Ontario’s flagship program, e-Learning Ontario, proclaims that “The sky is the limit!” in its marketing message, but the reality is markedly different. Online learning is very much in vogue, considering Apple’s announcement that it is entering into the textbook industry. As a brand new Canadian study, commissioned by the Toronto-based Society for [...]
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