Queen Elizabeth II signs Canada’s constitutional proclamation in Ottawa on April 17, 1982 as Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau looks on. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms has become an important part of Canadian political life, but its limits are becoming painfully evident. The Charter is back. Ubiquitous as COVID,
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Canadian Dimension: Beyond ‘trusting the experts’
Anti-lockdown protest in Trafalgar Square, London, September 26, 2020. Photo by Steve Eason/Flickr. If fascism is the socialism of fools, then COVID-19 “skepticism” is the criticism of the uncritical. Both share alienated followers, whose energies are directed against the oppressed. From them we witness the worst. With big industry’s assistance,
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: The coup comes home
Protesters gathering outside the United States Capitol before a riot and violent attack carried out by a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump, January 6, 2021. Photo by Tyler Merbler/Flickr. Fascism is imperialism brought home. No more evident was this than Trump supporters’ breach of the United States Capitol
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