On April 20, 2021 the Superior Court of Quebec issued a ruling on Bill 21, Quebec’s Secularism law which many Canadians were awaiting with baited […]
Tag: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Ca Commence Ben Mal: François Legault, the CAQ Government, and the Resistance
The Quebec elections are over and we are about to have a new government. People fed up with Philippe Couillard and wary of the sovereigntist […]
Beating Bill 62: Quebec Muslims’ Constitutional Challenge to the Religious Neutrality Law
On Tuesday, November 7, 2017, Muslim groups and civil liberty advocates launched the constitutional challenge we all knew was coming. Last week, I and many […]
Freedom to Hate: The Paradox of Censuring Hate Propaganda in the US and Canada
There is a racist misogynist money-grubbing cheeto in the White House who has recently and very publicly expressed his sympathy for White Supremacists and Neo […]
The Ethics of Real News: Journalism and the Rules that Govern It
Until the recent election of the Orange racist misogynist, the public seems to have had mixed feelings about the press. On the one hand, people […]
Persecuting Protesters: How Politicians Abuse Laws to Suppress Dissent
Protests, like potholes, are a year-round occurance in Montreal. The economy is in the toilet, tuition costs are on the rise, and Prime Minister Trudeau […]
Telling the STM to Stuff It: Why the Montreal Municipal Court Found Fines on Public Transit Unconstitutional
Courts and judges are professional puzzle solvers. Upon request of private parties or the government, their job is to examine all the pieces of a […]
Penalizing Harassment and Discrimination: A Crash Course on the Quebec Human Rights Commission
On November 23, 2015 the Arts and Science Federation of Associations (ASFA) of Concordia University reached a settlement with a former executive who accused them […]