Canadian Law, the Production of Difference, and Religion
We Canadians frequently pride ourselves on our multicultural society. Unlike assimilationist cultures, such as…
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The Need for an Inclusive Approach to Left Wing Politics
We the Left and Them-the Ruling Class
There has been a growing call for the Left to become more adversarial in its…
Citizens United and the Threat to Democracy
Introduction
In Citizens United, the US Supreme Court made a drastic decision that pushed the United States ever…
Do We Have Moral Obligations to Non-Citizens?
The argument that states have obligations to non-citizens is hardly novel. This has long been recognized by…
Politics as Entertainment: Partisanship in Post-Modern Culture
Introduction
In his seminal Amusing Ourselves to Death the sociologist Neil Postman observed that…
Why Worry About a National Identity?” Why Pluralism and Individualism Makes Canada…
In a recent Macleans piece Scott Gilmore writes passionately and rigorously about “why Canada is not a country.”…
Conservatives on Freedom of Speech
Conservative commentators have spent a lot of time recently commenting on threats to freedom of speech, especially…
States Shouldn’t Be in Control of Everything: Why John Bolton is Wrong About…
Introduction
Secretary of Defence John Bolton has long had a bad impression of international law. He has that…
Politics as a Battle Against Nihilism: Why Conservatives Can’t Legislate Past…
In his 2003 speech to Civitas, an up and comer named Stephen Harper made the following comments…
What is Post-Modern Conservatism?
Editor's Note: This article is a follow-up to the author's previous piece on Jordan Peterson and his…