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Not even the notwithstanding clause can save Quebec's proposed ban on public prayer
Quebec’s “Minister for Secularism” has promised to ban public prayer.
 • Emmett Macfarlane
Studying hate speech regulation abroad
I spent the latter half of July and most of August in New Zealand and Australia, on one of those field research trips you also turn into a family…
 • Emmett Macfarlane
The Carney Honeymoon is Over
Donald Trump resumed his attacks on Canadian sovereignty this past week, withdrawing from trade talks because someone apparently told him that Canada’s…
 • Emmett Macfarlane
Opinion: It's time for a centralization movement in Canada
Canada is the most decentralized federation in the world.
 • Emmett Macfarlane
A landmark election
Quick thoughts on last night
 • Emmett Macfarlane
What do the federal campaign platforms say about democracy and governance?
In a time of serious global democratic decline, and especially with the United States falling from the ranks of true democracies and posing a very real…
 • Emmett Macfarlane
Misguided lawsuit against UBC evokes culture war nonsense
A small group of professors is suing the University of British Columbia to stop the university from engaging in “political activity.” According to the…
 • Emmett Macfarlane
Defending Canadian Democracy
Defending Canadian Democracy
Informed analysis on events in Canadian politics in an era of misinformation and democratic decline.
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