The Notwithstanding Clause: Use It – or Lose It?
In recent years, provincial governments have turned with increasing frequency to Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights ...
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Prioritizing persuasion, not coercion: The case against mandatory voting
By Leonid Sirota June 29, 2022 PDF of commentary Introduction The recent Ontario election that saw the Ford government return ...
Ep. 73 – A Narrow Victory for Freedom of Speech with Aaron Wudrick and Leonid Sirota
Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Pod Bless Canada · Ep. 73 - The Narrow Victory of Freedom of Speech with Aaron Wudrick and ...
Thoughts on the Supreme Court’s narrow rejection on the right not to be offended in Ward v. Quebec: Sirota for Inside Policy
The abuse of anti-discrimination law as an instrument of censorship would have been only the beginning, writes Leonid Sirota. By ...
Conscience, Integrity, and the Trouble with Compelled Speech: Leonid Sirota for Inside Policy
We must not give in to the temptation to force people to say what we believe to be the right ...
Confederation as a Constitutional Moment: Leonid Sirota for Inside Policy
Canada’s Fathers of Confederation carried out a practical demonstration of how to solve constitutional and political problems, writes Leonid Sirota. ...
Canada 150 a missed opportunity to commemorate Canada’s history: Léonid Sirota for CBA National
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Confederation Project is one of the rare initiatives marking Canada’s history during the Canada 150 celebrations, writes ...
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It’s the judges, not the Charter, that have turned Canada into a lawfare nation: Peter Copeland, Stéphane Sérafin, Kerry Sun, and Yuan Yi Zhu in the National Post
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The umbrella term “critical minerals” is good for messaging but bad for policy: Heather Exner-Pirot
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Indigenous consent is an objective, not a standard, for resource development: Heather Exner-Pirot
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The growing government gap: Rising costs, shrinking returns, and the productivity crisis in the public sector
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Urban Violent Crime Report, Volume 2: Comparing crime across Canadian cities
