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The notwithstanding clause needs more nuanced debate

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New hate-crime bill must confront the enforcement gap

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Cultivating the pluralism dividend in Canada’s democracy

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Consent confusion and the Hockey Canada sexual-assault trial

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Recognizing the Tamil Canadian experience in public life

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Canada’s foreign policy credibility begins at home

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Carney government cuts unfairly hit First Nations

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Solitary-confinement oversight needs an audit and overhaul

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Don’t give more powers to CSE until it submits to effective review

A grand notion

Ontario Premier Doug Ford sits in the Ontario Legislature during Question Period on Tuesday November 1, 2022. The premier is in focus in the image while other members of the legislature are out of focus.

Robust public debate needed on use of notwithstanding clause

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The notwithstanding clause is at the very heart of federalism

The notwithstanding clause and the separation of powers

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The unexamined implications of Canada’s pandemic-related interprovincial barriers

Will the “Freeland Doctrine” make an appearance at climate talks in Egypt?

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A just transition must include the world’s massive “invisible” workforce

Bill 21 offends the constitutional doctrine of neutrality to religion

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Is the Alberta Sovereignty Act constitutional?

Too many Canadian regulatory watchdogs are failing to serve the public interest

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Nudging the way to better public policy

A dozen men and women cross at a downtown intersection in Toronto’s downtown, surrounded by tall buildings as cars and a streetcar drive past on a sunny day.

Big hopes for Toronto’s first gender equity strategy

Police implementation of the Charter of Rights

La liberté universitaire est plus exigeante que la liberté d’expression

Wrestling the long arm of authoritarianism

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