Brave New Normal with host Jason James: In a compelling and wide-ranging discussion, law professor Bruce Pardy delves into the Canadian government’s increasing tendency to manage society through a series of new bills—C-2, C-5, C-8, C-9, and C-12—legislation that reflects a broader philosophy of state control, placing power in the hands of bureaucrats, officials, and […]
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December 4: Testifying to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on the best way to protect freedom of expression (FOE), Queen’s law professor Bruce Pardy urged for the government to cease limiting it. This involves defeating Bill C-63 (Online Harms Act), and repealing C-18 (Online News Act), C-11 (Online Streaming Act), and the gender amendments […]
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JF Books returns
In the restrictive environment of China, Shanghai’s iconic Jifeng Bookstore, with its high-quality selection of humanities and social science offerings, embodied resistance, defiance, and an indomitable spirit. When Jifeng was forced to close in 2018, the fate of one bookstore became a symbol of how public life in China had been strangled. With its relocation […]
Was the College’s order against Peterson for true education or for discipline without procedural safeguards? By Andrew Roman | Special to Financial Post Last November the Ontario College of Psychologists imposed an unusual order on Dr. Jordan Peterson: “remedial” media training to “ameliorate his professionalism.” This was in response to complaints about sarcastic and arguably rude […]
By Bruce Pardy | Special to National Post The Ontario College of Psychologists can re-educate Jordan Peterson. So said the Ontario Divisional Court on Wednesday. In November 2022, the College ordered Peterson, a prominent public intellectual and emeritus University of Toronto psychology professor, to undergo remedial education because of statements he made on social media. […]