Statements about free speech are made very flippantly in the west. The laws of most countries strike a balance between free speech and other rights. Even the United States — which is often cited as the epitome of speech permissiveness — has laws limiting expression for offensiveness or vulgarity. In Canada, laws are even more… Continue reading The necessity of unfettered free speech
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Investigating fascism: an analysis of the term
What fascism is has been subject to much debate. Can it be described using a set of characteristics? Or has it been reduced to simply describing all forms of authoritarian governments and simply people we don’t like very much? As one who studies political science, I sure hope the field comes up with some concrete… Continue reading Investigating fascism: an analysis of the term
Playing wedge politics won’t get Tories majority
Watching the Conservatives get defeated over their own issue, the abolition of the long-gun registry, was delightful. What was even more beautiful was Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s “this isn’t over yet” tantrum shortly after the vote. This legislation is the most recent in a long line of wedge issues the Tories have been using in… Continue reading Playing wedge politics won’t get Tories majority
You call that a scandal?
We’ve always enjoyed a good scandal involving politicians. The media has too — it makes their job so much easier. Without microphone gaffes, sex scandals and hissy fits caught on tape, they’d have to resort to actually reporting policy, analysing debates and doing their job. But who wants to read about that? The latest Ottawa… Continue reading You call that a scandal?