Category: illiberal influence

Bruce Pardy: On Speech and Conduct, Repressive Tolerance Is a Feature, Not a Bug

Commentary It’s OK to insult conservatives, truckers, and vaccine skeptics, but it’s not OK to insult Jagmeet Singh, the leader of the federal NDP. That’s the lesson to be taken from acting Peterborough police chief Tim Farquharson. After protestors at a May 10 provincial election rally in Peterborough called Singh a traitor, Farquharson called their…


China’s Aggression Is Changing the Nature of Sovereignty

News Analysis Kiribati is dumping a 158,000-square-mile World Heritage marine reserve, the Pacific Islands Forum, and its friendship with Taiwan. Why? The archipelagic state is trading its sovereignty for Beijing’s fast cash. The sovereignty of Kiribati, a nation of islands in the South Pacific between China and the United States, is being submerged not principally…