Category: Magna Carta

Invocation of Emergencies Act Will Go Down in History as a Political Embarrassment

Commentary The federal government proclaimed a national state of emergency and invoked the Emergencies Act on Feb. 14 of this year. We are now dealing with the aftermath. There are demands that the minister of public safety resign for misleading the House of Commons. I will only mention one of the worst abuses, which was…


If We Forget We Elect Legislators, Not Governments, We’re in Trouble

Commentary People had endless fun mocking Ottawa “Freedom Convoy” protesters’ limited grasp of how government works. That infamous “Memorandum of Understanding” did more work than the lonely Confederate flag briefly visible on the first day in substituting scorn for understanding. But it’s sobering to reflect on how little the critics know either. Including about the…


Canada Is Already a Republic

Commentary That interview, and you know which one, has led to predictable calls for Canada to be a republic. OK. Abracadabra. Canada is a republic. Now what? No, really. We have been a republic for at least 800 years, which isn’t bad for a nation established 154 years ago. Because on Confederation we received a…