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The attacks on Jordan Peterson and Amy Hamm continue the tradition. Though I happen to disagree with much of what each says, I deeply support their right to speak their individual minds without threat from their professional guidance counsellors. It is, and has always been, those willing to be unreasonable in the face of conformity who are the causes of social advance. Emily Pankhurst. Martin Luther. Martin Luther King.
The current prime minister is faced with another choice. Does he ask the Supreme Court to tell us whether government can pre-emptively use the notwithstanding clause and risk getting an answer that may further embolden the provinces to disregard individual rights, or does he leave it alone?Banning guns won’t reduce crime, but making bullets traceable willConrad Black is correct when he states that law-abiding citizens and their guns are not the problem in Canada.
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