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The federal government is spending several million dollars a year to do indirectly what it is unwilling to do directly: help activists wage a social justice war via the courts, far away from the public eye. In recent years, the federal Court Challenges Program (CCP) has come under increasing political scrutiny. The program, which the Trudeau Liberals revived in 2018...
Higher education in Canada has reached a tenuous moment. For too long, it has focused on “equity, diversity, and inclusion” (EDI) at the expense of research excellence. This has occurred alongside a growing lack of viewpoint diversity among faculty and concerns over the erosion of academic freedom in Canada.
In recent years there has been a surge in violent crime across Canada as a whole. However, not much is known about short- and long-term violent crime trends in specific urban areas. Because most Canadians interact with crime in their local communities, there needs to be more focus on violent crime at the local level.
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute just released our third Justice Report Card, which grades the nation, and each province and territory, on the successes and failures of our criminal justice system. If this were a real report card it would likely be hidden at the bottom of a backpack and might lead to some awkward conversations around the dinner table. Canada’s criminal...