Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Legally speaking, how far can Doug Ford go?
The constitutional checks on a premier’s power are used even less often than the notwithstanding clause
Give us this day our daily lesson
What was once a vulnerable religious minority has now become a faith privileged above all others. This is simply not fair.
Canada’s Charter at 35: Watch a Maclean’s and Hot Docs fireside chat
Watch a replay of John Geddes’s on-stage interview with former Supreme Court justice Ian Binnie on the legacy of Canada’s Charter
A legendary former Supreme Court judge talks about our fundamental freedoms
Join Maclean’s for a Hot Docs Q&A with Ian Binnie to explore our Charter in a unique event, live in Toronto or on macleans.ca on Apr. 29
How the Justice department sees the new prostitution bill surviving
A Justice Canada official explains the strengths of the proposed federal prostitution legislation
Why Canada’s Jews should stand up for Russia’s gays
And the case for boycotting the Sochi Olympics
Pat Martin vs. The Justice Minister
The NDP MP alleges a breach of privilege
The Whatcott case: Drawing a line between free speech and hate
The Supreme Court struggles to find a compromise
Students’ Charter rights weren’t breached: court
Carleton had anti-abortion protesters arrested in 2010
How did the student standoff come to this?
Emmett Macfarlane on the sorry state of policy debate
Victory for campus free speech advocates
Charter of Rights applies, says judge
Harper used to fret about “arbitrary” Charter rulings
Stephen Harper hasn’t offered up any very detailed comment on his view of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms since he became Prime Minister. But Paul Wells guides us through how we might interpret Harper’s ambivalent remarks on today’s 30th anniversary of Pierre Trudeau’s landmark contribution to Canada’s constitutional evolution.