Mark Kingwell: What happened to humility, more education, and a great deal of open discourse? It’s not me, you or some other person with an M.D. or a Ph.D. who matters, it’s good arguments that should prevail.
A decision in January by the Alberta Court of Appeal could put the onus on universities to cover the costs of facilitating free speech
Image of the Day: A target of trans-rights activists speaks her piece, and the Toronto Public Library makes good on its commitment to the ‘widest diversity of opinions and perspectives’
Jen Gerson: The so-called Free Speech Grifters all too easily whip up outrage. The response can’t possibly be to abandon the principle of free speech.
Inside Lindsay Shepherd’s heroic, insulting, brave, destructive, possibly naïve fight for free speech
Opinion: British Columbia’s laws restricting political advertising were deemed Charter violations. So why are Ontario and Alberta enacting their own?
Stephen Maher: Learning to think means learning to entertain opposing ideas, not imposing a safety culture on campus
Tabatha Southey delves into University of Toronto professor Jordan Peterson’s work and finds his secret sauce—and what makes his work unnerving
Andray Domise: When Black Americans get political, they’re punished—an oppression reinforced by deputized everyday citizens and silence
Opinion: Many have responded against a renaissance of hate, but regrettably, part of that response has been to call for suppression of free speech
There are good reasons for tech companies to prohibit hate speech on their platforms. But their status as private organizations is not one of them.
The fight for free speech is a worthy one. But the alt-right’s co-opting of the movement exposes their unsavoury motives