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Justice Centre testifies on physician-assisted suicide before Parliamentary Committee

In Rights by Michael Rae

OTTAWA: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms will testify before a Joint Committee of the House of Commons and Senate today, regarding what Parliament’s response should be to the 2015 Supreme Court of Canada decision in Carter v. BC (Attorney General).  The Supreme Court of Canada struck down the Criminal Vist The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms to read more!

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Poll: Public Broadly Unaware that “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” was Disproved by Obama Administration

In Analysis, Opinion, Research, Rights by Michael Rae

By James D. Agresti  A nationwide scientific poll has found that nearly two-thirds of voters don’t know that the Obama administration debunked the claim that Michael Brown held up his hands in surrender before he was shot. … Continue reading → Visit JustFacts.com for the complete article.

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New Documentary: Fixing Canada’s Constitution

In Rights by Michael Rae

The Justice Centre is excited to support Dr. John Robson’s forthcoming documentary about Canada’s constitution, to be completed in 2016. True, Strong, and Free is a documentary project produced by the Justice Centre and Robson-Pellerin Communications “True, Strong, and Free” is a documentary film which examines the history of government in Canada, from its Vist The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms to read more!

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Electoral Reform: Referendum, Yes or No? David Mitchell

In Analysis, Opinion, Rights by Michael Rae

The good news is that the federal government’s pledge to do away with our existing system of voting is sparking a lively national debate on democratic renewal. The bad news is that that debate may be drowned out by the debate over how to ask Canadians what they think of it. Read the entire article in PDF Format at PolicyMagzine.ca

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News Release: Free speech at stake in court application against Oshawa student union

In Rights by Michael Rae

News Release February 1, 2016 Free speech at stake in court application against Oshawa student union OSHAWA: The Justice Centre has filed a court application against the Student Association at Durham College and University of Ontario Institute of Technology (“Student Association”) to defend the free speech rights and freedom of association of a Vist The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms to read more!

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Prosecuting climate chaos skeptics with RICO Al Gore, Torquemada Whitehouse, Democrat AGs threaten to silence and bankrupt skeptics

In Analysis, Energy, Opinion, Politics, Research, Rights by Michael Rae

by Paul Driessen It’s been a rough stretch for Climate Armageddon religionists and totalitarians. Real World science, climate and weather events just don’t support their manmade cataclysm narrative. The horrid consequences of anti-fossil fuel energy policies are increasingly in the news. And despite campaigns by the $1.5-trillion-per-year government-industry-activist-scientific Climate Crisis Consortium, Americans consistently rank global warming at the very bottom of their serious concerns. But instead of debating their critics, or marshaling a more persuasive, evidence-based case that we really do face a manmade climate catastrophe, alarmists have ramped up their shrill rhetoric, imposed more …

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University of Toronto Mississauga Students’ Union sued over censorship of free expression on campus

In Rights by Michael Rae

News Release University of Toronto Mississauga Students’ Union sued over censorship of free expression on campus TORONTO: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms has filed a court action against the University of Toronto Mississauga Students’ Union (UTMSU), to defend the free expression rights of a pro-life student group that is being denied Vist The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms to read more!

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MODEST BUT MEANINGFUL CHANGE: REFORMING EQUALIZATION

In Analysis, Research, Rights by Michael Rae

One of Canada’s key federal transfer programs, equalization, has been called the ‘glue’ that binds the Canadian federation. Mandated by the Constitution Act (1982), the program’s aim is to “…ensure that provincial governments have sufficient revenues to provide reasonably comparable levels of public services at reasonably comparable levels of taxation” (36.2). Indeed, Canada’s equalization program is much studied as a key piece of the machinery of one of the world’s most decentralized, and successful, federations. Read the complete article inPDF format here Click to access modest.pdf www.aims.ca/en/home/default.aspx

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The excessive taxation of mutual funds undermines Canadians’ RRSP savings

In Analysis, Research, Rights by Michael Rae

Montreal, Friday, February 26, 2016 – While the negative market returns of recent months have reduced the value of Canadians’ and Quebecers’ RRSPs, the MEI points out that governments make the goal of saving for retirement even more difficult by inflating mutual fund management fees. en lire plus http://www.iedm.org

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University of Alberta demands $17,500 from pro-life students to express opinions on campus

In Rights by Michael Rae

University of Alberta demands $17,500 from pro-life students to express opinions on campus Amberlee Nicol and her club UAlberta Pro-Life have faced numerous obstacles on campus when trying to express their opinions EDMONTON: The University of Alberta has imposed a $17,500 “security fee” on a student group seeking to host a pro-life event http://www.jccf.ca/