The legal ground is shifting.

The individual is losing to the collective. An ever-expanding managerial state regulates life from cradle to grave, including private behavior and speech, in the name of common good. The law has become discretionary, arbitrary, and unequal. The end of Western liberal civilization, as we have known it, is conceivable.

Rights Probe exists to tell this story and to challenge these trends.

 

Canada is supposed to be a free country governed by the rule of law.

Restore it now or risk losing it for good.

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First principles with Bruce Pardy
First principles with Bruce Pardy

Danielle Smith’s government, to her credit, is amending the Alberta Bill of Rights. That’s a good thing. But it needs to be right.

The mandates of the managerial state
The mandates of the managerial state

Government intrudes incrementally, writes Professor Bruce Pardy. Digital ID, for instance, will be offered as a convenient choice.

A matter of accommodation
A matter of accommodation

Are academic accommodations unjust? The argument continues anew in this commentary on why giving some students more help than others undermines a key good offered by universities.

Ford demands TMU's new med school educate qualified students 'regardless of their race'
Ford demands TMU's new med school educate qualified students 'regardless of their race'

'The government has spoken to TMU about their equity admissions' amid criticisms of relaxed standards and limits on non-equity applicants.

Equality vs. Equity: The crisis of race-based admissions in Canadian universities
Equality vs. Equity: The crisis of race-based admissions in Canadian universities

The shift from equality of opportunity to equity is seen as a broader trend in Canadian universities that is symptomatic of a larger crisis, where identity politics may overshadow rigorous academic standards.

At Toronto Metropolitan University medical school, some students are more equal than others
At Toronto Metropolitan University medical school, some students are more equal than others

Canada’s newest medical school will select students not for their ability, but their identity. Great, as if Canada’s healthcare system wasn’t bad enough already.

Canadians have constitutional right to unequal treatment, new report argues
Canadians have constitutional right to unequal treatment, new report argues

'The law cannot simultaneously apply the same laws and standards to everyone and also adjust them depending upon the group,' Bruce Pardy writes.

At TMU medical school, some students are more equal than others
At TMU medical school, some students are more equal than others

Remember that the next time you're waiting to see your newly minted doctor.

A Right to Unequal Treatment: In Canada, some people are more equal than others
A Right to Unequal Treatment: In Canada, some people are more equal than others

Equality rights in Canada have become weapons wielded by preferred groups to demand advantageous outcomes.

 

“If we lose our freedom, it will not be because of invasion from without, but erosion from within; not because of autocratic dictators looking to do bad, but parochial bureaucrats seeking to do good.”

— Alan Borovoy, Canadian Civil Liberties Association

 

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