Posts in Ask the Professor
Ask the Professor, July 21, 2017
The Liberals have been appointing more women than men to federal judge positions, despite women being a minority of available candidates. The government's defenders say if every appointee is qualified, a pass-fail criterion, the Employment Equity Act's requirements are met. But isn't this discriminatory? If so, how can the government legally sustain anti-discrimination policies?
Ask the Professor, July 16, 2017
Do you agree with Lawrence Solomon in the National Post that most politicians called "far right" in the media, like Marine Le Pen in France, are actually a new kind of nationalist with views scattered unpredictably all over the traditional left-right spectrum?
Ask the Professor, June 30, 2017
Would you say leaking former (briefly) Donald Trump National Security Advisor Gen. Michael Flynn's conversation with the Russian ambassador was justifiable? Do you think Gen Flynn did anything illegal? I ask because Charles Krauthammer has argued that this was a cover-up in search of a crime.
Ask the Professor, June 20
We recently discovered that Canada's foreign minister had a grandfather who collaborated with the Nazis in occupied Ukraine. Does it matter that she said he "worked hard to return freedom and democracy to Ukraine" without mentioning that he edited a pro-Nazi newspaper during the war?
Ask the Professor, June 15, 2017
Can you please explain why the government is in charge of generating and distributing electric power? If it's the usual argument that essential services should not be in private hands, shouldn't we nationalize grocery stores, and why in Ontario do the Liberals want to privatize power generation while the Conservatives want to keep it in state hands?