The Supreme Court of Canada just rolled up Canada's sleeve and shot a harmful substance into our judicial arm. The immediate effect of the Insite ruling allowing a safe injection site to operate despite federal criminal law was confusion, but over the long run we must fear chronic constitutional weakness. Click here to read the rest.
If you're running for premier in Canada, the most important door in the country is the one at 24 Sussex Dr. But you don't want a friendly reception if you knock on it because Canadians, essentially, swing one way federally and the other way provincially. Just ask Ontario's Tim Hudak or Manitoba's Hugh McFadyen. Click here to read the rest.
What is the government doing giving people houses? Even if we accept that charity is properly the business of the state, which I don't, it still makes sense to ask: If food, clothing and shelter are the most basic necessities but no one thinks the welfare state should be knitting the poor sweaters or baking them buns, why are we so quick to ask it to build them houses? Click here to read the rest.
After a decade organizing a viable alternative to the Liberals and five years of difficult manoeuvrings in a minority Conservative government, the Harper Tories have their majority and may be tempted to think they have arrived. But political success is fleeting; they would be wise to seize the moment to make the actual conservative changes they went into politics to bring about. Click here to read the rest.
The Stephen Harper Conservatives have their majority at last. It's time for bold fiscal reform. Click here to read.