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Our Civil Liberties Are Being Eroded by Broader Powers and Tougher Penalties: Josie Appleton
NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Josie Appleton, founding director of the Manifesto Club, a civil liberties group that defends freedom in everyday life. Ms. Appleton talks about the growing ...
July 25, 2024
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Lee Hall
Evidence of ‘Sexual History’ to Be Inadmissible in Future Australian Rape Trials
The federal government's bill could place limits on exploring past sexual encounters between victims and perpetrators.
February 7, 2024
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Rex Widerstrom
How to Resist the Censorship Apparatus: Insider Andrew Lowenthal
Andrew Lowenthal is the director of liber-net, an online platform promoting civil liberties and countering digital authoritarianism.
December 9, 2023
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Jan Jekielek
IN-DEPTH: Supreme Court Rulings Chip Away at Power of Federal Agencies
Two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions are victories for anyone dealing with government administrative agencies, say lawyers interested ...
July 27, 2023
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Michael Clements
Justice Gorsuch Slams COVID Emergency Powers: ‘Greatest Intrusions on Civil Liberties’ in ‘Peacetime History’
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch on Thursday lamented what he calls an intrusion into civil liberties by pandemic ...
May 20, 2023
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Gary Bai
The Boot of the State—Mark Chenoweth on Suing Federal Agencies and Ensuring the Separation of Powers
"Congress has to be the one that appropriates any funds from the treasury. That's the power of the ...
March 21, 2023
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Jan Jekielek
Freedom House Releases Its Report of the ‘Freedom in the World 2023’
Freedom House releases its 50th edition of Freedom in the World at 10:00 a.m. ET on March 9. The authors, ...
March 9, 2023
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Aaron Siri (Part 1): Why Are Vaccine Manufacturers the Most Protected Companies in America?
“When we finally had that data, you got a sense of why they didn't want the public to ...
February 9, 2023
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Jan Jekielek
COVID and the 3 Tests of Compliance
Commentary Jesus in the wilderness faced three temptations from the Devil himself: material comfort, fame, and power. Needless ...
February 9, 2023
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Jeffrey A. Tucker
Australia Advised to Offer More Democracy Support in Pacific: Report
An international watchdog has advised Australia to support the growth and sustainability of democratic policies in the Asia-Pacific ...
December 2, 2022
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Henry Jom
John Robson: Ignore the Distractions, Emergencies Act Inquiry Is Only About Whether Use of the Act Was Called For
Commentary There’s such a din in Ottawa you’d think the truckers were back. And in a sense they ...
October 17, 2022
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John Robson
Alan Dershowitz: Liberal Democracy Dies When Illiberalism Wins
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September 27, 2022
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Jan Jekielek
The Fight Against Government-Induced Censorship and Vaccine Mandates: Civil Liberties Attorney Jenin Younes
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August 30, 2022
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Jan Jekielek
Cory Morgan: Newly Released Court Docs Show Liberals’ Case for Using Emergencies Act Is Falling Apart
Commentary The Liberal government’s case for invoking the Emergencies Act in response to the truckers' Freedom Convoy protests ...
August 14, 2022
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Cory Morgan
Contradictions and Dubious Claims: Some Hard Questions Must Be Asked—and Answered—by Emergencies Act Inquiry
Commentary Assuming Justice Paul Rouleau takes his role seriously as the commissioner of a public inquiry into the ...
June 10, 2022
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Cory Morgan
Travel-Related Bill S-7 the Latest Government Effort to Erode Personal Liberties
The 2022 Canadian parliamentary session has been marked by a strong trend toward authoritarian policy measures. From the ...
June 1, 2022
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Cory Morgan
Study Finds COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Had Damaging Political, Legal, Socioeconomic Effects
Mandating COVID-19 vaccines and related passports have had damaging political, legal, and socioeconomic effects; while also destabilizing the ...
May 29, 2022
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Naveen Athrappully
Don’t Expect Anything of Substance to Emerge From Inquiry Into Use of Emergencies Act
Commentary The people who created the Emergencies Act understood just how serious the invocation of that act could ...
April 29, 2022
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Cory Morgan
What Canada Can Learn From Britain’s Escape From the European Union
Commentary When the United Kingdom finally left the European Union following the Brexit vote in 2016, the greatest ...
March 18, 2022
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Grant Abraham
Trudeau’s References to ‘Misinformation’ When Justifying His Emergencies Act Are Very Troubling
Commentary With the parliament now formally invoking the Emergencies Act, many civil freedoms can be suspended in the ...
February 23, 2022
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Cory Morgan
Civil Liberties Group ‘Disappointed’ With Liberals for Making Vote on Emergencies Act a Confidence Matter
A Canadian civil liberties group said it is "disappointed" with the Liberal government's move to make voting on ...
February 22, 2022
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Andrew Chen
Civil Liberties, Constitutional Rights Groups Launch Legal Challenges Against Ottawa’s Invocation of Emergencies Act
Canadian civil liberties and constitutional rights groups say they intend to take the federal government to court over ...
February 17, 2022
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Isaac Teo
Video: Lawyers Launch Campaign to Protect Civil Liberties in Canada
For Bruce Pardy, law professor and executive director of Rights Probe, it's important to ensure that people who ...
January 5, 2022
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Isaac Teo
No Definitive Conclusion Whether Governments Can Legally Ask Canadians to Disclose Vaccine Status: Privacy Commissioner
Canada’s privacy commissioner says it is not clear whether governments can legally ask Canadians to disclose their vaccination ...
December 11, 2021
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Isaac Teo
Religious Freedom Groups Oppose Biden Proposal to Rescind Trump-Era Exemption
Civil liberties advocates oppose President Joe Biden's proposed rescission of a Trump-era broadening of a regulatory exemption protecting ...
November 9, 2021
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Mark Tapscott
COVID-19 Ushers in Slippery Slope for Rights, Freedoms in Australian State: MP
A state MP has said that the rights and freedoms of Australians have been incrementally chipped away during ...
November 7, 2021
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Daniel Y. Teng
‘Civil Liberties Caucus’ Not a Challenge to O’Toole’s Leadership: Tory MP
Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu says the "civil liberties caucus" that she and other Tory parliamentarians are forming is ...
November 5, 2021
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Isaac Teo
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