John Carpay

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John Carpay: Musqueam Agreement: Race-Based Laws Are Doomed to Failure

An aerial view of Vancouver on May 2, 2024. Sebastien St-Jean/AFP/Getty ImagesCommentaryThere are now questions around whether large swathes of…

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John Carpay: C.S. Lewis and ‘The Abolition of Man’

A gender-neutral sign is posted outside a bathroom, in a file photo. Sara D. Davis/Getty ImagesCommentaryRejecting the Tao will eventually…

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John Carpay: The Proposed ‘Protecting Victims Act’ Goes Too Far

ViewpointsOpinionPeople walk in the parliamentary district in Ottawa on March 10, 2025. The Canadian Press/Sean KilpatrickJohn Carpay2/18/2026|Updated: 2/18/20260:00CommentaryBenjami Franklin wrote…

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John Carpay: How the Online Harms Act Would Erode Free Speech

Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty ImagesCommentaryA series of bills currently before Parliament raise serious concerns about the future of free speech in Canada,…

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John Carpay: Canada Needs to Urgently Provide Life-Affirming Responses to End-of-Life Suffering

ViewpointsOpinionAcross Canada, patients are routinely and repeatedly offered assisted suicide as a ’treatment' option.People rally against legalizing euthanasia on Parliament…

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John Carpay: It’s Time to Defund Universities That Censor Speech on Campus

ViewpointsOpinionSince the 1990s, the cancer of censorship has been tolerated and coddled by university officials across Canada.The Canadian Press/Darryl DyckJohn…

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Appeal Court to Rule on Legality of Ottawa’s Use of Emergency Powers Against Trucker Convoys

Police take action to clear away Freedom Convoy protesters from downtown Ottawa on Feb. 19, 2022. Justin Tang/The Canadian PressCommentaryWill…

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John Carpay: Rule of Law Rejected as Canada Increasingly Embraces Racism

The justice statue at the Supreme Court of Canada on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in a file photo. The Canadian…

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John Carpay: Death by a Thousand Clicks: 6 Bills That Together Turn Canada Into a Police State

Song_about_summer/ShutterstockCommentaryFreedom in Canada is dying slowly and gradually, not by a single fell swoop, but by a thousand cuts. How…

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John Carpay: New Hate Crime Bill Criminalizes Feelings and Restricts Free Speech

The Peace Tower and other buildings are seen on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 9, 2025. The Canadian Press/Justin…

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John Carpay: Alberta’s Use of the Notwithstanding Clause to Protect Kids Would Not Violate the Charter

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks during an Alberta Next Panel town hall in Edmonton on July 16, 2025. Office of…

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John Carpay: Invoking ‘Safety and Security’ to Censor Freedom of Expression Is Unacceptable in a Free Society

Christian musician Sean Feucht of California preaches to the crowd during a rally at the National Mall in Washington on…

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