John Carpay: Why Nationalized AI Would Be a Disaster for Privacy Rights
The World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China, on July 6, 2023. Aly Song/ReutersCommentaryHaving governments spy on citizens is…
John Carpay: Court Ruling on Nova Scotia’s ‘Woods Ban’ a Victory for Freedom
People hike along the rocky coastline at Herring Cove Provincial Park in Nova Scotia in a file photo. The Canadian…
John Carpay: Canada Should Take Note of Key US Supreme Court Ruling on Freedoms
A man holds a sign outside the U.S. Supreme Court as it hears oral arguments in Chiles v. Salazar, in…
John Carpay: New Bill Giving Federal Agencies Access to Canadians’ Data Raises Major Privacy Concerns
ViewpointsOpinionThe Canadian Press/Sean KilpatrickJohn Carpay3/29/2026|Updated: 3/30/20260:00CommentaryLike the sugary coating of a bitter pill, nice-sounding words often cover bad ideas that…
John Carpay: How Many Court Rulings Does It Take to Prove Use of the Emergencies Act Was Wrong?
ViewpointsOpinionA police officer mans a checkpoint near Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Feb. 23, 2022. The Canadian Press/Adrian WyldJohn Carpay3/22/2026|Updated:…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…