The outpouring of support for freedom of expression in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris was worldwide – and an inch deep. Days later, a Canadian court upheld a university’s bid to silence a campus pro-life group. Meanwhile, freedom of religious belief and expression are under attack by law societies across Canada that are trying to prevent graduates from a Christian university from entering the legal profession. The fact that they are using legal sanctions rather than Kalashnikovs to do so is no comfort to the cause of genuine intellectual freedom, writes Don Hutchinson…

Justin Trudeau’s decision last week to publicly purge two Liberal MPs for alleged sexual misconduct, without asking or naming the complainants or giving his MPs any measure of due process, was not his first foray outside elementary principles of law. A few months ago he invented a constitutional right to abortion and banned anyone who does not subscribe to this myth from running as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada. Is he a legal naif or tinpot autocrat? Don Hutchinson weighs the evidence…

Almost 50 years after then-Justice Minister Pierre Trudeau liberalized Canada’s abortion law, his eldest son and latest successor as leader of the Liberal Party has plunged the country back into this gut-wrenching debate. Trouble is, Justin Trudeau’s illiberal position rests on bogus interpretations of the Charter, the Supreme Court and his father on abortion. Can he rebuild the Liberal party by stifling debate and misrepresenting history? Don Hutchinson is doubtful…