“The whole meaning of life,” famed comedian George Carlin once observed, “is trying to find a place for all your stuff. That’s what your house is, it’s a place for your stuff with a cover on it.” If so, then Canadians should be very concerned about their stuff. Unlike nearly every other modern nation, Canada lacks constitutional affirmation of the right to own property and as protection against its unjust seizure. With a recent B.C. Supreme Court ruling putting the very notion of home ownership at risk, Peter Shawn Taylor seeks out legal opinions on Canada’s surprisingly lax attitude towards property rights, how it differs from other countries and what that means for everyone’s possessions. If Canadians really want to protect their homes, belongings and personal finances, Taylor concludes, now’s the time to get loud.
Learning Disabled: How Charlatans and Conformists Have Undermined Canadian Education
Canada’s education system from kindergarten through post-graduate university has been captured by ideological pedagogy that is at best pointless and at worst harmful to students.