The Pardy School of Law
How the law works, and how it doesn’t.
During COVID, the Charter has been useless
In Canada, some are apt to believe that vaccine mandates surely must contravene the charter. But has a specific charter right been breached? Or is it just the charter’s vibe?
On COVID, courts have taken a side
Judges lack training in everything but the law, which is not their weakness but their strength. On COVID, as on any other contentious subject, a little learning outside the courtroom is exactly what should not occur.
At university, ideological dissent is not welcome
Left-leaning academics once championed ideological diversity. Now that they have captured the university, viewpoint diversity is perceived as dangerous.
The first obstacle is our confidence that things won’t get worse
Western liberal democracies, especially Canada, have descended into authoritarianism. COVID appears to be the reason, but this transformation has long been underway.
The Cold War continues, and now we are losing
The Cold War wasn’t merely a conflict between nations but also a contest between competing political ideologies. And this time, the socialists are winning.
In universities, the revolution is now complete
Kooky academic theories are among the biggest threats to freedom, prosperity and rationality.
Careful, crises are an ideal time for the state to grab powers — we’re already seeing it in Canada
The rule of law gets in the way of governments and officials crafting solutions to problems they perceive as important. That is not its downside but its purpose.
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”