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  Free At Last Once More

  Edward Tingley

  July 9, 2020

  Conservatives and progressives alike require recalling to the Christian origins of Western freedom so they stop treating liberty as the enemy of the Good, Edward Tingley writes.

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  Losing Liberty in Post-Liberal Times

  Edward Tingley

  July 7, 2020

  In the first of two reflections on Canada’s shaken political foundations, Augustine College Dean Edward Tingley argues liberals and conservatives alike have turned against our primary principle of freedom.

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  Getting the Anti-Racism Agenda Right

  Peter Stockland

  July 3, 2020

  There’s no question Canadians must call out systemic bigotry, Peter Stockland says, but he cautions we must also be systematic in making sure we call the right things by that name.

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  COVID is No Excuse to Close Immigration

  Matthew Lau

  June 29, 2020

  Matthew Lau rejects as false and logically faulty the argument that Canada should keep out newcomers until the country’s employment levels return to pre-pandemic levels.

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  Le Québec théâtre d’un conflit de symboles

  Andrew Bennett, with Beryl Wajsman, Maxime Huot Couture

  June 26, 2020

  En ce jour de la Fête nationale, mieux connue sous le nom de Fête de la Saint Jean-Baptiste, les Québécois Maxime Huot Couture et Beryl Wajsman font part au révérend Andrew Bennett, directeur de l’Institut sur la liberté religieuse Cardus, de leurs impressions concernant la loi provinciale adoptée il y a un an en vue de déterminer qui peut porter en public des vêtements religieux et selon quelles modalités ils peuvent être portés.

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  Les défis à venir concernant l’interdiction par le Québec des symboles religieux

  Andrew Bennett and Robert Leckey

  June 26, 2020

  Il y a un an, l’Assemblée nationale du Québec a précipitamment adopté une loi limitant le port de turbans, de hijabs, de croix et d’autres symboles spirituels dans l’espace public. Robert Leckey, doyen de la Faculté de droit de l’Université McGill, explique au révérend Andrew Bennett que le combat juridique ne fait que commencer.

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  Curing Our Moral Virus of Loneliness

  Keith Dow

  March 16, 2020

  As Prime Minister Trudeau urges Canadians abroad to come home and his cabinet ministers press to reduce the size of permissible gatherings, Convivium contributor Keith Dow encourages us to be aware of the needs of our neighbours. 

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  Right Royal Good Riddance

  Raymond J. de Souza

  January 9, 2020

  Bombshell abdications in Britain’s Royal Family affirm its members are the primary problem within the family, Father Raymond de Souza contends.

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  Canada Loses When Church Going Declines

  John Longhurst

  August 13, 2018

  Canadians who shrug off the loss of organized religion need to be made aware of the vital role churches and other faith-based institutions play in our national life, writes Convivium contributor John Longhurst.