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  COVID in the Courts

  Peter Stockland

  January 25, 2021

  Peter Stockland speaks with lawyer John Carpay, of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, about looming legal battles on pandemic-driven infringements of Charter rights.

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  Coping With Covid’s Confusion

  Travis D. Smith

  January 23, 2021

  In these days of pandemic disorientation and fatigue, uncertainty over the right thing is all right but failure to be good neighbours will be more toxic than the disease itself, Travis Smith writes.

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  How COVID Leaves Trust In the Dust

  Travis D. Smith

  January 22, 2021

  A severe social side effect of the pandemic is the disconnection between those in authority we must trust and our personal experiences that contradict what we’re told, Travis Smith writes.

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  Trusting COVID’s Novel Vaccines

  Travis D. Smith

  January 21, 2021

  In the third of Convivium’s essays on the politics of the pandemic, Travis Smith argues reassurances about vaccine safety will convince only some of the people some of the time.

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  The Political Spell COVID Casts

  Travis D. Smith

  January 20, 2021

  The Ontario government’s methods to combat COVID-19 risks re-educating citizens in the Machiavellian art of compliance, political theorist Travis Smith writes.

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  An Error Plagued Affront to Liberty

  Douglas Farrow

  January 19, 2021

  In Convivium’s series exploring the line between freedom and COVID-19 responses, Douglas Farrow argues Quebec’s curfew and lockdown cut off our noses to spite our masked faces.

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  Standing Up For Trinity Western’s Board

  Ray Pennings

  August 20, 2018

  Cardus Executive Vice-President Ray Pennings challenges social media “experts” disparaging TWU’s volunteer board for altering its Community Covenant. Agree or disagree, with the decision, the members served with honour and sincerity, Pennings argues.

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  Trinity’s Fight For Religious Freedom

  Bob Kuhn

  November 13, 2017

  On Nov. 30, Trinity Western University will argue in the Supreme Court of Canada for its right to operate a law school from evangelical Christian principles. Recently, the school’s President Bob Kuhn advised a Commons’ committee studying Islamophobia to look at the systemic discrimination suffered by TWU if they want to see anti-religious bigotry in action.

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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.