The Globe and Mail

Canada’s Constitution – and the heroes who forged it – made us who we are as a country

Sean Fine wrote about the Supreme Court of Canada and constitutional cases as a justice reporter and editorial writer at The Globe and Mail. He retired last June. Canada is not America. But what is it ...
The American Spectator

Problems in Canada’s Constitution Lead to Land Grab for Cowichan Tribes

When I returned to Canada in 1981, after having lived in the United States for 15 years, then-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau was in the process of what was called “repatriating” the Canadian ...
The Washington Post

Canada’s constitution is a masterpiece of ambiguity. That’s not a good thing.

Doug Ford, Ontario's premier, speaks during a ceremony at Queens Park in Toronto on June 24. (Cole Burston/Bloomberg News) Is Canada governed by a strictly enforced constitution and a fixed set of ...

Danielle Smith’s dangerous referendum rhetoric threatens Canada’s Constitution and Indigenous treaty rights

The explosive political climate Danielle Smith is stoking in Alberta could lead to Constitutional unravelling, further harm ...
The Globe and Mail

Are Canadians finally at peace with their Constitution?

Andrew Parkin is the executive director of the Environics Institute for Survey Research. The Confederation of Tomorrow 2022 Survey of Canadians is conducted by the Environics Institute for Survey ...
Jurist

Canada Supreme Court rules non-citizens and non-residents can claim aboriginal rights under constitution

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that non-citizens and non-residents can claim an aboriginal right under the constitution. The case was about the definition of “Aboriginal peoples of Canada” ...
The Economist

The ticking bomb under Canada’s constitution

In November Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, got into a brawl. The trade union representing 55,000 janitors, teachers’ assistants and other support staff in schools ...