Udo Schuklenk discusses trigger warnings in his latest article “Mustn’t We Talk In Universities About Whether Trans Women Are Women?” I have been watching for some time with ever-growing horror a movement of – let’s be honest, mostly progressive – folks, aka my friends, that strives to limit what we can and cannot debate in… Read more »
This post’s title is an amalgam of the titles of two blog posts released today, and coincidentally, both posts use the same cartoon to illustrate their point: Eric MacDonald’s post, “Harper Does It Again … Is This Really What The Supreme Court Had In Mind?” contains a short explanation of the cartoon, and lets the… Read more »
On July 17 the Department of Justice published a news release announcing that the Government of Canada has established and external panel on options for a legislative response to Carter v. Canada. On July 18, Udo Schuklenk posted “Conservative Government Tries to Con Canadians on Assisted Dying” on his website Udo Schuklenk’s Ethx Blog: “Canada’s… Read more »
In late 2013, the Jamaican tourist board introduced a new slogan, “Jamaica – Get All Right,” to replace its slogan “Once you go, you know,” but the earlier slogan may be the better one for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Canadians planning a trip to Jamaica because although the slogan tells tourists they’ll know,… Read more »
In the first line of one of his My Secret Atheist Blog posts, Sean McGuire says, It would appear that we’re approaching a time when nothing will get done in our country unless we run it past religious folk for their permission first. So it should come as no surprise that Udo Schuklenk addresses this… Read more »
In his guest post for Canadian Atheist, Eric MacDonald says while there are a number of very positive responses to the decision, the reader will be regaled by many who are predicting disaster when the law comes into force. In his “initial thoughts” on the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision on assisted dying in Canada,… Read more »