Author: Christine Van Geyn

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Trudeau’s quarantine hotels hurts those who need our help the most

Trudeau’s quarantine hotels hurts those who need our help the most

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During a crisis, flailing governments need a scapegoat. And vacation travellers at Caribbean all-inclusives make a convenient political target for politicians looking to justify draconian measures like hastily announced $2,000 per person quarantine hotel stays. This approach works because there is little public sympathy for people who jetted off to…

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Everything is forbidden unless it is permitted

Everything is forbidden unless it is permitted

There is a popular maxim in common law systems, “everything which is not forbidden is allowed”. The idea is that in liberal democracies we are inherently and naturally free to do anything, so long as it is not expressly prohibited by law. Ontario has now flipped that maxim on its…

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As COVID cases rise, politicians and public health grasp at straws

As COVID cases rise, politicians and public health grasp at straws

It has become obvious that politicians and public health officials are grasping at straws, as existing measures have proved unable to stop the spike in COVID cases. And as current strategies fail, new lockdown measures are being imposed that limit our rights and bear little connection to transmission. As the…

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