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A letter sent to MPP Jim McDonell is republished in the Standard-Freeholder's Aug. 26, 2021, letter to the editor section.

A letter sent to MPP Jim McDonell is republished in the Standard-Freeholder's Aug. 26, 2021, letter to the editor section.

Article content Maybe you know someone recently fired for his political views. Perhaps he was foolish enough to state out loud his opposition to COVID lockdowns, belief in two sexes, or admiration for Donald Trump. Should companies be prohibited from discriminating on the grounds of political belief? In principle, the answer should be No. In the woke cancel culture that has gripped North America, the answer is clearly Yes. Ask anyone and she will tell you confidently that discrimination is wrong. Yet people discriminate all the time. They choose to be friends with some people and not with oth...

‘No More Pipelines Bill’ C-69 Alberta’s Next Legal Hope Having recently lost its constitutional challenge against federal carbon pricing in Canada’s top court, Alberta is still in the fight against Bill C-69, the Impact Assessment Act. Multibillion-dollar investments in resource and pipeline development are not all that is at stake. Provincial-federal relations and Western alienation are collateral issues in what promises to be an extended battle. ‘Sucker Punch’ Passed on June 21, 2019, Bill C-69 lengthened the review process for proposed energy projects by adding a new phase of c...

‘Strictly UN Optics’: Quebec’s Magpie River Granted Personhood Status A remote river in eastern Quebec has been granted personhood status, making it the first time in Canada that an entity of nature purportedly has the same legal rights as a human being. Bestowing legal personhood on the Magpie River, which spills into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, is being lauded by the groups involved, but one expert describes the move as “strictly UN optics.” Bill Gallagher, a lawyer and strategist who’s authored two books on the intersection of resource interests and indigenous rights in Canada, ...