| The Conservative government has been notably silent on the 30th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and Stephen Harper says there's a reason for that. BLOG POSTS  | Irwin Cotler: Does Harper Wish the Charter Was Never Born?
 On the Charter's 30th anniversary, we find ourselves in a Dickensonian moment -- the best of times for the Charter in global constitutionalism terms, but a worrisome one in Canadian terms. To begin with, the landmark 30th anniversary process has gone without any remark or notice from the Harper government. Even more disturbing has been the growing number of times -- and major areas -- where Canadian courts have had to hold the government to account for laws and policies that increasingly contravene the Charter. |  | Noah Richler: The Myth of the Mighty
 So here we go again, out of Kandahar and into the Straits of Hormuz, nukes now raising their lethal heads in a way that they have not done since the early 1960s. As the widespread dissemination of nuclear weapons technology is postponed for shorter and shorter increments, we are in desperate need of some other vision than one dependent upon mere technological superiority and the typically bellicose story that goes with it. |  | Tony Kondaks: This Charter Doesn't Deserve a Birthday Celebration
I want a charter that will protect individual freedoms. And minority rights. Our so-called Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms does neither. I am neither proud of such a charter nor of the country to which it belongs. How does this poor excuse for a Bill of Rights limit and restrict our rights and freedoms? Let us count the ways. |  | Farzana Hassan: Hey Islam, Get Your Hands Off Our Art
The student who took a photo of a women in Muslim veil holding a bra undoubtedly offended religious fundamentalists. But so what? This is Canada. People have the right to express their religious beliefs freely. Canada is not answerable to Saudi Arabia. |  | Zach Paikin: "Je Me Souviens" Should Include the Charter
When the term "national unity" is brought up, people often think of the Quebec question. Quebeckers' opposition to patriation and to the Charter largely remains a myth. This doesn't change the fact, however, that Quebeckers have been voting for an opposition party at the federal level en masse for two decades. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.CA |
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