This upcoming weekend will mark the eleventh annual Liberty Summer Seminar, held on my parents’ property in the municipality of Clarington. A year ago, it looked like the Liberty Summer Seminar would be no more. It looked like it was going to be cancelled due to zoning regulations. The Liberty Summer Seminar is an event [...]
Category Archives: Scott Reid
Turns out we do have the freedom to celebrate freedom
Posted by Peter Jaworski on August 3, 2011 1 comment
Economic Freedom: prosperity and protection
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on July 5, 2011 9 comments
Three articles published last week together make for a powerful argument for property rights to be protected in Canada’s constitution. One of these articles was written by Karen Selick of the Canadian Constitution Federation. Ms. Selick argues that the idea that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms does not protect economic freedom is a myth. [...]
Note to Peter Mackay regarding leadership selection changes
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on June 10, 2011 Comments Off
Controversy has arisen at a Conservative Party convention for the first time in 6 years. Scott Reid, a Conservative MP, has put forward a proposal to change the current system for selecting a leader. This is a good time to do it, considering that the next leadership race is likely more than 5 years away. [...]
Property rights in the Charter
Posted by Peter Jaworski on March 1, 2011 Comments Off
Authorson v. Canada (Attorney General), [2003] 2 S.C.R. 40, 2003 SCC 39: “…while substantive rights may stem from due process, the Bill of Rights does not protect against the expropriation of property by the passage of unambiguous legislation. Parliament has the right to expropriate property, even without compensation, if it has made its intention clear…” [...]