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Iain Benson

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Iain Benson

Iain Benson is Senior Associate Counsel with Miller Thomson LLP, and former executive director of the Centre for Cultural Renewal.

Bio last modified October 21st, 2010.

Cardus Policy in Public

Oct 21, 2010
Response
Why We Must Reject Civil Religion in Favour of Civil Virtues
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LexView

Dec 29, 2008
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LexView 65.0 - Religion is in the Eye of the Beholder
Dec 17, 2008
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LexView 64.0 - The State of Free Speech in Saskatchewan
Feb 15, 2008
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LexView 63.0 - When Should the Courts Enforce Religious Obligations?
Nov 9, 2007
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LexView 62.0 - Religious Objection to Driver's Licence Photographs: Accommodation in Alberta
Apr 4, 2007
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LexView 61.0 - Can Bible Verses be Hate Speech?
Jan 10, 2007
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LexView 60.0 - Terrorism and the Law: Balancing Security with the Chill on Fundamental Freedoms
Oct 20, 2006
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LexView 59.0 - The Same-Sex Marriage Reference in Context: Recent Developments and Concerns
Jun 26, 2006
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LexView 58.0 - What is the Distinction Between Reasoned Debate and Discriminatory Rhetoric?
Jun 2, 2006
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LexView 57.0 - Accommodating Kirpans in Public Schools
Apr 28, 2006
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LexView 56.0 - Swingers Clubs
Apr 12, 2006
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LexView 55.0 - Is Religion of Demonstrable Benefit to the Community?
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Feb 23, 2006
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LexView 54.0 - The Scope of Protection for Religious Dissent Regarding Same-sex Marriage?
Oct 13, 2003
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LevView 53.0 - The Inconsistency of Canadian Laws Regarding Rights in Relation to Expression and Religion when they relate to Abortion Protests
Mar 27, 2003
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LexView 52.0 - The Court Claims to Extend its Jurisdiction to Church Matters
Nov 29, 2002
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LexView 51.0 - Court Overturns Key Aspect of Human Rights Board of Inquiry Decision: Religious Freedom Respected, but Narrowly
Feb 27, 2002
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LexView 50.0 - Should Spanking Your Child Be a Criminal Act?
Jan 9, 2002
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LexView 49.0 - Same-Sex Marriage Rejected
Nov 8, 2001
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LexView 48.0 - Prayer in the Legislative Assembly
May 28, 2001
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LexView 46.0 - Pluralism and the Respect for Religious Freedom
Feb 27, 2001
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LexView 44.0 - Moral Reasoning, Extradition, and the Death Penalty
Jan 22, 2001
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LexView 43.0 - Law as Moral Education
Dec 22, 2000
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LexView 42.0 - Challenge to Obscenity Test Fails
Nov 9, 2000
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LexView 41.0 - Marijuana Use, Fundamental Justice, and Morality
Sep 27, 2000
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LexView 40.0 - Court Corrects Erroneous Understanding of the Secular and Respects Parental Rights
Sep 8, 2000
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LexView 39.0 - Equality and Human Dignity
Aug 30, 2000
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LexView 38.0 - The Diminution of Freedom of Religion
Mar 3, 2000
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LexView 37.0 - Fraud and the Public Good
Nov 26, 1999
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LexView 36.0 - Parental Rights and Psychological Integrity
Sep 30, 1999
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LexView 35.0 - Putting Out Fires
Aug 20, 1999
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LexView 34.0 - Can a Child Sue for Prenatal Injuries?
Jul 25, 1999
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LexView 33.0 - Sexualizing Children
Jul 12, 1999
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LexView 32.0 - Making Someone Pay
Jul 7, 1999
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LexView 31.0 - Victims' Rights and Criminal Prosecutions
Jul 2, 1999
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LexView 30.0 - Does the Charter Require Same-sex "Spouses"?
Jun 13, 1999
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LexView 29.0 - Court Affirms Need for Committed Parenting
Jun 4, 1999
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LexView 28.0 - Are Dignity and Equality Matters of "Feelings?"
May 21, 1999
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LexView 27.0 - Bonnets, Crinolines, and Letters to the Editor
Feb 2, 1999
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LexView 26.0 - Child Pornography and Excessive Individualism
Jan 8, 1999
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LexView 25.0 - Court Misunderstands the Meaning of "Secular"
Dec 24, 1998
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LexView 24.0 - Latimer: Court Rejects "Compassionate" Killing
Dec 8, 1998
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LexView 23.0 - Court Gives Course in Medical Ethics to the Public Trustee
Dec 3, 1998
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LexView 22.0 - Are the Courts "the New Gatekeepers"?
Sep 25, 1998
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LexView 21.0 - Revoking Consent: Where Deception and Disease Equal Assault
Aug 24, 1998
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LexView 20.0 - Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Jul 24, 1998
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LexView 19.0 - Obscene Expressions: Court Affirms Moral Responsibilities of Government
May 20, 1998
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LexView 18.0 - An Uncharitable Threat
Apr 3, 1998
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LexView 17.0 - Throwing Down the Gauntlet: The Supreme Court of Canada Defines its Role
Mar 27, 1998
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LexView 16.0 - Fear in the Classroom
Feb 27, 1998
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LexView 15.0 - Natural Rights and the Supreme Court of Canada
Dec 4, 1997
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LexView 14.0 - Now Hear This: The Supreme Court of Canada on Equality Rights
Nov 10, 1997
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LexView 13.0 - Caring for the Mother and Unborn Child—Legislature's Given Green Light to Make Changes
Sep 29, 1997
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LexView 12.0 - Guelph's Hot Days of Summer
Sep 26, 1997
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LexView 11.0 - Back to School with the BC College of Teachers
Sep 18, 1997
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LexView 10.0 - Minority Education Rights in Newfoundland
Aug 25, 1997
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LexView 09.0 - Sexual Assault: The Defence of Honest but Mistaken Belief in Consent
Aug 19, 1997
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LexView 08.0 - Charter Violations and the Exclusion of Evidence: Bringing the Administration of Justice into Disrepute
Jul 9, 1997
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LexView 07.0 - Family matters: Are Prior Agreements and Conduct Now Irrelevant in Canadian Law?
Jul 2, 1997
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LexView 6.0 - Dancing with Indecency
Jun 27, 1997
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LexView 5.0 - Court Affirms Natural Basis for Family
Jun 20, 1997
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LexView 4.0 - Sexual Assault and Community Safety: Justice Twaddle in Context and Media Reporting
Jun 19, 1997
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LexView 3.0 - Prenatal Injuries—A Child's Right to Compensation
Jun 16, 1997
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LexView 2.0 - The Court's Jurisdiction in Religious Matters is not over Faith, Doctrine, or Morals
Jun 13, 1997
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LexView 1.0 - Public Education—A Delegation by Parents
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News

Mar 13, 2009
Centre Article 168: When the State Over-Reaches and Seeks to Govern Religions
Feb 27, 2009
Centre Article 167: Cristina Alarcon's Open Letter to Alberta Pharmacists
Dec 20, 2008
Centre Article 166: Does Religious Belief Play a Role in Charitable Giving?
Sep 22, 2008
Centre Article 165: Faith and Reason: It Seems that the Irrational and Superstitious are the Atheists
Sep 12, 2008
Centre Article 164: Many Unhappy Returns
Sep 12, 2008
Physicians, Patients, Human Rights, and Referrals: A Principled Approach to Respecting the Rights of Physicians and Patients in Ontario
Jul 22, 2008
Centre Article 163: The Veiled Threats of Secularism: Are Women Independent Moral Agents?
Jul 14, 2008
Centre Article 161: On the Passing of Rev. Robert (Bob) Brow (August 30, 1924 - July 10, 2008)
Jun 18, 2008
Centre Article 159: Why the term secular should be dropped as misleading
May 12, 2008
Centre Article 158: Christian Horizons, Secularist Sunsets and the Nature of the "Public"
Mar 20, 2008
Centre Article 156: Draft of the South African Charter of Religious Rights
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Mar 14, 2008
Centre Article 155: Church Rules and the Separation of Church and State
Mar 3, 2008
Centre Article 154: Religious Inter-faith Co-operation: A Lesson From South Africa
Jan 25, 2008
Centre Article 152: Do Civil Liberties in Canada Pose a Threat to Religions?
Jan 16, 2008
Centre Article 151: Human Rights, The Prophet Cartoons and the Case of Ezra Levant
Jan 10, 2008
Centre Article 150: Canada Going Very Wrong on Religious Accommodation
Dec 18, 2007
The Need to Re-Evaluate the Language of the Secular and Secularism in The Quest for Fair Treatment of Minorities and Belief in Quebec and Canada Today
Nov 9, 2007
Centre Article 149: A.C. Grayling: Another Contemporary Author Who Attacks Religion On False & Contradictory Grounds
Oct 30, 2007
Centre Article 148: The "Position of the State": Does the State have ONE view?
Oct 12, 2007
Centre Article 147: Public Education is Faith-based Education
Sep 14, 2007
Centre Article 146: Is There Suppression of Discussion about Islam and the Funding of International Terrorism?
Aug 14, 2007
Centre Article 145: Alasdair MacIntyre and the University: The Need to "Teach the Controversies"
Jun 28, 2007
Centre Article 144: Debates about Religious Symbols and Beliefs in Public Schools
Jun 22, 2007
Centre Article 143: The New Anti-God Evangelists: Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens
Jun 15, 2007
Centre Article 142: Once More into the Breach: Court Challenges in a Language Setting
Mar 30, 2007
Centre Article 140: Why Science Has No Competence to Speak about Philosophy and Theology of Things
Mar 26, 2007
Centre Article 139: What Happened to "Abominable?" An "Aha Moment" from C.S. Lewis
Mar 16, 2007
Centre Article 138: Charles Taylor Wins the Templeton Prize: A Well Deserved Honour
Mar 15, 2007
Centre Article 137: On Hijabs and Soccer: Using one rule to avoid others
Mar 2, 2007
Centre Article 136: Physicians and Marriage Commissioners: Accommodation of Differing Beliefs
Feb 5, 2007
Centre Article 135: Persons or Individuals?: Swiss Court Adopts Radical Autonomy for Euthanasia
Jan 26, 2007
Centre Article 131: Church Exemptions from Law? Same-sex Adoption and BBC Spin
Jan 25, 2007
Centre Article 130: Peter Singer's "A Dubious Distinction": A Response by Alex Schadenberg
Jan 5, 2007
Centre Article 129: The Judicial Enlargement of the Family: The Ontario Three Parents' Decision
Jan 1, 2007
The Jurisdiction of Science: What the Evolution/Creation Debate is Not About
Dec 4, 2006
Centre Article 128: University Free Speech, Ivory Towers and the New Sectarianism
Nov 15, 2006
Centre Article 127: When Shrimps Learn to Whistle: Elton John as Cultural Philosopher
Nov 6, 2006
To Encourage Civil Dialogue: A Principled Analysis for Governmental Support of Constitutional Development in Canada
Sep 26, 2006
Centre Article 126: Islam and the Pope: God and Rationality
Sep 25, 2006
Centre Article 125: The Use of Religious Concepts in a Post-religious Age: Canada's Continuing Edwardianism
Sep 15, 2006
Centre Article 124: Why the Court Challenges Program Should Be Abolished as Being Wrong in Principle
Sep 8, 2006
Centre Article 123: Atheism and the Roots of Evil (Part 1): The Nobel Prize Physicist
Jun 28, 2006
Centre Article 122: The Sex Trap: Why Sex-Based Initiatives Are Not Just
May 5, 2006
Centre Article 121: Joffe Bill and Palliative Care in Islamic Countries
Apr 13, 2006
Centre Article 120: Nigeria Breaches the Human Rights of Those Who Support Same-sex Marriage
Apr 7, 2006
Centre Article 118: Last Night Clare was Murdered: Make your Richness Count
Apr 4, 2006
Centre Article 117: Distribution of Holy Books in Public Schools: Gideon's Shine a Light
Mar 26, 2006
Centre Article 116: Like Ripples on a Pond: On the Life of a Much Loved Friend
Mar 22, 2006
Centre Article 115: The Meaning of "Conservative" and the Confusion of "Left" and "Right"
Mar 21, 2006
Centre Article 114: Theocracies in America: What Needs to be Learned to Preserve Ordered Liberty
Mar 7, 2006
Centre Article 113: Spina Bifida as a Death Sentence: Holland Ushers in New Horrors
Jan 16, 2006
Centre Article 110: Charities and Election Statements: What Kind of Open Society is Canada?
Jan 10, 2006
Centre Article 109: European Experts, the Slovak Republic, the Holy See and Medical/Educational Ethics
Jan 4, 2006
Centre Article 108: Democracy and the Montreal Swinger's Club Case
Dec 8, 2005
Centre Article 107: Law and the Interpretation of Unwritten Principles: It is Not Comprehensive
Dec 5, 2005
Centre Article 106: South Africa's Marriage Law Decision and Further Extension of the Law
Nov 28, 2005
Centre Article 105: Chesterton on France: Further Reflections on Burning Cars in Europe's Most Civilized Country
Nov 16, 2005
Centre Article 104: A Year Later and Another "Weather" Report from France
Oct 28, 2005
Centre Article 103: Does "Faith" Make a Difference in Media and Politics? ... Beyond Headcounts
Sep 23, 2005
Centre Article 102: Life, Death and the Meaning of Dignity in Relation to Assisted Suicide
Sep 20, 2005
Centre Article 101: The Rise of "Psethics": "Frozen" vs. "Fresh" Embryos and Bankruptcy in Medical Ethics
Sep 14, 2005
Centre Article 100: Which is the Best Country in the World in Which to Live?
Sep 9, 2005
Centre Article 099: Yet More Pharmacists Who Don't Understand Ethics: This Time Ontario
Aug 30, 2005
Centre Article 098: An Unforgettable Experience: Two Films by Godfrey Reggio
Aug 26, 2005
Centre Article 097: The Theocratic Temptation in Religion and Law: The Pat Robertson Problem
Jul 23, 2005
Centre Article 096: "Wandering Between Two Worlds": Practical Suggestions Following the Same-sex Marriage Change
Jul 22, 2005
Centre Article 095: Why Conscience and Religion have to Be Held Together
Jul 20, 2005
Centre Article 094: Before the Senate Standing Committee on Bill C-38 (Same-sex Marriage)
Jul 8, 2005
Centre Article 093: London Terrorist Bombings and a Muslim Response
Jul 6, 2005
Centre Article 092: Summer Reading and the Work of James V. Schall: Another Sort of Learning
Jul 2, 2005
Centre Article 091: The Reading Down of Conscience Protection: Pharmacists and "One Size Fits All" Ethics
Jun 27, 2005
Centre Article 090: Bob Brow's Model Theology - The Importance of Clarifying Terms
Jun 27, 2005
Centre Article 089: Inter-faith Sculpture Day in the City Park
Jun 22, 2005
Centre Article 088: Dignity and Difference: Presenting Before the Committee on the Same-sex Marriage Bill
Jun 21, 2005
Centre Article 087: The Bishop, the Taxman and the Separation of Church and State
Jun 20, 2005
Centre Article 086: Almost Meeting Terry Teachout
Jun 19, 2005
Centre Article 085: Same-sex Marriage and Tax Status Threats
Jun 7, 2005
Centre Article 084: CCCB Points out Canada's Non-Liberal Direction in Relation to Marriage: Is Anybody Listening?
May 31, 2005
Centre Article 083: "Ultimate Fighting" and Ancient Rome: Gladiatorial Entertainment
May 27, 2005
Centre Article 082: Christian Activists Get Party Nominations: Woo, Scary
May 26, 2005
Centre Article 081: Two Views of the Georgia Straight's Article on the Centre/SFU Conference
May 11, 2005
Centre Article 080: Religion and Evolution: Understanding Jurisdiction
May 11, 2005
Centre Article 079: Henry Morgentaler: an Honorary Doctorate?
Apr 22, 2005
Centre Article 078: Large Families and Natural Selection
Apr 19, 2005
Centre Article 077: Choosing a New Pope
Apr 15, 2005
Centre Article 075: Why Courts Should not be Limiting "Sacred Spaces"
Apr 13, 2005
Centre Article 074: Why the Church Should not Necessarily (or at all) "Change with the Times"
Apr 5, 2005
Centre Article 073: Some Thoughts on The Nature of Religion
Apr 2, 2005
Centre Article 071: Pope John Paul II the Great
Mar 31, 2005
Centre Article 070: Premier Ralph Klein, the Human Rights Commissioner, and Bishop Henry of Calgary
Mar 29, 2005
Centre Article 069: Why the State Should not be in the Marriage Corruption Business
Mar 10, 2005
Centre Article 065: Fears About Sharia Law Arbitration in Canada
Feb 22, 2005
Centre Article 063: Canada: Love it or Leave it! Law, Dialogue and Section 33
Feb 22, 2005
Centre Article 062: Separation of Church and State Includes Cooperation
Feb 9, 2005
Centre Article 061: The Continuing Significance of Ash Wednesday
Feb 3, 2005
Centre Article 060: Section 33 Dangerous to Charter? Letter to the Editor, National Post
Feb 2, 2005
Centre Article 059: Charter Section 33 and the Law Professors
Jan 28, 2005
Centre Article 057: Spring and Assisted Suicide
Jan 26, 2005
Centre Article 056: Why Some People Just Don't Get the Brockie Decision
Jan 12, 2005
Centre Article 055: New Year's Resolutions, Free Will and Tsunami Waves
Dec 9, 2004
Centre Article 054: Centre Response to Supreme Court Marriage Reference Decision
Dec 8, 2004
Centre Article 053: How the Marriage Challenge Developed
Dec 3, 2004
Centre Article 052: Euthanasia of Children: "Compassion" Dutch Style
Dec 1, 2004
Centre Article 051: Why Atheistic Humanists Ought Not, Logicallly, to Worry About the Destruction of the World
Nov 29, 2004
Centre Article 050: Women's Rights, Muslim Veils and the Logic of "Choice"
Nov 23, 2004
Centre Article 049: Strange Death-fellows and the Question of Fame: Lewis, Huxley and Kennedy
Nov 19, 2004
Centre Article 048: Opposing Religion to Human Rights: "Gay-Ed" Videos
Oct 26, 2004
Centre Article 047: Atheism in Decline: The Major Players in the New World (Dis)Order
Oct 22, 2004
Centre Article 046: Buttiglione Affair: "Homophobia", "Heterosexism", Deep Intolerance and Threats to Religions
Oct 22, 2004
Centre Article 045: Waiting for the Storm: First Muslim Exclusions from School
Oct 19, 2004
Centre Article 044: Presidential Debates: Fear the Man Who Honours "Feelings" But Trashes Logic
Oct 15, 2004
Centre Article 043: New Corporate Ethics: The Royal Bank and the Rainbow
Oct 6, 2004
Centre Article 042: The New Judicial Appointments: "They. Are. Zealots."
Sep 10, 2004
Centre Article 041: Why the Angels are in the Details: Food, Wine, Music, the Gargas Caves and Everything
Sep 1, 2004
Centre Article 040: Once More on the Pseudo Olympics
Aug 20, 2004
Centre Article 039: Change the Olympics Now or Start Up the Campaign for Real Olympics
Jul 30, 2004
Centre Article 038: Engaging Culture about Marriage: Governance and Law without Morality or Philosophy
Jul 28, 2004
Centre Article 037: The Ethics of "Choice" Thirty Years On: The Microcosm of "Regime Change"
Jul 27, 2004
Centre Article 036: National Post Article Endorses Centre's Argument on Civil Unions
Jul 23, 2004
Centre Article 035: "Civil Unions" or "Same-Sex Civil Marriages": Get the State Out of Marriage
Jul 21, 2004
Centre Article 034: New Bible Translations, Humour and the Tyranny of the New
Jun 30, 2004
Centre Article 033: The Benefits of a Minority Government
Jun 19, 2004
Centre Article 031: Reflections on the Leadership Debate: Section 33 is IN the Charter and NOT "Anti-Charter"
Jun 19, 2004
Centre Article 030: Why "Canadian Values" are Meaningless and We Should Beware of Those Who Use the Term
Jun 12, 2004
Centre Article 028: Senator Anne Cools Changes Parties
May 28, 2004
Centre Article 027: The Conduct of Soldiers and the Morals of Societies
May 18, 2004
Centre Article 026: Legal Cost Awards Against Individuals: A Chill to Defending Rights
May 10, 2004
Centre Article 025: The Dalai Lama in Vancouver and the Problem of "Secular Ethics"
Apr 16, 2004
Centre Article 024: Restricting Parent's Home Teaching of Religion to Their Children: How Democratic
Apr 12, 2004
Centre Article 023: Consensus With a Vengeance: More Judicial Language Abuse
Apr 7, 2004
Centre Article 022: Why the "Hate Crimes" Section of the Criminal Code Should be Abolished
Mar 19, 2004
Centre Article 021: The Freedom of Conscience in "Health" Care
Mar 9, 2004
Centre Article 020: Mel Gibson's Passion and the Critics
Mar 2, 2004
Centre Article 019: Indoctrination, Education and New Sexual Beliefs: Can We Learn to Accommodate Diversity?
Feb 27, 2004
Centre Article 018: What to Do When Two Allowable Views are Irreconcilable?
Feb 25, 2004
Centre Article 017: Constitutional Questions: The Charter Section 33 Going Both Ways
Feb 20, 2004
Centre Article 014: On (not) Meeting With Conrad Black and Other Tycoons
Feb 20, 2004
Centre Article 015: Three Cheers for the Catholics and EFC: Calling to Amend the Ontario Human Rights Code
Feb 20, 2004
Centre Article 016: "Beyond Tolerance", "Transformative Change" and Queer Studies in Education
Feb 19, 2004
Centre Article 013: First Things and the Reading of Second Rate Things
Feb 18, 2004
Centre Article 012: French Lunicity Watch: Religious Symbols
Feb 12, 2004
Centre Article 011: Claude Ryan: Faithful Catholic in Canada's Public Life
Feb 2, 2004
Centre Article 010: Federal Government Arguments in the Marriage Cases: Strange and Changing Position(s)
Jan 28, 2004
Centre Article 009: Supreme Court and the Definition of Marriage—A Real Question
Jan 24, 2004
Centre Article 008: Marriage: The More the Merrier?
Jan 22, 2004
Centre Article 007: Belinda Stronach - Blank Slate: What Politics Requires
Jan 21, 2004
Centre Article 006: The Difference Between Tolerance and Welcome
Jan 9, 2004
Centre Article 005: Suppression, Elevation and Accommodation of Diverse Beliefs
Dec 30, 2003
Centre Article 003: Christian Legislators and Same-sex Marriage: Parliament's Janus Face
Dec 30, 2003
Centre Article 004: Secularism and the Deeper Questions of Religion and Society
Dec 18, 2003
Centre Article 002: Sikhs, Turbans and Anti-Religious Dress Codes
Dec 10, 2003
Centre Article 001: Sharia Law Arbitration in Canada
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Columns & Opinions

Mar 13, 2009
Centre Article 168: When the State Over-Reaches and Seeks to Govern Religions
Feb 27, 2009
Centre Article 167: Cristina Alarcon's Open Letter to Alberta Pharmacists
Dec 20, 2008
Centre Article 166: Does Religious Belief Play a Role in Charitable Giving?
Sep 22, 2008
Centre Article 165: Faith and Reason: It Seems that the Irrational and Superstitious are the Atheists
Sep 12, 2008
Centre Article 164: Many Unhappy Returns
Sep 12, 2008
Physicians, Patients, Human Rights, and Referrals: A Principled Approach to Respecting the Rights of Physicians and Patients in Ontario
Jul 22, 2008
Centre Article 163: The Veiled Threats of Secularism: Are Women Independent Moral Agents?
Jul 14, 2008
Centre Article 161: On the Passing of Rev. Robert (Bob) Brow (August 30, 1924 - July 10, 2008)
Jun 18, 2008
Centre Article 159: Why the term secular should be dropped as misleading
May 12, 2008
Centre Article 158: Christian Horizons, Secularist Sunsets and the Nature of the "Public"
Mar 20, 2008
Centre Article 156: Draft of the South African Charter of Religious Rights
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Mar 14, 2008
Centre Article 155: Church Rules and the Separation of Church and State
Mar 3, 2008
Centre Article 154: Religious Inter-faith Co-operation: A Lesson From South Africa
Jan 25, 2008
Centre Article 152: Do Civil Liberties in Canada Pose a Threat to Religions?
Jan 16, 2008
Centre Article 151: Human Rights, The Prophet Cartoons and the Case of Ezra Levant
Jan 10, 2008
Centre Article 150: Canada Going Very Wrong on Religious Accommodation
Dec 18, 2007
The Need to Re-Evaluate the Language of the Secular and Secularism in The Quest for Fair Treatment of Minorities and Belief in Quebec and Canada Today
Nov 9, 2007
Centre Article 149: A.C. Grayling: Another Contemporary Author Who Attacks Religion On False & Contradictory Grounds
Oct 30, 2007
Centre Article 148: The "Position of the State": Does the State have ONE view?
Oct 12, 2007
Centre Article 147: Public Education is Faith-based Education
Sep 14, 2007
Centre Article 146: Is There Suppression of Discussion about Islam and the Funding of International Terrorism?
Aug 14, 2007
Centre Article 145: Alasdair MacIntyre and the University: The Need to "Teach the Controversies"
Jun 28, 2007
Centre Article 144: Debates about Religious Symbols and Beliefs in Public Schools
Jun 22, 2007
Centre Article 143: The New Anti-God Evangelists: Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens
Jun 15, 2007
Centre Article 142: Once More into the Breach: Court Challenges in a Language Setting
Mar 30, 2007
Centre Article 140: Why Science Has No Competence to Speak about Philosophy and Theology of Things
Mar 26, 2007
Centre Article 139: What Happened to "Abominable?" An "Aha Moment" from C.S. Lewis
Mar 16, 2007
Centre Article 138: Charles Taylor Wins the Templeton Prize: A Well Deserved Honour
Mar 15, 2007
Centre Article 137: On Hijabs and Soccer: Using one rule to avoid others
Mar 2, 2007
Centre Article 136: Physicians and Marriage Commissioners: Accommodation of Differing Beliefs
Feb 5, 2007
Centre Article 135: Persons or Individuals?: Swiss Court Adopts Radical Autonomy for Euthanasia
Jan 26, 2007
Centre Article 131: Church Exemptions from Law? Same-sex Adoption and BBC Spin
Jan 25, 2007
Centre Article 130: Peter Singer's "A Dubious Distinction": A Response by Alex Schadenberg
Jan 5, 2007
Centre Article 129: The Judicial Enlargement of the Family: The Ontario Three Parents' Decision
Jan 1, 2007
The Jurisdiction of Science: What the Evolution/Creation Debate is Not About
Dec 4, 2006
Centre Article 128: University Free Speech, Ivory Towers and the New Sectarianism
Nov 15, 2006
Centre Article 127: When Shrimps Learn to Whistle: Elton John as Cultural Philosopher
Nov 6, 2006
To Encourage Civil Dialogue: A Principled Analysis for Governmental Support of Constitutional Development in Canada
Sep 26, 2006
Centre Article 126: Islam and the Pope: God and Rationality
Sep 25, 2006
Centre Article 125: The Use of Religious Concepts in a Post-religious Age: Canada's Continuing Edwardianism
Sep 15, 2006
Centre Article 124: Why the Court Challenges Program Should Be Abolished as Being Wrong in Principle
Sep 8, 2006
Centre Article 123: Atheism and the Roots of Evil (Part 1): The Nobel Prize Physicist
Jun 28, 2006
Centre Article 122: The Sex Trap: Why Sex-Based Initiatives Are Not Just
May 5, 2006
Centre Article 121: Joffe Bill and Palliative Care in Islamic Countries
Apr 13, 2006
Centre Article 120: Nigeria Breaches the Human Rights of Those Who Support Same-sex Marriage
Apr 7, 2006
Centre Article 118: Last Night Clare was Murdered: Make your Richness Count
Apr 4, 2006
Centre Article 117: Distribution of Holy Books in Public Schools: Gideon's Shine a Light
Mar 26, 2006
Centre Article 116: Like Ripples on a Pond: On the Life of a Much Loved Friend
Mar 22, 2006
Centre Article 115: The Meaning of "Conservative" and the Confusion of "Left" and "Right"
Mar 21, 2006
Centre Article 114: Theocracies in America: What Needs to be Learned to Preserve Ordered Liberty
Mar 7, 2006
Centre Article 113: Spina Bifida as a Death Sentence: Holland Ushers in New Horrors
Jan 16, 2006
Centre Article 110: Charities and Election Statements: What Kind of Open Society is Canada?
Jan 10, 2006
Centre Article 109: European Experts, the Slovak Republic, the Holy See and Medical/Educational Ethics
Jan 4, 2006
Centre Article 108: Democracy and the Montreal Swinger's Club Case
Dec 8, 2005
Centre Article 107: Law and the Interpretation of Unwritten Principles: It is Not Comprehensive
Dec 5, 2005
Centre Article 106: South Africa's Marriage Law Decision and Further Extension of the Law
Nov 28, 2005
Centre Article 105: Chesterton on France: Further Reflections on Burning Cars in Europe's Most Civilized Country
Nov 16, 2005
Centre Article 104: A Year Later and Another "Weather" Report from France
Oct 28, 2005
Centre Article 103: Does "Faith" Make a Difference in Media and Politics? ... Beyond Headcounts
Sep 23, 2005
Centre Article 102: Life, Death and the Meaning of Dignity in Relation to Assisted Suicide
Sep 20, 2005
Centre Article 101: The Rise of "Psethics": "Frozen" vs. "Fresh" Embryos and Bankruptcy in Medical Ethics
Sep 14, 2005
Centre Article 100: Which is the Best Country in the World in Which to Live?
Sep 9, 2005
Centre Article 099: Yet More Pharmacists Who Don't Understand Ethics: This Time Ontario
Aug 30, 2005
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