8 h. ago Chris Selley: Speech bans are not the path to truth and reconciliation

Truth is a defence against 'hate speech', whether activists like it or not

Economics

56 h. ago Chris Selley: Education reform is change Ontario can believe in

School choice is seen as a third rail — but no one has tested the voltage in years

Society

4 d. ago Chris Selley: If there’s a ‘bunch of yahoos’ in Ontario politics, it’s certainly not Project Ontario

The group is best thought of as conservatives alarmed by some of Ontario’s fundamentals and uninterested in being in power for its own sake

Politics

7 d. ago Chris Selley: Ostrich politics are a worrying sign of where our political heads are situated

Even amidst existential crises, Canadian politics is too often obsessed with peripheral issues

Politics

9 d. ago Chris Selley: We’re not going to get euthanasia right, but we could try harder to

The answer to an unsolvable ethical dilemma isn’t always ‘do your best and hope you were right’

Economics

1 week ago Despite murder acquittal, Crown may seek dangerous offender status in fatal Olympic Plaza stabbing

A long-term offender designation would see Kyle Wescott subject to lengthy community supervision following whatever prison term the Court of King's Bench judge deems appropriate

Events

1 week ago Chris Selley: Carney missed a golden opportunity to ditch the Liberals’ gun buyback

The public safety minister thinks it's a mess. For once, at least, he's right

Economics

1 week ago Chris Selley: Carney missed a golden opportunity to ditch the Liberals’ gun buy

The public safety minister thinks it's a mess. For once, at least, he's right

Economics

1 week ago Jeff Kent is a serial conman who defrauds women. Does he deserve the harshest punishment in Canadian criminal law?

Jeff Kent is a romance fraudster who bilks women out of their life savings. An Alberta judge just deemed him a dangerous offender

Events

2 w. ago Chris Selley: A constitutional crisis? Sure, why not? We’ve got nothing else going on

The government's intervention on the notwithstanding clause is both ill-conceived and ill-timed

Economics

2 w. ago Chris Selley: On ‘hate speech’, Trump’s attorney general sounds downright Canadian

The standard for hate speech is high in Canada and we should all appreciate the careful balance we've struck with it

Economics

2 w. ago Chris Selley: If not Bonnie Crombie, then who do Ontario Liberals consider electable?

The Ontario Liberals just dumped a leader with a pretty good shot at becoming premier

Economics

3 w. ago Chris Selley: Fentanyl’s prevalence in the market is tanking. Politicians claim credit

One thing you will quickly notice looking at opioid-overdose statistics is that they don’t conspicuously discriminate according to politics or policy

Economics

3 w. ago Sex offender known to frequent Mississauga wanted on nationwide warrant: OPP

James Daniel Mervin Williamson serving more than 2 1/2 years for sexual interference, other offences

Other

4 w. ago Chris Selley: Getting tough on violent offenders is no crime

Say what you will about American justice. When they want someone off the streets, they're off the streets

Events