Defending liberty in Canada
Canada used to be a free country, perhaps the freest in the world. There is a Canadian tradition of individual liberty which now seems generally ignored. Our traditional liberties have been gradually eroded up to the point where scarcely a day passes without news stories reminding us that what was allowed a few decades ago, sometimes only a few years ago, is now regulated if not criminally prohibited. This is true as much of so-called “social” liberties as it is of economic freedoms.
LibertyinCanada.com is dedicated to documenting the decline of liberty in Canada. This aim will be achieved through summaries of liberticidal news, a weekly column, video clips, and our readers’ posts.
We are not documenting liberticidal trends because we are masochists. We hope to raise people’s awareness about what Canada was and what it has become, and about the need to reclaim our traditional liberties. This site and its blog aim to create an on-line focal point where Canadians can express their concerns about our liberties and discuss related ideas.
Our readers’ participation is most welcome. You may post your comments. You may also submit videos. The best way to submit a video is to first post it on YouTube (or other similar services), then send us the link. If we determine that we can use it, we will embed it in our video gallery.
Please note that the blog is moderated. Posts may be lightly edited (or refused). Participants are encouraged to register in order to benefit from all the functionalities of the blog.
Except for the readers’ posts and the videos, the site is available in French and English.
Our logo, which represents a French Canadian coureur des bois (wood runner), is borrowed from a drawing by Canadian artist C.W. Jefferys (1869-1951), in C.W. Jefferys, The Picture Gallery of Canadian History, Vol. 1: Discovery to 1763 (Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1942), p. 150.
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Pierre Lemieux is an economist and author who was born, and lives, in Québec. Besides numerous articles in the international press, he has published several books on politics, economics, and liberty. His latest book, an introduction to economics for the layman, will be published at Les Belles Lettres, in Paris, later this year.
The Canadian Constitution Foundation is a not-for-profit, registered charity with a mission to defend and promote the constitutional liberties of Canadians through education and public interest litigation. The Foundation’s mandate includes freedom of association and peaceful assembly, freedom of conscience and religion, freedom of expression, economic freedoms, and equality before the law.
