TORONTO – Our readers will know that these last two weeks the world and this country have been gripped by issues that challenge every pre-conceived notion of what is “wrong” or “right” in our societies. Those pressures are contesting long-held positions of a free press, as partisans/advocates for one side or the other lay claim to the “High Ground” and, in the process, engage in the demonization of those holding a different viewpoint. Moreover, they are calling into question the very basis for the authority to pass judgements.
OTTAWA – Public hearings for the federal inquiry into foreign interference in Canadian elections and democratic institutions will begin this week. Commissioner Marie-Josee Hogue will begin chairing the first open phase of the national investigation, which was completed after a long journey and despite reluctance from the federal government. →
