Rights and Freedoms
Property rights, free speech and the limits of government power.
- Bill 2, and the Alberta Government's Continuing Challenge to Landowner RightsLaw Professor Russell Brown says the government is removing longstanding landowner procedural protections. Under Bill 2, the new regulator makes decisions about private property, yet if landowners have a legitimate…Rights and Freedoms
- How a Pizza Helped Rod Understand Democracy and FreedomRod simply sat at his desk looking at us, the clear recognition on his face that Craig and I had just used a democratic majority to steal his freedom. Many people believe democracy and freedom are the same thing.…Democratic Reform, Economy, Rights and Freedoms
- How Much Does A Civil Society Cost?Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was a Supreme Court Justice who said taxes are the price we pay to live in a civil society. For Holmes, Tax Freedom Day arrived on January 21st. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was a U.S. Supreme…Economy, Rights and Freedoms
- The Alberta Government's Legacy on Property RightsBill 202 assumes government employees are better stewards of grazing land than leaseholders, despite the fact that much of this land is teeming with wildlife precisely because leaseholders have been terrific stewards at…Rights and Freedoms