In the first half of the show, we discuss the rule of law. Protesters blockading railways in Canada ignored court orders to disperse, but the police and government did nothing. Critics accused Prime Minister Trudeau of encouraging lawless behavior because it supports his favored causes. The second half of the show we talk about an article in a German paper that says hate speech laws in Africa are bad. These laws, they say, are based on the German hate speech law, which is good.

John Carpay in the Justice Centre, Columns, Feb 24, 2020: The very high cost of repudiating the rule of law

Britannica: Magna Carta--England 1215

CBC, Feb 14, 2020: Trudeau calls for 'dialogue' as blockade cripples rail network, while Scheer says clear out the protesters

David Solway in PJ Media, Feb 24, 2020: Canada--A Dead Country Walking

Wall Street Journal, Feb 24, 2020: Teck Pulls Oil Project, Blames Canada’s Climate-Policy Uncertainty

Globe and Mail, Feb 19, 2020: Via Rail to lay off 1,000 employees amid rail blockades

Canadian Press via Global News, Feb 18, 2020: Wet’suwet’en protests: CN Rail to lay off around 450 workers amid rail blockades

NY Times, Dec 20, 2017: Trudeau Holiday on Aga Khan’s Island Broke Ethics Law, Report Says

Global News, Feb 25, 2020: Wet’suwet’en protests: New blockades spring up in Canada after Tyendinaga arrests

HuffPuff, Feb 20, 2020:  Peter MacKay Deletes Blockades Tweet That Spurred Accusations He Backs Vigilantism

AP via Irish Independent, Aug 3, 2019: Canada PM Trudeau ousts ex-ministers amid SNC-Lavalin scandal

The Tyee, Feb 14, 2020: RCMP Accused of Creating ‘Crisis of Press Freedom’ in Wet’suwet’en Raids

Deutsche Welle, Feb 23, 2020: Africa's online hate speech laws sound alarm over press freedom

National Post, Dec 6, 2019: Alberta professors cite free expression in defending lecturer who called Holodomor a hoax

Daily Mail, Oct 25, 2018: Woman’s conviction in Austria for calling the Prophet Mohammed a paedophile did not breach her right to free speech, European Court of Human Rights rules

The Legal Project: European Hate Speech Laws

Theme Music "Carpay Diem" by Dave Stevens

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