ISIL Freedom Network: Canada

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HempBC
Source: HempBC
City: Vancouver, State: BC, Country: Canada
E-mail: xroach@hempbc.com

HempBC provides information for cannabis enthusiasts, particularly those in the greater Vancouver area. HempBC is an association of several hemp/marijuana retailers and offers a legal service for those experiencing legal problems, police harassment, and the like. (As of January 2000, Hemp BC is reorganizing in the wake of police harassment.)

FORCES Canada
Source: FORCES
City: Abbotsford, Country: Canada
E-mail: gturci@rapidnet.net

Fight Ordinances & Restrictions to Control & Eliminate Smoking defends the "basic human right to do with one's body as one sees fit" and fights "anti-smoking policy that does not indicate respect and accommodation for Canada's 6 million smokers." Links to FORCES sites around the world.

Canada Protest Page
Source: Tim P. Gladney
City: Toronto, State: ON, Country: Canada
E-mail: tpg@witty.com

Links to various Canadian protest sites in this directory by a self-proclaimed libertarian. Includes protesting the Postal Monopoly, the Indian Act, the Wheat Board Monopoly, the ban on elections advertising, etc. Watch out for the background music.

The Body Shop Canada
Source: The Body Shop
City: Don Mills, State: ON, Country: Canada
E-mail: helpdesk@istar.com

Primarily a cosmetics retailer, the Body Shop carries on high-profile campaigns (in conjunction with Amnesty International) against torture and incarceration of political prisoners abroad. (Not all Body Shop campaigns will appeal to libertarians.)

Conscience Canada
Source: First Freedom Foundation
City: Victoria, State: BC, Country: Canada
E-mail: peacetax@islandnet.com

CC's "primary goals have been to secure legal recognition of conscientious objection to paying taxes for military purposes as a right of conscience guaranteed on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and to educate the public on the rights of conscience." It's a start, anyway.

TAXCAP
Source: Peter B. MacDonald
State: B.C., Country: Canada
E-mail: pbmacdonald@geocities.com

Former B.C. Conservative Party leader Peter MacDonald's plan to limit taxation in Canada by linking it to a maximum percentage of Gross Provincial Product.

Canadian Conservative Forum
Source: TCCF
Country: Canada
E-mail: tccf@conservativeforum.org

Articles and resources for Canadian conservatives and libertarians -- endangered, but ever more vital, species. Contributors are often distinguished academics, journalists, authors, and political activists.

So many porcupines, so little time ...
Source: Maxwell P. Bumtrinket
City: Toronto, State: ON, Country: Canada
E-mail: anarch@freeyellow.com

Not particularly libertarian, but very slick. "Foam-flecked rants for your edification, interactive games for your amusement, a readers' forum for your comments and curses, and much more for all you troubled proletarian souls trying to make a go of it in this unforgiving world."

Friends of Liberty / Amis de la Liberté
Source: Friends of Liberty / Amis de la Liberté
City: Montreal, Country: Canada
E-mail: amis@e-sense.net

Available in both French and English, offering a variety of writings from members of the group. On liberty in general and as it applies to the political situation in Canada. You can also find out about local events, meetings, seminars, etc. Please note that this website is no longer maintained, but our link to its archive still gives you access to at least some of its content.

HotPies Canadian Injustice Page
Source: Geocities
Author: Herb Walsh
City: Cambridge, State: ON, Country: Canada
E-mail: hotpies@geocities.com

Devoted to exposing Canadian Gov't/Police child abuse, corruption and murder (and how the UN condones, what the Bible says, etc.) Warning: very Java, frames, and graphics-heavy. May crash your Firefox browser, forcing you to restart your system to get the browser closed and started again... The link is now to an archive at the Internet Archive.

The Vial
Source: Authors Collective
City: Calgary, State: AB, Country: Canada
E-mail: thevial@thevial.com

This e-zine lampoons Postmodernist orthodoxy and comments on liberal attitudes, reviews films and other cultural events. A nice break for those who are looking for a way to kill the 90s. But this site has ceased to exist. We thought we link to one of its pages in the Internet Archive, so as to give you an idea of what it was or must have been...

Canadian Christian Homeschool Pages
Source: CCHP
City: Kelowna, State: BC, Country: Canada
E-mail: gartels@silk.net

Developed for Christian Homeschoolers who live in Canada. Guidance for making the choice to homeschool from a biblical perspective, links to Canadian sites, Christian resource sites,and other educational material. Also articles and an e-mail list exclusively for Christian homeschoolers in Canada. The home page of this site has ceased to be online. As the former URL now only leads to a file list below that home page, we thought it better to link instead to the original home page in the Internet Archive, where clicking to some of the still available content and info is more convenient.

Canadian Firearms Home Page
Source: Skeeter Abell-Smith
City: Saskatoon, Country: Canada

Online gun rights advocacy for Canadians. Lots of material, lots of links.

Subversive liberty: Web site of Pierre Lemieux
Source: Pierre Lemieux
Country: Canada
E-mail: pl@pierrelemieux.org

Includes all of Lemieux's articles from Liberty magazine, and much more.

The Canadian Homeschooling Resource Page
Source: Jill Campbell
Country: Canada

Practical help for Canadian homeschoolers in all the provinces, plus resource lists, calendars of events, and other news and information.

Fraser Institute Student Programs
Source: Fraser Institute
Country: Canada

Student contests, events, and internships at Canada's premier free-market think tank.

Canada Company Concept Web Site
Source: Canada Company Concept
Author: Nicholas Hood
City: Vancouver, Country: United States
E-mail: hood72@hotmail.com

The Canada Company Concept advocates the dismantling of the Canadian State and the transfer of all 'public' property into the hands of Canada's inhabitants, via a strike such as Ayn Rand suggested in "Atlas Shrugged".

Canadian World Domination
Source: General Claire
Author: Stand on Guard
Country: Canada
E-mail: antidote@golden.net

Great satirical web site, calling for Canadian world domination. Who says Canadians don't have a sense of humor? (Not online anymore, now from the Internet Archive: archive of August 3, 2003.)

British Columbia Private Schools
Source: Paul Miniato
State: BC, Country: Canada
E-mail: miniato@intouch.ca

The most comprehensive directory currently available of private schools in British Columbia. Includes links to institutions which have websites.

Saskatchewan homeschooling
Source: A to Z Home's Cool
Country: Canada

Links to homeschooling email lists, support groups and resources, curriculum, regulations.

Alberta homeschooling
Source: A to Z Home's Cool
Country: Canada

Links to homeschooling email lists, support groups and resources, curriculum, regulations.

British Columbia homeschooling
Source: A to Z Home's Cool
Country: Canada

Links to homeschooling email lists, support groups and resources, curriculum, regulations.

Newfoundland / Labrador homeschooling
Source: A to Z Home's Cool
Country: Canada

Links to homeschooling email lists, support groups and resources, curriculum, regulations.

Canada homeschooling
Source: A to Z Home's Cool
Country: Canada

Links to homeschooling email lists, support groups and resources, curriculum, regulations.

Nova Scotia homeschooling
Source: A to Z Home's Cool
Country: Canada

Links to homeschooling email lists, support groups and resources, curriculum, regulations.

Ontario homeschooling
Source: A to Z Home's Cool
Country: Canada

Links to homeschooling email lists, support groups and resources, curriculum, regulations.

Ruffled Feathers - Luqwuthut Lelum
Source: Somena Governance Society
City: Cowichan, State: BC, Country: Canada
E-mail: somena1@shaw.ca

Meaghan Walker-Williams, developer of the Coast Salish Free Trade Model, directs "free-market thinking and strategy to improve the poor conditions that we are faced with as the First Peoples. A resource for First Nations People seeking Accountability from their Band Governments, The Treaty Process and the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs." (This apparently very short-lived site has disappeared and the Internet Archive doesn't offer anything usable as an archive of it. We updated the URL of the broken link to lead you to Canku Ota - A Newsletter Celebrating Native America, which site still calls "Ruffled Feathers - Luqwuthut Lelum" one of its favourite sites. The site is a portal and seems to be a valuable resource in this context. But we recommend above all, especially in a Canada and British Columbia context, to now go to Meaghan Champion-Williams's Somena Media blog, which looks like the real replacement of the disappeared site.)

Energy Shack
Source: David Atherfold
City: Victoria, State: BC, Country: Canada
E-mail: david@energyshack.com

Energy deregulation information resource for British Columbia and Canada.

University of Toronto Fraud Complaint
Source: Michael Pyshnov
Country: Canada

Extensive commentary regarding the alleged theft of graduate work product by a University of Toronto professor. The complaint remains unresolved.

Mapleleafweb
Source: University of Lethbridge
City: Lethbridge, State: AB, Country: Canada
E-mail: greg@mapleleafweb.com

Canada's comprehensive guide to politics on the net.

Liberté des armes au féminin web site
Source: Liberté des armes au féminin
Country: Canada
E-mail: cjoly@colba.net

Canadian women who speak out against the latest gun control laws and on behalf of the RKBA. Op-eds, most in French, some in English, and interesting links.

Canadian Unregistered Firearms Owners Association
Source: CUFOA
Country: Canada
E-mail: merken1@telusplanet.net

"Never register!" is the motto of CUFOA. They use civil disobedience and education as means to repeal Canada's Firearms Act requiring gun registration. Site is in English and French.

Canada immigrant job issues
Source: Canadaimmigrants
Country: Canada
E-mail: info@canadaimmigrants.com

Information and statistics about Canadian immigrants and employment opportunities, news, commentaries, and jobs wanted section. Web site available in English and Spanish.

Un Monde Libre
Source: Dr. Nouh El Harmouzi
City: Washington DC, Country: United States
E-mail: elharmouzi@gmail.com

Le projet francophone du Centre pour la Promotion des Droits de l'Homme (Center for Promotion of Human Rights), une division du Cato Institute, pour les droits individuels, la liberté économique et la paix.

The project was launched in December 2007 and works with scholars, media, and students in Europe, Africa, Canada, the Caribbean and elsewhere. UnMondeLibre.org maintains a library of liberty of books in French, publishes studies and essays, country studies, and book reviews, and arranges podcasts, which will be syndicated to African radio stations. UnMondeLibre.org will publish books (mainly in Francophone Africa) in 2008. A seminar for Francophone students is planned for 2008 in Morocco. UnMondeLibre.org will soon produce an online French interactive map of the Economic Freedom of the World Study.

Freedom Party of Ontario
Source: FPO
City: London, Country: Canada
E-mail: feedback@freedomparty.org

"For us, freedom is a universal concept that knows no border, no political label, and no political restriction on the right of all individuals to freely choose their own destinies."

Amnistie Internationale - Canadienne
Source: Amnesty International
State: PQ, Country: Canada
E-mail: info@amnistie.qc.ca

"Mouvement mondial composé de bénévoles, Amnistie internationale intervient dans le monde entier pour la défense des victimes dont les droits fondamentaux ont été violés ou sont menacés de l'être." (Entirely in French.)

Amnesty International Canada
Source: Amnesty International
City: Toronto, State: ON, Country: Canada
E-mail: mmckim@amnesty.ca

AI has been working since 1961 to free political prisoners around the world. AI Canada was founded in 1973. Contains info about current campaigns, the latest updates, and programs.

Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Source: CTF
City: Regina, State: SK, Country: Canada
E-mail: adolter@sk.sympatico.ca

Taxpayer advocacy organization, with over 70,000 members. CTF acts as a watchdog on government spending and informs taxpayers of government's impact on their economic well-being.

Ontario Libertarian Party
Source: OLP
Country: Canada

Site introduces libertarianism, as well as offering services for OLP members and donors, including an officer list, recommended reading list, recent platform, etc.

Sex Workers Alliance of Toronto
Source: SWAT
City: Toronto, Country: Canada
E-mail: swat@walnet.org

"Founded in 1992 to fight for sex workers rights to fair wages, and safe and healthy working conditions. SWAT opposes any law that criminalizes sex work."

Sex Workers Alliance of Vancouver
Source: SWAV
City: Vancouver, Country: Canada
E-mail: swav@walnet.org

"Founded in 1994 to fight for sex workers' right to fair wages and to working conditions that are safe, clean and healthy." Aside from educating sex workers as to their legal rights and health practices, this includes advocating laws more tolerant of consensual adult activity.

British Columbia Civil Liberties Association
Source: BCCLA
City: Vancouver, State: BC, Country: Canada
E-mail: bccla@istar.ca

Like its American cousins, the BCCLA is a good defender of free speech and other civil liberties, but is painfully unaware of the value of economic freedoms.

Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Source: CCLA
City: Toronto, State: ON, Country: Canada
E-mail: ccla@ilap.com

Like its American ACLU cousin, the CCLA is long on civil liberties (but can tend to be short on economic freedoms).

National Firearms Association web site
Source: NFA
City: Edmonton, Country: Canada
E-mail: jhinter@nfa.ca

The Canadian equivalent to the NRA. Lots of information and resources.

British Columbia Libertarian Party
Source: Marco den Ouden
City: Vancouver, State: BC, Country: Canada
E-mail: raggs@intouch.bc.ca

The Libertarian Party for the Canadian province of British Columbia. Contains constitution, platform, news releases, etc. in support of "Peace, Freedom, and a few less fat bastards eating all the pie." (Edmund Blackadder III)

Vancouver Island Libertarian Association
Source: Wayne Chapeskie
City: Victoria, State: BC, Country: Canada
E-mail: webmaster@spinnaker.com

The local association of the Canadian Libertarian Party for Vancouver Island. Runs candidates for election, host speakers, and publishes a newsletter. Site includes some back issues of "Island Libertarian."

West Coast Libertarian Foundation
Source: WCLF / Marco den Ouden
City: Vancouver, State: BC, Country: Canada
E-mail: pged@wclf.org

For almost 20 years, the West Coast Libertarian Foundation, formerly the Greater Vancouver Libertarian Association, has run candidates for election, published a regular newsletter, hosted speakers, etc. Site contains some back issues of "West Coast Libertarian."

Canadian Property Rights Research Institute Home Page
Source: CanPRRI
City: Calgary, State: AB, Country: Canada
E-mail: canprri@canprri.org
(Has ceased to exist. We link now to an archive of August 6, 2000. See remark below at the entry for Teaching Liberty, Inc.)

National Citizens' Coalition
Source: National Citizens' Coalition
City: Toronto, Country: Canada
E-mail: national@citizenscoalition.org

The NCC is a nonpartisan action group which supports free markets and limited government (except when it comes to a strong national defense). Site includes a searchable directory of topics from their newsletter, "The Bulldog."

Atlantic Institute for Market Studies Home Page
Source: AIMS
City: Halifax, Country: Canada

Think tank in Nova Scotia, mainly focusing on local issues. Led by Brian Lee Crowley.

The Fraser Institute
Source: The Fraser Institute
City: Vancouver, Country: Canada

Non-profit organization focusing on public policy issues. "The goal of the Institute is to achieve a society of economic and social well-being, based upon free markets, private property rights, individual responsibility and limited government."

Libertarian Party of Canada Home Page
Source: Libertarian Party of Canada
City: Ottawa, Country: Canada

Electronic Frontier Canada/La Frontière Électronique du Canada
Source: EFC
City: Kitchener, Country: Canada
E-mail: efc@efc.ca

An online free speech watchdog for Canada. Lots of links to relevant material on Quebec's Language Police.

St. Lawrence Institute Home Page
Source: The St. Lawrence Institute
City: Montreal, Country: Canada

A private institution dedicated to the dispersion of knowledge. "Discourse," their journal, offers food for thought rather than policy solutions.

The Gallon Environment Letter
Source: The Canadian Institute for Business and the Environment
Country: Canada
E-mail: cibe@web.net

"The Gallon Environment Letter explores issues of sustainable development (balancing economic, environmental and social aspects of society) with an emphasis on environment. People have asked us whether GL is "left or right", "pro-business or pro-labour", "pro-environment, or pro-development" and whether GL is objective. These questions are difficult to answer partly because those words mean different things to different people but also because sustainable development cuts across political spectrums. GL believes corporate initiatives are vital to sustainable development but sees an essential role also for other stakeholders such as labour, communities, environmental groups, academia and research institutions, international organizations, and governments. Because GL is a commentary, it includes opinions and is inherently not objective for that reason. However, readers can follow links to original reports and decide for themselves."

Montreal Economic Institute (Institut économique de Montréal)
Source: IEDM
City: Montreal, State: PQ, Country: Canada
E-mail: gguenette@iedm.org

An independent, non-profit, non-partisan research and educational institute that promotes an economic approach to the study of public policy issues. The Web site lists their publications, calendar of events, and other information. In English and French.

Law-Abiding Unregistered Firearms Association
Source: LUFA
Country: Canada
E-mail: info@lufa.ca

This group is challenging Canada's restrictive gun laws in the courts, by public demonstration, and, if necessary, by civil disobedience.

AIDWYC Web site
Source: Association in the Defence of the Wrongly Convicted
Country: Canada
E-mail: aidwyc@on.aibn.com

AIDWYC is dedicated to the prevention of wrongful convictions and the reversal of those already in place. Headquartered in Canada, the group is active worldwide.

Marijuana Party / Parti Marijuana
Source: Marijuana Party / Parti Marijuana
City: Montreal, State: PQ, Country: Canada
E-mail: info@marijuanaparty.org

A Canadian political party whose platform includes ending cannabis prohibition and defending the victims of prohibition. Running over 50 candidates in the November, 2000 federal election.

Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy
Source: CFDP
City: Ottawa, State: ON, Country: Canada

Canadian drug reform organization along the lines of the harm reduction model.

BC Marijuana Party
Source: BC Marijuana Party
City: Vancouver, State: BC, Country: Canada
E-mail: president@bcmarijuanaparty.ca

The Marijuana Party of British Columbia advocates choice and tolerance, holding that people should be free to make decisions about their own bodies and how they wish to live their lives, without undue intrusion by the government or police. Also in favour of voting reform, school vouchers; against gun registration, new taxes.

Fair Vote Canada / MREC
Source: Fair Vote Canada
City: Toronto, State: ON, Country: Canada
E-mail: info@fairvotecanada.org

Advocates proportional representation as a way to open electoral systems to smaller political parties. The idea is strongly supported by many libertarians, including the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. Site includes pro-PR arguments. (En français comme le Mouvement pour la représentation équitable au Canada (MREC).)

Freedom Party of Canada/Parti de la Liberté
Source: Freedom Party of Canada
City: London, State: ON, Country: Canada
E-mail: feedback@freedomparty.org

A libertarian federal political party in support of the principle that every individual, in the peaceful pursuit of personal fulfillment, has an absolute right to his or her own life, liberty, and property.

SENSE - Safety by Education Not Speed Enforcement
Source: SENSE
State: B.C., Country: Canada

A British Columbia organization dedicated to fighting photo radar enforcement.

Teaching Liberty, Inc.
Source: Teaching Liberty
City: Vancouver, State: BC, Country: Canada
E-mail: teachingliberty@shaw.ca

Teaching Liberty Inc. is dedicated to building the moral and intellectual foundations of human liberty. Their purpose is to host events on a cost-recovery basis in order to promote ideas on liberty.
(Has ceased to exist. We link now to an archive of February 8, 2006. In this context, you may want to read this left-wing comment....)

Canadian Homeschooling Conferences Page
Source: CHRP
Country: United States

Lists homeschooling conferences scheduled in Canada.
(List not updated since October 2004.)

Billion Byte March
Source: Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Country: Canada

An online petition to re-index and reduce certain Canadian taxes. Informational links also. More and more recent petitions on the home page.

Take on Canadian censors
Source: ElectionResultsCanada
Country: United States

A Canadian website is facing police harassment after breaking an absurd law against ... reporting election results! Contact information for you to register your protest.

General Motors Canada backs anti-gun sculpture
Source: JPFO
Country: Canada

Boycott General Motors? An internationalist anti-gun sculpture was recently presented at the GM Court at the Canadian War Museum, and will soon be headed for American soil, for the upcoming United Nations disarmament conference. A gun-rights activist had a series of letter and email exchanges with GM representatives, which is reprinted for your consideration, and possible response. (07/02/01)(now archive of August 14, 2007)

A better firearm registry
Source: Subversive Liberty
Country: Canada

Help to undermine the reliability of the Canadian government's firearm registration scheme by publishing your Firearms Licence number in this online registry.

Support Canadian Amerinds' peaceful protest
Source: ISIL
Country: Canada

Meaghan Walker-Williams is attempting to establish a free-market zone in Coast Salish Territory on Vancouver Island, but the First Nations Governance Initiative threatens her work. Call the numbers (especially Minister Nault) listed to voice your support of the Amerinds' protest.

Jan Narveson
Source: Revolution
City: Waterloo, Country: Canada
E-mail: jnarveso@watarts.uwaterloo.ca

Author of "The Libertarian Idea," philosophy professor "can speak on a variety of subjects, ranging from the foundations of morals and moral and political theory generally to assorted political and moral issues." Reply to e-mail address above if interested.

Stephen Easton
Source: Fraser Institute
City: Vancouver, Country: Canada

Dr. Stephen T. Easton is professor of Economics at Simon Fraser University. His fields of expertise include international economics, economic history, education, and legal studies.

Michael Walker
Source: Fraser Institute
City: Vancouver, Country: Canada

Dr. Michael Walker, former Executive Director of The Fraser Institute is an economist, journalist, broadcaster, consultant, university lecturer, and public speaker. As an economist, he has written or edited 40 books on economic topics. His articles on technical economic subjects have appeared in professional journals in Canada, the United States, and Europe, including the Canadian Journal of Economics, the American Economic Review, The Journal of Finance, the Canadian Tax Journal, Health Management Quarterly, and Health Affairs. As a journalist, he has written over 675 articles, which have appeared in some 60 newspapers.

Laura Jones
Source: Fraser Institute
City: Vancouver, Country: Canada
E-mail: lauraj@fraserinstitute.ca

Laura Jones is Vice-President, British Columbia and Yukon of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Prior to joining CFIB she was Director of Environment and Regulatory Studies at The Fraser Institute and taught economics at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. She is the author of "Crying Wolf? Public Policy on Endangered Species in Canada" and co-author of the first and second editions of "Environmental Indicators for Canada and the United States." She edited "Safe Enough? Managing Risk and Regulation." Her articles have appeared in several Canadian newspapers.

Gordon Gibson
Source: Fraser Institute
Country: Canada

Public policy writer and long-time student of Canadian politics from both the Ottawa and provincial perspectives.

Doreen Kimura
Source: Simon Fraser University
Country: United States

Doreen Kimura, Ph.D., F.R.S.C., L.L.D. (Hon), maintains a site on the neurobiology of cognition. She examines sex differences in the brain and calls for academic freedom.

Karen Selick
Source: Karen Selick
City: Belleville, State: ON, Country: Canada
E-mail: kas@karenselick.com

Selick has a private practice and writes a monthly column for Canadian Lawyer magazine, commenting on the legal scene from a libertarian point of view. She also contributes irregularly to other publications, such as Ideas on Liberty.

Gordon Neufeld, PhD.
Source: Gordon Neufeld, PhD.
City: Vancouver, State: BC, Country: Canada
E-mail: info@gordonneufeld.com

Psychologist Gordon Neufeld frequently speaks on homeschooling. A quote: "The developmental needs of children were never paramount in the arguments that led to the inception of compulsory education... It should not be surprising therefore to find that developmental science does not support school as the best context for children to learn, to mature or to become socialized."

Le Site Libertarien et non conformiste
Source: Alexis Choulak
City: Montréal, Country: Canada
E-mail: alex_c22@yahoo.com

Seminal articles by Murray Rothbard, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Henri Lepage, Jacques Rueff, Ayn Rand, Steve Hanke, Frédéric Bastiat, Turgot etc. Site is in French.
(Has ceased to exist. We link now to an archive of February 4, 2002.)

Health horror stories from north of the border
Source: NCPA/New York Times
Country: Canada

Canada's socialist health system is failing, with some hospital hallways jammed with stretchers and waits for surgery as long as five years. (1/17/00)

Canadians dissatisfied with socialized medicine
Source: NCPA/Investor's Business Daily
Country: Canada

Alberta Premier Ralph Klein has raised interest and eyebrows with proposals to allow private clinics to perform operations that Canada's stumbling socialist health care system has been unable to perform. (1/26/00)

Getting past the charter law roadblock: can Canadian schools learn from the Maryland "experience?"
Source: The Fraser Institute
Author: Helen Raham
Country: Canada

Education officials in the State of Maryland didn't wait for their legislature to adopt "enabling" legislation allowing charter schools. Adobe PDF. (3/1/98)

BCCLA positions in brief: Hate literature
Source: BCCLA
Country: Canada

British Columbia's Civil Liberties Association takes a position against the Canadian government's unfortunate habit of acting as thought police. (1969)

Speech cops of the Great White North
Source: Civil Liberties
Author: J.D. Tuccille
Country: Canada

Canadian authorities have a new crusade in mind: prosecuting people who say unkind things. (12/6/98)

Split and prosper
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Author: Eric Duhaime and Pierre Desrochers
Country: Canada

"Without a central government bankrupting everybody else, Quebec and the rest of Canada would have no choice but to trade, compete for capital, and be productive on their own terms. This competition between countries will drive down regulations and taxes within countries, and thus increase prosperity for all." (5/95)

Canadian firearm registration loses support
Source: NCPA
Country: Canada

Although polls find over 80 percent of Canadians support registering firearms, support drops to 50% when people realize it will cost them, as taxpayers, a significant amount of money, or that it will divert government resources from more desirable programs. (03/23/01)

Hospital waiting times in Canada longer
Source: NCPA
Country: Canada

"Despite a massive infusion of federal spending on health care, waiting lists in Canada have grown significantly. Total waiting time for patients between referral from a general practitioner and treatment, averaged across all 12 specialties and 10 provinces surveyed, rose from 13.1 weeks in 1999 to 16.2 weeks in 2000-01." (10/01/01)

MASH, Men's Alternative Safe House
Source: Family of Men Support Society
Country: Canada

A unique experiment to provide the same sort of support to battered men that now exists for abused women. For example, this pilot project offers male-to-male services. (Additional details in this archived page of the project or via the home page of the Family of Men Support Society.)

The (civil) servants rule
Source: Montreal Gazette
Author: Pierre Lemieux
Country: Canada

"Being close to the state in everyday life, government employees have a comparative advantage in the political process. Many of them, like college teachers, have more free time than the general population to engage in politicking, and to 'volunteer' their time for political causes. A disproportionate number run in elections, and end up a decisive force within the political class." (03/11/02)

Canada drug reform policy
Source: Common Sense for Drug Policy
Country: United States

Canada medicalizes cannabis; Canadian Medical Association Journal calls for full decriminalization. Syringe exchange gains support; HIV/AIDS Legal Network calls for trials of safe injection sites. Can the US learn from its northern neighbor?

Trials of the Sex Trade: A guide to Canada's legal jungle
Source: Sex Workers Alliance of Toronto
Author: Various
City: Toronto, State: CA, Country: United States

A very well formatted and illustrated guide to the outrageous laws governing prostitution in Toronto. Funny, informative, and most of all, upsetting.
(Archive of June 9, 2007)

Stockscape - Online Newsletters
Source: Stockscape
Country: United States
E-mail: info@stockscape.com

An extensive member site with special attention to gold and Canadian stocks. Hosts the online newsletters of Doug Casey, Jim Blanchard, Adrian Day, Gary North, Bob Bishop, Rick Rule, John Pugsley, and other noteworthy individuals of libertarian persuasion.
(Please note that the link above now leads to a link farm hardly representing what you expected after reading the description. Here are two examples of how it used to look: Dec. 22, 1997 and Nov. 15, 1999. And here is an interview with co-founder Trevor Newton.)

How private hospital competition can improve health care
Source: Fraser Institute
Country: Canada

Adding competition to the Canadian health care system in the form of the provision of surgical services by private hospitals promises to improve the quality of health care. (2000) (PDF)

Medical Savings Accounts: Universal, accessible, portable, comprehensive health care for Canadians
Source: Fraser Institute
Country: Canada

Medical Savings Accounts, in conjunction with catastrophic health insurance, could provide a superior alternative to the faltering Canadian socialized health care system. (1998) (PDF)

Waiting your turn: Hospital waiting lists in Canada, 17th Edition
Source: Fraser Institute
Country: Canada

Systematic measurements indicate that Canada's socialized health care system is using waiting lists and long delays to control costs. (October 2007)(PDF)

Political correctness: Dispatches from the frontlines
Source: Gravitas
Author: John J. Furedy
Country: Canada

Prof. Furedy of the Univ. of Toronto asks, "When is education merely indoctrination, and a University one in name only? I think this occurs when conflicting ideas are not fully considered because politics have intruded in such a way as to prevent the attainment of an honest resolution to important intellectual problems." (1994)

Prescription drug costs: Has Canada found the answer?
Source: NCPA
Author: William McArthur
Country: Canada

Some Americans look longingly at what they think are Canadians' low drug costs, but overall costs remain comparable to those in the U.S. and the selection of medicines and treatment is limited. (5/19/00)

Spend more, wait less?
Source: Fraser Institute
Country: Canada

Research indicates that increased spending on Canada's government-dominated health care system neither reduces waiting lists nor enhances service. (8/00)

The minimum wage and poverty: A critical evaluation
Source: CRFA
Author: Dr. Chris Sarlo
Country: Canada

Responds to a report calling for a boost in Canada's minmum wage with an analysis of the likely increase in poverty that would result from such a move. (8/00)

Prescription drug prices in Canada and the United States - Part 1: A Comparative Survey
Source: Fraser Institute
Author: John R. Graham and Beverley A. Robson
Country: Canada

"The study finds that prescription drug prices are lower in Canada than in the United States. However ... [a] certain number of drugs are more expensive in Canada than in the United States. In all cases, these drugs are generic drugs. Indeed, if American consumers paid Canadian prices for generic drugs, they would pay higher prices than they do now." (9/00)(PDF)

Prescription drug prices in Canada and the United States - Part 2: Why the Difference?
Source: Fraser Institute
Author: John R. Graham
Country: Canada

Because of the significant decline in incomes in Canada relative to the United States, the average price of goods and services, including medicine, is 25 percent higher in the United States than in Canada. Adoption of Canadian-style price controls will likely have unintended negative consequences in the U.S., as in Canada. (9/00)(PDF)

Prescription drug prices in Canada and the United States - Part 3: Retail Price Distribution
Source: Fraser Institute
Author: John R. Graham
Country: Canada

This study looks at retail prices of three patented prescription drugs in three American and three Canadian areas along the border between Canada and the United States. (8/01)(PDF)

Prescription drug prices in Canada and the United States - Part 4: Canadian Prescriptions for American Patients Are Not the Solution
Source: Fraser Institute
Author: John R. Graham
Country: Canada

This paper looks at the cross-border mail-order pharmaceutical trade and determines that it suffers serious flaws. (9/03)(PDF)

Waiting your turn: Hospital waiting lists in Canada
Source: Fraser Institute
Author: Martin Zelder with Greg Wilson
Country: Canada

In its tenth survey of waiting lists in Canada's socialist healthcare system, the Fraser Institute finds that, despite improvements in two provinces, waiting time for surgical and other therapeutic treatments remained high, both historically and internationally. (10/00)

Will Canada unravel?
Source: Unity Link
Author: Prof. Charles Doran
Country: Canada

Prof. Doran suggests that the secession of Quebec would likely result in the complete dissolution of Canada. He suggests that the best outcome would be the affiliation of some or all of the new entities with the U.S., without outright annexation. (1996)

Canadian & American monetary generosity
Source: Fraser Institute
Author: Jason Clemens & Johanna Francis
Country: United States

The study compares the generosity of Americans and Canadians, finding that citizens of the two countries are equally likely to give to charity, but Americans tend to give larger amounts. (12/00)(PDF)(on page 16)

How PC feminism came to dominate a university
Source: Henry Makow
Country: Canada

Henry Makow -- inventor of the game "Scruples" and ifeminist enthusiast -- describes how PC feminism has imposed its agenda on the Univ. of Winnipeg, much to his personal detriment as a professor. (Internet Archive of March 8, 2005)

Canada: a healthcare system on the edge
Source: NCPA
Author: Dr. David Gratzner
Country: Canada

"The Canadian health care system teeters on the edge. ... [I]n 1999 the average waiting time between an initial visit to a general practitioner and surgical therapy was 14 weeks, a 5.3 percent increase over the previous year. This occurred despite a 22 percent increase in government spending on health care over the last three years." (03/19/01)

Misfire: Firearm registration in Canada
Source: Fraser Institute
Author: Gary Mauser
Country: Canada

Although Canada's gun registration system started out with wide public support, practical problems have emerged. First, costs are escalating, second, firearm registration violates basic principles of policing, and third, public support appears to be evaporating for registering firearms. (03/01/01)(PDF)

Men don't matter
Source: The Report Newsmagazine
Country: Canada

"A new study finds the ex parte order is a woman's best weapon prior to divorce. Ex parte means that the party affected is given no notice of the court proceeding, and no opportunity to defend himself." (04/16/01)(If the cartoon hides part of the text, do not maximize your browser window.)

Canada's fatal error -- health care as a right (part I)
Source: Medical Sentinel
Author: Dr. Michael E. Aubrey
Country: United States
E-mail: meaubrey@aol.com

This first part of a two-part series looks at the implications of regarding health-care as a right in Canada, as well as the short-term consequences. (Spring, 2001)

Canada's fatal error -- health care as a right (part II)
Source: Medical Sentinel
Author: Dr. Michael E. Aubrey
Country: United States
E-mail: meaubrey@aol.com

This second part of a two-part series examines how the laws of supply and demand have subverted the original intentions of socialized medicine in Canada. Aubrey suggests a course of action for physicians, who must rethink their relationship with society. (Summer, 2001)

Canadian gun registration has little impact on crime
Source: National Center for Policy Analysis
Country: Canada

"Gun control has been a fixture of American public policy debate for many years; it has a counterpart in Canada. There, the government made massive cuts in the crime fighting budget -- including freezing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police budget for a decade -- in order to create a massive bureaucracy to register the firearms of ordinary citizens." (04/01/02)

Prostitution of science and scholarship
Source: Fathers Canada
Author: Ferrel Christensen
Country: Canada

A detailed presentation of shortcomings of current scholarship on domestic issues, including custody issues. He concludes: "Children have a need and a presumptive natural right to the caregiving and consortium of both parents; parents have a need and a presumptive natural right to the stewardship and consortium of their children."
(Please note that the above link leads to a truncated text, not many lines taken away at the end, but important ones. For the complete text either try Google's cache of December 3, 2007 or one of the following URLs, provided your IP address is not rejected: www.fathers.bc.ca/prostituted_science.htm or www.fathers.bc.ca/articles1.htm.)

What Everyone Should Know About Economics and Prosperity
Source: The Fraser Institute
Author: James D. Gwartney and Richard L. Stroup
Country: United States

A solid introduction to economics. Examples have been adapted for Canadian readers. (1995)

Donna Laframboise
Source: Equity Feminism.com
Country: Canada

An article from the author of "The Princess at the Window: A New Gender Morality." Laframboise, a Canadian journalist and author, raised controversy with her charge that the women's movement "has taken leave of its senses."

Healthy Incentives: Canadian health reform in an international context
Source: Fraser Institute
Country: Canada

This online book provides a comprehensive comparison of Canada's health care system with those of other countries, looks at its failings, and recommends reforms. (1996)

Donna Laframboise on men and divorce
Source: Razberry
Author: Donna Laframboise
Country: United States

A collection of articles by ifeminist Donna Laframboise (whose name means "the raspberry") that take a long look at the raw deal men can receive in matters of divorce and child custody. Her series of articles on "deadbeat dads" is particularly interesting.

Donna Laframboise, articles online
Source: Donna Laframboise
Country: Canada

A free online collection of articles by journalist Laframboise who is one of the finest critics of PC feminism and of the double standard our society imposes upon men.

Politics of Individualism: Liberalism, Liberal Feminism and Anarchism
Source: Black Rose Books
Author: L. Susan Brown
Country: Canada

"The liberal feminist works of John Stuart Mill, Betty Friedan and Janet Radcliffe Richards are critically examined, and compared and contrasted to the anarcho-feminism of Emma Goldman." 216 pages, index. pb, $24.99 (10/02)

Anti-gun control t-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, etc.
Source: CafePress.Com
Country: United States

"These experts agree [Hitler, Stalin, Hussein] ... gun control does work." T-shirts, sweatshirts and other products with this terrific logo.

Le Québécois Libre
Source: Martin Masse
City: Montréal, State: PQ, Country: Canada
E-mail: ql@quebecoislibre.org

Le Québécois Libre is an online journal of libertarian thought. The target audience is primarily French Canadians, and most of the content is in French, but many of the articles are of general interest, and some English articles are included in most issues.

North Shore News Online
Source: The North Shore News
City: North Vancouver, State: BC, Country: Canada
E-mail: editor@nsnews.com

This community newspaper is one of the strongest proponents of free speech in mainstream Canadian journalism. Maintains a comprehensive online archive.

The Next City
Source: The Next City
City: Toronto, State: ON, Country: Canada
E-mail: webadmin@eprf.ca

Magazine founded on the premise that regional, national and international levels of government are withering away due to the Internet and trade liberalization. Features Canadian libertarian writers. (Please note that this online magazine, after having ceased to exist as a separate publication, became a column in The National Post and in the Canadian Environmental News Network. The "Next City" link above now leads to an announcement page with this information and with links to the archives of the final issue and the back issues [from the Internet Archive of Feb. 8, 2006].)

The Foreign Correspondent Column
Source: Eric Margolis
City: Toronto, Country: Canada

Page updated twice a week (you can also receive it by e-mail) dealing with world issues from syndicated columnist at The Toronto Sun.

Balance: The Inclusive Vision of Gender Equality
Source: Movement for the Establishment of Real Gender Equality
Country: Canada

This infrequently published online 'zine (which does offer archives) boasts contributions from the brilliant individualist feminist Cathy Young. (Four archived issues only.)

Wynand's Corner
Source: Gilles
City: Montreal, State: PQ, Country: Canada
E-mail: gail_wynand@bigfatsplat.com

The daily journal of an objectivist against the world. [Please note that this site has ceased to exist; we now link to the latest available home page in the Internet Archive (of Sep. 26, 2002), which has links to the full past content.]

Ilana Mercer
Source: Ilana Mercer
State: WA, Country: United States
E-mail: ilana@ilanamercer.com

Canadian libertarian journalist who wrote regularly for the Calgary Herald and for the Vancouver-based North Shore News. Her commentary has been posted on free market, liberty-oriented web sites such as the Ludwig von Mises Institute, LewRockwell.com, WorldNetDaily, FreedomNews, and the American Partisan.

Iconoclast.ca Web Site
Source: Iconoclast.ca
Country: Canada

Outrageous conservative humor, satire and commentary, with a libertarian bias. Online sanctuary for frustrated Canadian libertarians, conservatives and political moderates. (Has ceased to exist; we link to an archive of Dec. 5, 2006.)

JPFO Alert, 5/11/04
Source: JPFO
Country: United States

"Fire in the Belly! Report on Visit with Canadian Gun Owners"

Videos of feminists shout down opposing views
Source: Fathers Canada
Country: Canada

Links to video files from a Canadian conference on domestic violence and shared parenting, during which Senator Anne Cools was repeatedly shouted down by militant feminists. Video files are in .WMV format. (Archive of August 22, 2006)

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