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Errol Mendes

We need a Team Canada approach to safeguarding our vital interests during the Trump presidency

  • We should not undermine our Charter of Rights and Freedoms by the increasingly excessive use of the notwithstanding clause against the society’s most vulnerable,
Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | November 14, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
If Donald Trump's autocratic dismissal of migrants' human rights is to rescind the Safe Third Country Agreement, and if this results in mass movements of migrants to Canada, the result is likely to be grave internal political and social instability, writes Errol Mendes. Image courtesy of Pixabay

We need a Team Canada approach to safeguarding our vital interests during the Trump presidency

Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | November 14, 2024
  • We should not undermine our Charter of Rights and Freedoms by the increasingly excessive use of the notwithstanding clause against the society’s most vulnerable,

We need a Team Canada approach to safeguarding our vital interests during the Trump presidency

Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | November 14, 2024
  • We should not undermine our Charter of Rights and Freedoms by the increasingly excessive use of the notwithstanding clause against the society’s most vulnerable,
Donald Trump
If Donald Trump's autocratic dismissal of migrants' human rights is to rescind the Safe Third Country Agreement, and if this results in mass movements of migrants to Canada, the result is likely to be grave internal political and social instability, writes Errol Mendes. Image courtesy of Pixabay

We need a Team Canada approach to safeguarding our vital interests during the Trump presidency

  • We should not undermine our Charter of Rights and Freedoms by the increasingly excessive use of the notwithstanding clause against the society’s most vulnerable,
Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | November 14, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
If Donald Trump's autocratic dismissal of migrants' human rights is to rescind the Safe Third Country Agreement, and if this results in mass movements of migrants to Canada, the result is likely to be grave internal political and social instability, writes Errol Mendes. Image courtesy of Pixabay

We need a Team Canada approach to safeguarding our vital interests during the Trump presidency

Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | November 14, 2024
  • We should not undermine our Charter of Rights and Freedoms by the increasingly excessive use of the notwithstanding clause against the society’s most vulnerable,

We need a Team Canada approach to safeguarding our vital interests during the Trump presidency

Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | November 14, 2024
  • We should not undermine our Charter of Rights and Freedoms by the increasingly excessive use of the notwithstanding clause against the society’s most vulnerable,
Donald Trump
If Donald Trump's autocratic dismissal of migrants' human rights is to rescind the Safe Third Country Agreement, and if this results in mass movements of migrants to Canada, the result is likely to be grave internal political and social instability, writes Errol Mendes. Image courtesy of Pixabay

The indicted lawyers in Georgia’s racketeering charges: another example of the ‘banality of evil’?

  • Many would have assumed that the legal profession’s ethical rules, professed service to the rule of law and justice—let alone the potential professional penalties,
Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | September 6, 2023
Could those who supported former U.S. president Donald Trump in his attack on American democracy be regarded as evil? Errol Mendes wonders. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The indicted lawyers in Georgia’s racketeering charges: another example of the ‘banality of evil’?

Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | September 6, 2023
  • Many would have assumed that the legal profession’s ethical rules, professed service to the rule of law and justice—let alone the potential professional penalties,

The indicted lawyers in Georgia’s racketeering charges: another example of the ‘banality of evil’?

Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | September 6, 2023
  • Many would have assumed that the legal profession’s ethical rules, professed service to the rule of law and justice—let alone the potential professional penalties,
Could those who supported former U.S. president Donald Trump in his attack on American democracy be regarded as evil? Errol Mendes wonders. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Canada must reject the culture wars’ weapon of ‘anti-woke’ and understand its dangers

  • Maybe it's time for those who understand the dangers of the attacks on 'wokeness' to assert that if being 'woke' is to seek the best that
Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | March 27, 2023
Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured March 6, 2023, on the Hill. This anti-woke politics is a danger to Canadian society and politics. It can be used for the most unsavoury of politicians to undermine the real meaning of what is meant by the woke agenda, writes Errol Mendes. The Hill Times by Andrew Meade

Canada must reject the culture wars’ weapon of ‘anti-woke’ and understand its dangers

Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | March 27, 2023
  • Maybe it's time for those who understand the dangers of the attacks on 'wokeness' to assert that if being 'woke' is to seek the best that

Canada must reject the culture wars’ weapon of ‘anti-woke’ and understand its dangers

Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | March 27, 2023
  • Maybe it's time for those who understand the dangers of the attacks on 'wokeness' to assert that if being 'woke' is to seek the best that
Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured March 6, 2023, on the Hill. This anti-woke politics is a danger to Canadian society and politics. It can be used for the most unsavoury of politicians to undermine the real meaning of what is meant by the woke agenda, writes Errol Mendes. The Hill Times by Andrew Meade

Preventing the Charter’s early death will take a joint committee, a referendum, and strong public will to protect our democracy

  • Federal, provincial, and territorial governments that support an undiminished Charter must start acting outside the usual legislative and judicial box in order to save
Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | February 1, 2023
Legislation brought forward by Quebec Premier François Legault, left, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, in recent years has prompted conversations about whether the notwithstanding clause could lead to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms’ early death.

Preventing the Charter’s early death will take a joint committee, a referendum, and strong public will to protect our democracy

Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | February 1, 2023
  • Federal, provincial, and territorial governments that support an undiminished Charter must start acting outside the usual legislative and judicial box in order to save

Preventing the Charter’s early death will take a joint committee, a referendum, and strong public will to protect our democracy

Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | February 1, 2023
  • Federal, provincial, and territorial governments that support an undiminished Charter must start acting outside the usual legislative and judicial box in order to save
Legislation brought forward by Quebec Premier François Legault, left, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, in recent years has prompted conversations about whether the notwithstanding clause could lead to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms’ early death.

Continuing Canada’s constitutional monarchy in the cause of dignity

  • OTTAWA—Queen Elizabeth received a substantial part of her private education from Henry Martin, the vice-provost of Eton College. In the televised series The Crown,
Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | September 22, 2022
King Charles III, pictured in Ottawa on May 18, 2022, has solemnly proclaimed he will follow this dignified role that his mother perfected and if he does, he deserves the support of citizens who have him as their sovereign head of state, writes Errol Mendes. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Continuing Canada’s constitutional monarchy in the cause of dignity

Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | September 22, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Queen Elizabeth received a substantial part of her private education from Henry Martin, the vice-provost of Eton College. In the televised series The Crown,

Continuing Canada’s constitutional monarchy in the cause of dignity

Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | September 22, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Queen Elizabeth received a substantial part of her private education from Henry Martin, the vice-provost of Eton College. In the televised series The Crown,
King Charles III, pictured in Ottawa on May 18, 2022, has solemnly proclaimed he will follow this dignified role that his mother perfected and if he does, he deserves the support of citizens who have him as their sovereign head of state, writes Errol Mendes. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada, as one of key architects of G20, must take lead in ousting Russia from major multinational organization

  • OTTAWA—Former Canadian prime minister Paul Martin along with former U.S. treasury secretary Lawrence Summers were the key architects of the G20 after both leaders
Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | April 25, 2022
Former Canadian prime minister Paul Martin, left, and former U.S. treasury secretary Lawrence Summers were the key architects of the G20 after both leaders met in the 1990s and discussed the need to deal with the massive hits to the global economy from financial crises in Mexico, Asia, and Russia. The Hill Times file photograph by Jake Wright and photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Canada, as one of key architects of G20, must take lead in ousting Russia from major multinational organization

Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | April 25, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Former Canadian prime minister Paul Martin along with former U.S. treasury secretary Lawrence Summers were the key architects of the G20 after both leaders

Canada, as one of key architects of G20, must take lead in ousting Russia from major multinational organization

Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | April 25, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Former Canadian prime minister Paul Martin along with former U.S. treasury secretary Lawrence Summers were the key architects of the G20 after both leaders
Former Canadian prime minister Paul Martin, left, and former U.S. treasury secretary Lawrence Summers were the key architects of the G20 after both leaders met in the 1990s and discussed the need to deal with the massive hits to the global economy from financial crises in Mexico, Asia, and Russia. The Hill Times file photograph by Jake Wright and photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Is Putin following the self-destructive path of Slobodan Milosevic?

  • Russian President Vladimir Putin could be following the fate of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic into the hall of leaders of state convicted for
Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | March 23, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin could be following the fate of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic in the hall of leaders of state convicted for the most serious international crimes, writes Errol Mendes. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Is Putin following the self-destructive path of Slobodan Milosevic?

Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | March 23, 2022
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin could be following the fate of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic into the hall of leaders of state convicted for

Is Putin following the self-destructive path of Slobodan Milosevic?

Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | March 23, 2022
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin could be following the fate of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic into the hall of leaders of state convicted for
Russian President Vladimir Putin could be following the fate of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic in the hall of leaders of state convicted for the most serious international crimes, writes Errol Mendes. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Need for national dialogues to repair damage from pandemic, protests

  • As someone who has spent his entire professional life in Canada, first joining the many Canadians who fought to establish the Canadian Charter of
Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | February 14, 2022
We need a national dialogue meeting, perhaps organized by the premiers and the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau through the Council of the Federation, where the science tables of the provinces and the federal government should, in a public setting, give the reasons why vaccine mandates and mask wearing is still necessary to save lives and prevent overwhelming health facilities, writes Errol Mendes. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Need for national dialogues to repair damage from pandemic, protests

Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | February 14, 2022
  • As someone who has spent his entire professional life in Canada, first joining the many Canadians who fought to establish the Canadian Charter of

Need for national dialogues to repair damage from pandemic, protests

Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | February 14, 2022
  • As someone who has spent his entire professional life in Canada, first joining the many Canadians who fought to establish the Canadian Charter of
We need a national dialogue meeting, perhaps organized by the premiers and the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau through the Council of the Federation, where the science tables of the provinces and the federal government should, in a public setting, give the reasons why vaccine mandates and mask wearing is still necessary to save lives and prevent overwhelming health facilities, writes Errol Mendes. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
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