The Public Has Rights in Culture Too
July 11, 2026
Creators have legitimate rights and interests, but the public, learners, builders, and the commons have rights in culture too.
Category: law and society
23 posts
As BC’s Housing Crisis Deepens, Safe Anchorages Are Disappearing
July 10, 2026
Across coastal British Columbia, safe anchorages are disappearing as governments restrict where people may anchor, moor, and live aboard vessels—deepening housing insecurity and displacing established marine communities.
Canada's Online Safety Test: Protect Children Without Surveillance
June 10, 2026
Canada is right to reject the fiction that online harms are just the price of participation in modern life. The test is protecting young people without surveillance or censorship.
Resolve DRIPA, Don't Repeal It
June 4, 2026
British Columbia needs clarity on title, property rights, consent, jurisdiction, land use, and the public interest. Repealing DRIPA would deepen the uncertainty we inherited.
Eleven Agents in the Background
May 13, 2026
AI Governance, Data Protection, and Democratic Accountability in Vancouver's Mayor's Office
CTA v. Neufeld (No. 10), 2026 BCHRT 49: Speech, Power, and the Boundaries of Public Debate
February 22, 2026
For five years, school trustee Barry Neufeld used social media and public meetings to hammer away at LGBTQ-inclusive education, calling it propaganda and equating gender identity with abuse. What he framed as policy debate became a campaign that the Tribunal found poisoned the workplace for LGBTQ teachers and crossed into unlawful discrimination.
Trans Inclusion in Canadian Gendered Spaces: Law, Evidence, and the Limits of Discomfort
January 12, 2026
The recurring trans washroom moral panic isn’t about safety. it’s about fear and politics.
CBSA, Should Canada Kick JK Rowling Out?
August 5, 2025
Should JK Rowling be admissible in Canada? I worry she's here to cause trouble.
Include Liveaboard Boaters in BC Housing Policy
June 19, 2025
Remarks to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services By Morgane Oger, MSM BASc 19 June 2025
Some Loving Advice for the Chronically Furious
May 25, 2025
When we act like a parody of activism, we feed the far-right narrative that discounts us. Here's how to get your views heard.
Canada Must Act on Stochastic Terrorism Before More Are Killed
May 22, 2025
The D.C. murder of two Israeli Embassy staff shows how stochastic terrorism leverages online hate to cause real-world violence. Canada must revive the Online Harms Act to address this growing threat.
Trump Wanting to Suspend Habeas Corpus Matters – A Lot
May 10, 2025
Since 1679 Habeas Corpus protects against unlawful detention. Suspending it risks authoritarian rule.
The UK Supreme Court's Ruling on Biological Sex: A Step Backward
April 18, 2025
the April 2025 UK Supreme Court Decision Defining Women Exclusively Through Biology Is Refressive And Dangerous. Read why…
D+: GenAI Fact Check: Sean Thompson 2022 Think Scotland Article "Railroaded: Gender Recognition Reform and Policy Capture"
April 17, 2025
Dean M Thomson's 2022 article on Scorland's Gender Recognition Reform earns a D+ grade from AI fact checkers. Check the facts before you share disinformation
Risk of Arbitrary Detention: Should You Reconsider Travel to the US?
March 20, 2025
As law-abiding Canadian, UK, Indian, and German citizens are being arbitrarily detained and mistreated on Republican President Trump Executive Orders, is it dangerous to be a foreigner in the U.S. today?
Upholding Professional Standards: The BCCNM Ruling on Amy Hamm and the Legacy of Oger v. Whatcott
March 14, 2025
The British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) Discipline Committee recently ruled that Amy Hamm engaged in unprofessional conduct by making discriminatory and derogatory statements about transgender individuals while identifying herself as a nurse. This decision is a critical affirmation that healthcare professionals must provide care without bias and uphold the ethical standards of […]
The Erosion of Civil Rights in the U.S.: Can States Legally Remove Protections for Trans People?
March 7, 2025
On February 28 2025, AP News reported that Iowa became the first U.S. state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code when Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill that opponents say will expose transgender people and other Iowans to discrimination in all aspects of daily life. When U.S. laws targeting people because […]
The Window Is Closing: Trans and Nonbinary Americans Need to Prepare for a Safe Exit
February 22, 2025
The situation for transgender and nonbinary people in the U.S. seems to be worsening and quickly. If history has taught us anything, it’s that when a marginalized group is targeted, escape routes can close quickly. For those paying attention, the writing is on the wall: a combination of restrictive laws, court decisions, and rising hostility […]
Never Negotiate With Hate
December 3, 2024
Based on a true story… A mob descends on a school, outraged a district anti-bullying coordinator is reading a kids book in the classroom. The mob targets the teacher’s identity, religion, or even their message of inclusion and demands their removal "to protect children" from the social contagion the teacher represents to them. The school […]
L'éducation à la sexualité à l'école : un droit pour les enfants, un devoir pour l'État
November 14, 2024
L'éducation à la sexualité, un droit fondamental pour les enfants et un devoir de l'État envers eux.
Op-Ed: The "Fairness in Women’s and Girls’ Sports Act" – A Discriminatory Misnomer
May 4, 2024
An anti-Trans bill targeting Trans women and girls failed spectacularly in the BC Legislature in May 2024. Ironically called "Fairness in Women’s and Girls’ Sports Act", it was voted down 51-27 at first reading in the BC Legislature, a fate that’s a rarity in BC politics and quite the insult. The immediate rejection of the BC […]
How Alberta's new approach to transgender equality compares to British Columbia's
February 1, 2024
Alberta Premier Marlaina “Danielle” Smith announced a series of proposed policy changes targeting the treatment and recognition of transgender individuals, particularly minors. How do these compare to policy in BC, and will they withstand scrutiny and the courts?
Self Defense in Canada
September 11, 2023
For LGBT and other marginalized groups, understanding the rules of self-defense in Canada can be vital. That's why I looked into it.