Colby Cosh: The charter has won its final victory by being embraced by the populist right

April 17 will mark the 40th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. How fares our modern Magna Carta in middle age? I’d say it’s quite robust, and for evidence I refer you to the behaviour of anti-vaccine nuts during the COVID pandemic and the various “freedom protesters” who were recently honking truck horns at the citizens of Ottawa. Read More