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Canada’s common sense
Canada’s common sense
Mar 14, 2026 12:56 PM

An update on my post about “Canada’s Faltering Freedom” a few weeks ago: Common sense seems to have prevailed up north, as Canada’s human mission dismissed plaint against journalist Mark Steyn ments made about Islam, while the same body cleared a Catholic magazine of wrongdoing for ments about homosexuality.

Rightfully, religious leaders in Canada are not relaxing in the wake of these minor victories. Citing other abuses by provincial human rights panels, Calgary’s Bishop Frederick Henry is leading a charge for reforming Alberta’s—and the nation’s—human missions. Godspeed, bishop.

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