Barbara Kay columnist and writer focusing on political subjects

Canada’s marijuana laws are all about Trudeau’s hipster legacy

August 2, 2019

Canada was the second country in the world to legalize marijuana (Uruguay was the first). The legalizing act calls it “cannabis” of course. So much more genteel than marijuana, eh? “Cannabis” ...

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No, the Canadian election day is not an anti-Semitic conspiracy

July 26, 2019

Election Day is Oct 21. This year, the date coincides with Shemini Atzeret, one of several “High Holidays” festival dates in the annual Jewish calendar, at the tail end of the harvest festival cal...

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As absurd as it is, the Jessica Yaniv case has serious implications

July 23, 2019

For its wider implications, but also for its looniness, our history books will marvel—if and when cultural sanity returns—at the singular “human rights” case of alleged transwoman Jessica Yani...

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Selina Soule is fighting for justice for women in sports

July 15, 2019

The transgender movement seemed like a pretty straightforward “rights” issue when it began. But after gathering steam, it became clear that trans rights and women’s rights were heade...

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Living well is the best revenge: Israel is thriving despite BDS

July 6, 2019

As part of its anti-racism strategy, the Canadian government recently adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism, which states that “Anti-Semitis...

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The PPC’s strength is their dedication to free speech

June 24, 2019

The nationalist Brexit Party, led by outspoken euroskeptic Nigel Farage, came into existence last January. Four months later, it boasts 29 MEPs (Members of the European Parliament). By contrast, this ...

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Ontario family files human rights complaint after six-year-old girl upset by gender theory in school

June 17, 2019

The following story has its source in an application filed before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario by Jason and Pamela Buffone, on behalf of their daughter “N,” against the Ottawa-Carl...

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The many faces of modern anti-Semitism

June 4, 2019

The other morning, I received an email from the president of my synagogue, an invitation for the membership to attend a town hall, where “a comprehensive discussion on safety and security”...

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In a world of sex dolls and robots, ethics are hard to pin down

May 28, 2019

The older I get—and I am already pretty old—the more I struggle to find the bright line that existed in my youth between written words that meant what they said and words that were meant t...

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Twitter bans prominent doctor for stating facts

May 19, 2019

Twitter has been in our lives for 13 years. But its practice of suspending and banning upright citizens for no other reason than holding incorrect views only got underway about four years ago. Today, ...

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A new German commercial takes man hating to the next level

May 8, 2019

As Mother’s Day approaches, I am reminded yet again of my wisdom, when my children were quite young, in banning its celebration from my personal calendar. I was never comfortable being honoured ...

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We need shelters for male survivors of abuse

April 23, 2019

Ask any feminist—no, wait, ask any woman—no, wait, ask just about anyone you know, male or female, young or old, dumb as a brick or a Brainiac—whether men or women are the victims of...

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J.K. Rowling has lost her magic touch by pandering to progressives

April 12, 2019

In 2007, Harry Potter series creator J. K. Rowling made waves when she revealed that Albus Dumbledore, the much-beloved headmaster of Hogwarts Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and mentor to Harry...

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Bill 21 is not the problem critics think it is

April 7, 2019

Bill 21, “An act respecting the laicity of the state,” is ramping up for passage in Quebec. It will impose complete neutrality with regard to religion-signalling on the province’s public servant...

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Islamophobia, Anti-Semitism, and the problem of compelled speech

March 28, 2019

One of my favourite Seinfeld episodes had Kramer joining an AIDS walk. But he refuses to “wear the ribbon.” People keep urging him to take it, and he keeps politely refusing. They become more impo...

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Justin Trudeau is an actor, not a prime minister

March 11, 2019

Justin Trudeau’s “contrition” session with the press turned out to be a nothingburger. He did not apologize. He would only cop to an “erosion of trust” between his guy, Gerald Butts, and Jod...

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Canadian sports “experts” embrace misogynist practices to please trans activists

February 26, 2019

Months ago, I tweeted that sports would be “where the rubber hits the road” on deference to trans ideology, because affirmation in sport of biological males who identify as women cannot co-exist i...

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Trans activists hate these two powerful women

February 18, 2019

Today, Reader, I bring you a tale of two young women—one Canadian, one American. Both are as smart as the proverbial whips and, more important, heroically resistant to extraordinary pressure by tran...

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Trump, Northam, infanticide, blackface, and the fury of Democratic women

February 7, 2019

If you watched Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday evening, your eye would have been drawn to the cadre of Democratic congresswomen all dressed in white as a kind of upscale, sedentary versio...

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“Toxic masculinity” in advertising: keeping women scared and men shamed

January 26, 2019

Some students of human nature believe that, because our ancestors could only survive as a species human through a constant awareness of danger, we are endowed with an inherent need to be in a “state...

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