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Barbara Kay: The Canadian Forces’ failed recruitment policy

  • February 18, 2020
In 1997, when women comprised 14 per cent of the Canadian Forces, Gen. Maurice Baril argued that a robust recruitment campaign was all that was necessary to boost female membership to 28 per cent b...
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National Post

Barbara Kay: The case for deep-sixing Bill C-6

  • November 20, 2020
Late last month, 306 members of Parliament gave approval in principle to “conversion therapy” Bill C-6, with only seven Conservative party votes opposed (leader Erin O’Toole supporte...
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National Post

Barbara Kay: The glaring flaw of ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ that no one wants to mention

  • December 11, 2020
Thanks to a well-crafted Netflix series, “The Queen’s Gambit,” chess is having more than a moment this season. Google chess searches doubled from October to November, and participati...
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National Post

Barbara Kay: The problems with Bill C-6 and the gender affirmation model

  • November 27, 2020
In my last column, I slammed Bill C-6, which passed second reading with a majority of the House of Commons and is now under review by the justice committee. I’d hoped one column would be enough ...
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National Post

Barbara Kay: The reframing of African-American history

  • February 4, 2020
The National Association of Scholars (NAS), an American non-profit whose mandate is to “uphold the standards of a liberal arts education that fosters intellectual freedom” by advocating...
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National Post

Barbara Kay: The shocking ‘obedience’ experiment that shook the world

  • January 2, 2020
Herb Winer, who was my fellow synagogue congregant, friend and mentor in my middle years, died a few weeks ago in New Haven, Conn., at the ripe old age of 98.In a 2000 Granta Magazine article in wh...
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National Post

Barbara Kay: Transgender sports policies have thrown fair play out the window

  • October 23, 2020
Reverence for sport’s first principle — fair play — unites people across the globe. Hell hath no fury like sport enthusiasts witnessing systemic cheating. Speaking of which: That bur...
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National Post

Barbara Kay: U of A professor holds the line on free expression

  • June 9, 2020
Kathleen Lowrey, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Alberta, ascribes much of her intellectual formation to Marxism and radical feminism. Not, I think my regular readers would...
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National Post

Barbara Kay: Where is the GG during Canada’s coronavirus crisis?

  • April 1, 2020
I’m a monarchist. That was the norm I grew up with. But I recognize I’m a dying breed in Canada. The monarchy still serves a vital purpose in the United Kingdom, but it has become a ves...
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National Post

Barbara Kay: Why won’t the Liberal government make its Gender Based Analysis public?

  • January 17, 2020
Our prime minister is a proud feminist, a zealous champion in the protection of women’s rights. With that objective in mind, Justin Trudeau decreed early in his tenure that all new policies b...
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National Post

Barbara Kay: Will 2020 will be the year of reason in the cancel-culture wars?

  • January 23, 2020
In the hard news business, it is well understood that “if it bleeds, it leads.” In cultural news, the same principle applies. Not a day goes by that we don’t see a story of a panel discussion...
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National Post

Barbara Kay on COVID-19: The country house pandemic problem

  • April 22, 2020
MONTREAL — On April 1, Premier François Legault told Quebecers they should avoid all “non-essential” travel around the province. That meant Montrealers should not be going ...
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National Post

Barbara Kay on COVID-19: We have to get the kids back to playing sports again

  • May 13, 2020
As a grandparent who hasn’t had physical contact with my five granddaughters since mid-March, I’m naturally eager to see the end of the lockdown. But if I can only receive that benefit ...
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National Post

Barbara Kay on COVI-19: The country house pandemic problem

  • April 22, 2020
MONTREAL — On April 1, Premier François Legault told Quebecers they should avoid all “non-essential” travel around the province. That meant Montrealers should not be going ...
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National Post

Barbara Kay on the COVID-19 lockdown: You can’t go to the theatre, so it’s coming to you

  • April 7, 2020
In 1984, George Orwell’s iconic 1949 novel about a future totalitarian dystopia, everyone had a “telescreen.” It couldn’t be turned off, so people were forced to watch Big B...
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National Post

Betsy Devos restores much-needed due process to American campuses with Title IX reforms

  • August 19, 2020
Before she was appointed Secretary of Education by Donald Trump in 2017, I had never heard of Betsy DeVos. My Trump-loathing friends immediately dismissed her as unworthy of the role: a socially...
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The Post Millennial

Black moms and dads deserve to know the truth—kids do better with two parents

  • September 26, 2020
In late July, Congress's Joint Economic Committee (JEC) issued an important report, "The Demise of the Happy Two-Parent Home." Although its findings are illuminating, many of them are a poor fit...
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The Post Millennial

Blockades: Authorities Must Not Be Cowed by Radical Protesters

  • February 18, 2020
Commentary Canada is supposed to be the land of peace, order, and good government. At the moment, all three are in jeopardy. Thanks to illegal actions taken by a fistful of hereditary band chi...
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The Epoch Times

Canada Beware the Steely Claws of the Chinese Regime

  • May 16, 2020
The Calgary Zoo is sending Panda bears Er Shun and Da Mao, originally slated to remain through 2024, home to China. I say “home” because Pandas are never sold to zoos. China leases Pandas ...
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The Epoch Times

Canada loses a vital voice in media as CJN shuts down

  • April 4, 2020
The headline struck me with force: “Another Covid-19 casualty: After 60 years, the Canadian Jewish News will cease operations.” As the article explains, the combined impact of dwindl...
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The Post Millennial
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