Barbara Kay columnist and writer focusing on political subjects

False Allegations of Sexual Assault Leave Shattered Lives in Their Wake

May 17, 2023

Earlier this month, Donald Trump was awarded the dubious distinction of being the first U.S. president deemed liable for sexual assault. Having pondered writer Jean E. Carroll’s claim, with supp...

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Gender Ideologues Trying to ‘Cancel’ Objective Research on Dysphoria, Transitioning

May 29, 2023

By 2017, already professionally engaged in transgender politics, I began to focus on the anecdotally observed phenomenon of Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria (ROGD): a sudden declaration of a need for gend...

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Wokeism an existential threat to the fine art of debate

June 11, 2023

On June 11, the U.S.’s National Speech and Debate Association’s annual debating tournament kicks off in Phoenix/Mesa, Arizona, where 6,000 high school students from across America wi...

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Lametti considers illiberal cone of silence over residential schools

June 25, 2023

In 2021, the Governor General assigned Kimberly Murray the role of special advisor to Justice Minister David Lametti on “Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites Associated with Ind...

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Finally, resistance to the woke anti-Canada narrative

July 8, 2023

On Canada Day, near St. Sauveur, Quebec, we were treated to torrential rain, hail, nearby tornado warnings, and continually flickering power. Not a day for fireworks. Just as well, since fireworks are...

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NB Premier’s Stance Supporting Parental Rights a Promising Sign

June 12, 2023

New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs has called for a review of LGBTQ policies in schools. Henceforth, parents of children under 16 will have the right to be informed of any changes of names or pronouns...

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Mulling Legal Sanctions Over Arbitrary ‘Residential School Denialism’ Accusations Is Dangerous Territory

June 26, 2023

Kimberly Murray, an indigenous rights careerist appointed to advise Attorney General David Lametti on missing children, unmarked graves, and burial sites associated with the Indian Residential Schools...

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When They Say ‘We’re Coming for Your Children,’ Believe Them

July 10, 2023

For years, Canadians have proved amenable to demands for basic rights, but also to entitlements, for those who identify, variously, as “trans,” “non-binary” or “queer.&rd...

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Breaking the ideological logjam over transgender youth health

July 23, 2023

For years it was possible for a politically neutral, reasonably well-informed Canadian or American to believe that prescribing puberty blockers to “pause” natural physical changes in gende...

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The Bullying of Late Toronto Principal a Feature of DEI Training, Not a Bug

July 24, 2023

The untimely death by suicide of school principal Richard Bilkszto, 60 years of age, came as a shock even to observers closely engaged with his workplace difficulties and their multi-faceted fallout o...

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Ozempic will spell the death of the push to turn obesity into an identity issue

August 6, 2023

Comedian Jimmy Kimmel opened the 2023 Academy Awards with a quip that — excuse the bad pun — punched above its weight: “When I look around at this room I can’t help but wonder,...

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Summer Camp in the Digital Age Propels Some Parents Into Neurotic Overdrive

August 8, 2023

In my socially cloistered youth, I assumed that summer camp—especially the sleep-away kind for at least a month’s duration—was the norm for children and teens. In time, I realized th...

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Bring back the death penalty — MAID for murderers

August 20, 2023

Justice was served to the 11 victims in Pittsburgh’s 2018 Tree of Life synagogue massacre when, earlier this month, a federal jury recommended the death penalty for its perpetrator, Robert Bower...

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Allowing Trans Women to Compete in Women’s Chess Would Be Just as Problematic as Any Other Sport

July 29, 2023

Two years ago, with regard to male athletes identifying as female, the competitive sport world presented a smoothly unified commitment to the principle of inclusion over fairness. Today we see fractur...

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The feminist divide between a woman's rights and her safety

August 31, 2023

A potential scandal for Italy’s prime minister, Georgia Meloni, has erupted over remarks following a series of sexual assaults in Italy over the summer made by her life partner, conservative jou...

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Like Jordan Peterson, these medical professionals won't be silenced

September 9, 2023

Plenty of ink — including his own lengthy manifesto in these pages — has been spilled over the unanimous decision by an Ontario Divisional Court to dismiss Jordan Peterson’s appeal a...

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‘Barbie’ Movie’s Anti-Male, Anti-Motherhood Theme a Bad Influence for Young Girls

September 5, 2023

I resisted the “Barbie” movie as long as possible, but eventually succumbed. When a film bearing one’s childhood nickname (mine with a “y,” note) grosses over $2 billion,...

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The Crying Game Rife in Our ‘Feelings’ Culture Is Nothing but Manipulative Kitsch

September 20, 2023

According to the 2018 OECD Programme for International Student Assessment, a full 86 percent of 15-year-olds had trouble distinguishing the difference between opinion and fact. That won’t surpri...

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The Cotler family's fight against the 'vicious circle' of antisemitism

September 24, 2023

In news from abroad with a Canadian connection, Michal Cotler-Wunsh has been appointed Israel’s special envoy for combatting antisemitism. A human rights lawyer and former member of the Knesset ...

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The movement to oppose gender activism in schools is growing — and science is on its side

October 8, 2023

In 2017, the six-year old daughter of Ontario parents Jason and Pamela Buffone arrived home in distress. Her Grade 1 teacher, the six-year old said, had informed the class that, “Girls are not r...

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