
Mike Groenewold


Safetyism and Crises
"Safetyism and Crises" by Edward Field

Just a few days ago, on October 21st, lawyer Christine Van Geyn of the Canadian Constitution Foundation gave a half hour zoom presentation on “How the culture of “safetyism” is eroding civil liberties in Canada”.
“Safetyism” is a term used by Greg Lukianoff a

The Dangers of Safetyism
The Dangers of Safetyism

A lot of buzz words are being used these days and one of them is “Safetyism.” Terms like this are often used to achieve political goals by people wanting to influence others or mould society in their own image. Concerns about “Safety” or “Health and Safety” have been used


Are You Afraid of the C word?
Are You Afraid of the C word?

I read an insightful article in the Epoch Times (Canadian edition) a few months back which bluntly stated that there is something wrong with conservatism today. The article was addressing the recent Canadian federal election in which Pierre Poilievre seemed to fade when he neede

The Absurdity of Non-Incident “Hate Crime”
The Absurdity of Non-Incident “Hate Crime”

I first read George Orwell’s 1984 when I was a teenager in the early 1970s. A friend recommended it to me, so I took the time to read it. I was in the throes of adolescence at the time and had a lot of other things on my mind besides reading a famous book about the dangers of tota


