Democracy needs “heroic citizens” to defy autocracy”. Peter and Section 1 are featured on CBC Ideas with Nahlah Ayed
Democracy needs “heroic citizens” to defy autocracy”. Peter and Section 1 are featured on CBC Ideas with Nahlah Ayed.
The January 6 Insurrection has succeeded: From liberal democracy to electoral autocracy. Peter Biro on the Brian Crombie Hour. (February 2025)
The January 6 insurrection has succeeded and the coup transforming the United States from liberal constitutional democracy to electoral autocracy is proceeding in rapid and deliberately conceived stages. Peter’s conversation with Brian Crombie.
The Notwithstanding Clause under the Miscroscope: Peter Biro on the Brian Crombie Hour
Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, also known as the NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE, is one of the Constitution’s most controversial and least well understood provisions. By invoking the notwithstanding clause, the government can insulate a law from the strongest order a court can issue, which is to strike down the law because it infringes a Charter right or freedom.
S. 33 of the Charter – The Notwithstanding Clause – Peter’s article in Democracy Paradox
Limiting the Notwithstanding Clause . . . While consensus across philosophical, ideological and partisan lines on the merits and demerits of the NWC is unlikely, there is an increasing acceptance of the idea that the preemptive use of the NWC should not preclude…
The Notwithstanding Clause has to Go!
Section 33 has no place in a liberal democracy. It ought to be repealed Peter’s article for the National Post The notwithstanding clause is a dangerous and altogether unnecessary tool…
Democracy, the First Casualty of the War on Truth
The Greek poet, Aeschylus famously observed that in war, truth is the first casualty. Peter L. Biro FRSA argues that, in the wake of the Trump presidency and of the democratic backsliding that has been in process throughout the West, in the war on truth, the first…
A Lawyer’s Introduction to the Fall and Potential Rise of Liberal Constitutional Democracy
A Lawyer’s Introduction to the Fall and Potential Rise of Liberal Constitutional Democracy: Peter L. Biro’s special address to Ryerson University’s Faculty of Law in its Inaugural Year
Section 1 on The Agenda with Steve Paikin – TVO
Steve Paikin speaks to the editor and contributors of the new book, “Constitutional Democracy Under Stress: A Time for Heroic Citizenship.” They discuss the fragile state of democracies around the world, the existential threats they face, and the “civic serum” needed to cure what ails them.
Peter on Bridges to the future with Matthew Taylor
Listen to Peter in conversation with Royal Society of Arts CEO, Matthew Taylor, on this influential podcast on ideas, BRIDGES TO THE FUTURE, as they discuss LIBERAL DEMOCRACY’S SOCIAL COHESION DEFICIT…
LEx Conversations
Listen to Peter’s engaging conversation with Stephen Hurley on the state of western democracy, leadership, citizenship and civil society in the aftermath of COVID-19, the global protests for racial justice and the problem of democratic backsliding in liberal…