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HomeEducationPublicationsConferencesAwardsParks CanadaHSMBCManagementCommittee of PeersProfessional Activities CD BooksBlogs Since his retirement Passfield has prepared several commentaries pertaining to political issues of the day. Commencing in 2010, several of the political commentaries were posted as blogs. Crime and Punishment - Liberal vs Conservative In Canada there are two different approaches to crime and punishment that reflect deeper philosophical differences between liberals and conservatives with respect to their views of human nature, the nature of morality, and the cause of criminal activity. Passrob Same Sex Marriage- Cultural Appropriation On February 1, 2005, Bill C-38 was introduced into Parliament by the Liberal government of Canada, to legalize same sex marriage nationwide. The preamble cast the same sex marriage legislation as simply an equality of rights issue under the Canadian "Charter of Rights and Freedoms" (section 15), despite the Supreme Court of Canada having declined to rule on that issue. What the framers of Bill C-38 neglected to acknowledge was that the proposed same sex marriage legislation was a blatant act of cultural appropriation. Passrob Management | Committee of Peers | Professional Activities | CD Books | Blogs |