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David Pfrimmer

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Professor Emeritus for Public Ethics and Fellow at the Centre for Public Ethics, Martin Luther University College, Wilfrid Laurier University

A resident and a worker watch as 150 nursing union members show support at Orchard Villa Long-Term Care in Pickering, Ont., on Monday June 1, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

June 21, 2020

We need an ethical compass for fixing long‑term care during the COVID‑19 crisis

David Pfrimmer, Wilfrid Laurier University

If Canadians want to know what the privatization of health care looks like, long-term care is a cautionary tale.

A picture taken in the late 1970s shows a group of refugees (162 persons) who arrived on a small boat which sank a few meters from the shore in Malaysia. UNHCR/K. Gaugler

December 8, 2019

The story behind the world’s first private refugee sponsorship program

David Pfrimmer, Wilfrid Laurier University

Forty years ago, the Canadian government applied its new program for private sponsorship of refugees allowing Canada to welcome the largest number of Southeast Asian refugees in the world.

Honouring religious freedom and behaving faithfully in public not only protect the rights of individuals but also safeguard the integrity of democratic governments. Peter Hershey/Unsplash

May 21, 2019

A cautionary tale: The unintended consequences of Québec’s Bill 21

David Pfrimmer, Wilfrid Laurier University

Respecting religious freedom not only protects the rights of individuals, it safeguards the integrity and accountability of democratic governments.

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