News Analysis
Alberta-based lawyer James Kitchen has been litigating for years. As a self-described libertarian lawyer focused on human rights and individual freedoms, he has taken on cases involving issues such as freedom of expression, Charter challenges, and parental rights.
For him, it has become an increasingly uphill battle. He says that although parental rights are protected by law, Canada’s justice system has become “highly politicized,” creating a gap between the legal reality and what the law states on paper.
“In Canada, [parental rights are] being actively undermined and shrunk and weakened by judges who see that as a bad thing,” Kitchen told The Epoch Times in an interview….