Jordan Peterson

It was my privilege and pleasure to participate with perhaps the most eminent contemporary Canadian, Prof. Jordan Peterson, and the prominent American television and internet commentator, Tucker Carlson, in a spontaneous presentation to a live audience of 8,000 in the principal indoor stadium in Edmonton on Jan. 24.

I was ostensibly the moderator, but that consisted in presenting a topic for discussion which all three of us would then tackle in sequence. It was a rollicking and, speaking for the three of us on the dais, a most enjoyable evening. Tucker Carlson is a charming man personally and publicly, with an excellent sense of humour, and alternates profound statements of principle with the provocative apercus of an engaging gadfly. Jordan Peterson makes no pretence to being a barrel of laughs but is an eye-wateringly erudite psychological and philosophical scholar. He presents his views in a rolling thunder of brilliant and intense articulation. I just played it down the middle, added a few light touches, and where it seemed appropriate, smoothed some of Tucker’s more flamboyant reflections, and helped explicate a few of Jordan’s more complex formulations.

Britain will be “Venezuela for 20 years” if Labour wins the next general election, Dr Jordan Peterson has warned.

Speaking to The Telegraph, the Canadian psychologist said that it was “highly likely” that Sir Keir Starmer would be elected, but that it would be a “catastrophe”.

In a wide-ranging interview, Dr Peterson also said that believing people can change gender represents “maximal confusion” and criticised the ideology of “diversity is unity.”

Toronto psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson plans to challenge sanctions imposed on him by the College of Psychologists.

Peterson had been ordered by the college to take a coaching program on professionalism when making public statements on social media after complaints were made against him.

The result is in for Dr. Jordan Peterson in his legal battle against the Ontario College of Psychologists, and the result is a disappointing one for freedom of expression that should ​concern ​all members of regulated professions. The Ontario Divisional ​C​​ourt dismissed Dr​.​ Peterson’s judicial review and upheld the College of Psychologists order that Dr. Peterson take training in professionalism in communication in public statements.

Jordan Peterson has been selected to receive the 2023 George Jonas Freedom Award from the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms because of his exceptional contributions to Canada as a free society.

Peterson’s courage and tenacity were on full display on Jan. 3, when he shared with the world that the College of Psychologists of Ontario (CPO) had demanded that he submit to mandatory social-media retraining, or face a disciplinary hearing.

Whilst social media promises us unrestricted access to an individual’s innermost thoughts and whims, the culture in which it operates is diametrically opposed to freedom of expression. Despite rare victories, such as the Elon Musk exposé of Twitter censorship (“Elon Musk reveals motivation for Twitter Files, says ‘almost every conspiracy theory’ about the social network is true”), the range of ‘acceptable speech’ is only moving in one direction: less.

It’s a pleasure and a cheer to be able to start a piece with some good news. As of Tuesday morning having duly scanned the various news services I may report that Ottawa is still standing. The nation’s capital is still the unscarred and tranquil repository of all that is good and sweet that it always has been despite Dr. Jordan Peterson’s having been allowed within its precincts, despite too, being allowed to speak to thousands of Canadians who wanted to hear him.