WRITINGSOpinion Pieces written by Bryan Schwartz

Over the decades, Bryan Schwartz has been a commentator on public affairs in newspapers and on local and national radio and television.

The following are some of the Opinion Articles that Bryan Schwartz has published over the years in local and national papers on a wide range of topics from health care, education, national unity, democratic reform and various economic issues.

2020s

• The Epoch Times – A Proposal to Resolve the Healthcare Deadlock in Canada
• The Epoch Times – A Comprehensive ‘Helsinki 21’ Accord is Needed to Settle the Ukraine War
• The Times of Israel  – https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/author/bryan-schwartz/

2019

• A Modern Jewish Credo. The Times of Israel.
• A Modern Jewish Credo. Featured on the Winnipeg Jewish Review.

2015

• The Iranian nuclear deal. Winnipeg Jewish Review.

2014

• Time now for the diplomatic offensive. The Times of Israel.
• Time now for the diplomatic offensive. Featured on the Winnipeg Jewish Review.
• Opposition to University of Regina program with Israeli school misguided, says prof. Featured on The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs.

2012

• An open letter to American Jews. The Times of Israel.
• An open letter to American Jews. Featured on the Winnipeg Jewish Review.
• Brian Schwartz Reports From Israel On Hebrew U’s Mishpatim II Law Exchange Program. Winnipeg Jewish Review.
• Bryan Schwartz: Second Report On Hebrew U’s Exchange Program With U Of M Law School-mishpatim II. Winnipeg Jewish Review.
• Dr Bryan Schwartz’s Response to Dr Adam Muller: Centrality of Antisemitism in Producing the Holocaust is Known and Settled. Winnipeg Jewish Review.

2011

• The Genesis of Prof. Brian Schwartz’s “Mishpatim” Program. Winnipeg Jewish Review.
• Mishpatim Program-University of Manitoba Law Students Study at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Winnipeg Jewish review.
• Prof Bryan Schwartz: Proposal for an Israeli Peace Initiative. Winnipeg Jewish review.
• Underdevelopment is overrated. Wpg Free Press.
• Reforming the jurassic crown. Wpg Free Press.
• How the playing field was tilted. Wpg Free Press.
• School system that teaches but can’t learn. Wpg Free Press.
• Healthier health care system. Wpg Free Press.
• Manitoba is in a negative feedback loop. Wpg Free Press.

2009

• Good reason to worry about Hydro. Wpg Free Press.
• Doer sings a different song. Wpg Free Press.

2008

• Harper hatred is no reason to support coalition. Wpg Free Press.
• Nostalgia doesn’t help the impoverished east side. Wpg Free Press.

2007

• East side the right side. Wpg Free Press.
• What it means for Manitoba. Wpg Free Press.
• Economic freedom underestimated. Wpg Free Press.
• Equalization is killing us with kindness. Wpg Free Press.
• Sleepers in constitution. Wpg Free Press.
• Privacy dealt with in the open. Wpg Free Press.
• Great big time wasters. Wpg Free Press.
• Charter matters but not much. Wpg Free Press.

2006

• O Canada, O Quebec! Wpg Free Press.
• Safety valve. Wpg Free Press.

2005

• Extreme prejudice. Wpg Free Press.

2004

• Wheat board wars rage on. Lawyers Weekly.

1998

• Last Best Hope. Globe and Mail.

1993

• An engaging account of constitutional talks – UNITED WE FALL: The Crisis of Democracy in Canada. Globe and Mail.
• More people tried by a jury of their peers. Globe and Mail.
• Being an outside director of a company can be a risky business. Globe and Mail.
• Rights of people portrayed in docudramas. Globe and Mail.
• What the rules tell us to do and how we really act. Globe and Mail.
• What can the trial of Jesus teach us today. Globe and Mail.
• Experiments with private-sector prisons. Globe and Mail.
• Defence of both lawyers and paralegals. Globe and Mail.
• Censorship and computer bulletin boards. Globe and Mail.
• Nature of law in a harsh complex world. Globe and Mail.
• Trying too hard to make the punishment fit the crime. Globe and Mail.
• Different approaches to firms that have gone down the tubes. Globe and Mail.
• Committing crimes when they are just following orders. Globe and Mail.

1992

• What the courts think about Santa and City Hall. Globe and Mail.
• International law has much to say about the use of force. Globe and Mail.
• Citizens should be better protected against private policing. Globe and Mail.
• New ways of patenting designer genes. Globe and Mail.
• When you do a deal with the Devil. Globe and Mail.
• Pros and cons of the constitutional concoction. Globe and Mail.
• Genius should not get special treatment in court. Globe and Mail.
• Legislation to protect a persons privacy. Globe and Mail.
• Some trials should be televised. Globe and Mail.
• Artists rights and copyrights. Globe and Mail.
• Aboriginal self-government. Globe and Mail.
• Statutes that can rise from the dead. Globe and Mail.
• Libel chill. Globe and Mail.
• Money and the freedom of screech. Globe and Mail.
• Dark side of public inquiries. Globe and Mail.
• Convoluted legalese is used ad nauseam. Globe and Mail.

1988

• Miscue on Meech. Globe and Mail.