Politics
Written on 4 Sep, 2008 at 10:22 in
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Paul Tuns Editor McCain isn’t perfect, but Obama will be the ‘abortion president’
While Republican presidential candidate John McCain is far from perfect on pro-life issues, Democratic nominee Barack Obama could usher in the most pro-abortion presidency ever. In July 2007, Obama promised a Planned Parenthood audience that the first thing he would do as president would be to sign the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jun, 2008 at 7:10 in
Morgentaler, Politics | Author:
Commentary by Terry O'Neil
Pro-lifers have long known that the Canadian political elite of the 1960s and 1970s was strongly in favour of abortion, at least in principle. After all, it was a Liberal government - supported by a liberal media - that first legalized the practice in 1969. But Canadians now know that those elites supported abortion, not just in principle, but in practice as well. And our source for this ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 May, 2008 at 10:47 in
Politics | Author:
Tony Gosgnach Assistant Editor
Ontario’s Family Coalition Party announced a “Contract With Ontario,” “A Path to Success” and a four-year organizational renewal plan at its annual convention, held in Mississauga on April 12.
Leader Giuseppe Gori said afterwards the measures were part of an effort to show politically disinterested citizens, who are staying away from polling ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 May, 2008 at 10:38 in
Politics | Author:
Paul Tuns Editor
An obscure section of C-10, An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act, could strip obscene or extremely violent films of tax credits. The changes were first proposed (word for word) in a 2003 position paper drafted by then Liberal heritage minister Sheila Copps and were re-introduced by the Conservative government last year. Parliament passed the amendments without opposition from the Liberal party or the Bloc Quebecois, but all ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 May, 2008 at 10:24 in
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Russ Kuykendall
Why “Reflections on the Revolution”?
It’s a direct reference to Reflections on the Revolution in France, Edmund Burke’s prescient 1790 critique of the French Revolution and the Enlightenment that informed it. Burke foresaw the mob rule that culminated in Robespierre’s Reign of Terror. He warned that if the democratic principle were allowed to run without check or limit, the French would lose freedom ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Apr, 2008 at 9:50 in
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Russ Kuykendall And before there was Ronald Reagan, there was Barry Goldwater and before there was Barry Goldwater, there was National Review and before there was National Review, there was Bill Buckley with a spark in his mind and the spark in 1980 became a conflagration. –
George F. Will
When I started high school in 1977, my circle of friends ate ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Apr, 2008 at 14:28 in
Politics, Religion | Author:
Paul Tuns Editor But a number of Catholic MPs thumb their noses at his warning
Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast set off a media storm over the responsibilities of Catholic politicians when he answered a question at a Feb. 19 Theology on Tap talk in Ottawa. He said that Catholic politicians who “obstinately persevere” in supporting abortion could be denied Communion. He reiterated this ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Apr, 2008 at 14:27 in
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Editor’s note: Here is a form letter sent to people inquiring about what the Prime Minister’s Office will do to protect freedom of speech and other genuine human rights, whether the government will support removing Section 13(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act or what other actions it might take to review the scope of human rights tribunals’ prosecutorial activities. One recipient of this letter posted it at ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Apr, 2008 at 14:09 in
Equal Rights, Politics | Author:
Paul Tuns Opponents continue to claim C-484 will jeopardize abortion
While quick to note that C-484 is not strictly a pro-life bill, pro-life leaders were pleased to see it pass Second Reading on March 5 by a margin of 147-132. C-484 is Conservative MP Ken Epp’s private member’s bill, the Unborn Victims of Crime ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Mar, 2008 at 12:12 in
Politics | Author:
Hilary White - Special to The Interim
Josée Verner, minister of Canadian heritage and the Status of Women, has told a parliamentary committee on the Status of Women about the Harper government’s “firm commitment” to Status of Women Canada. Verner said the total budget for the federal organization was $29.9 million, “a record for Status of Women Canada.” Under the government’s new Women’s Partnership Fund, the government provided $10 million to the agency ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Mar, 2008 at 11:54 in
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Commentary Gerry Nicholls And his party is jettisoning conservative principles
over what it thinks will win it votes
Someone once said power corrupts. It also seems to cause amnesia. Just consider the case of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who, since achieving power, seems to have forgotten that he was once a staunch defender of free expression.
Certainly, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Mar, 2008 at 11:52 in
Human Rights Commissions, Politics | Author:
Paul Tuns Editor Liberal introduces motion to modify Human Rights Act,
while Tories told to stay quiet
Liberal MP Keith Martin has introduced a motion (M-446) in the House of Commons to strip the Canadian Human Rights Commission of its Section 13(1) powers to investigate and punish the lawful expression of opinions and facts.... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Feb, 2008 at 10:01 in
Politics | Author:
Hilary White - Special to The Interim
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeals has ruled that the suspension of a pro-life protester’s nursing license by the Saskatchewan Association of Licensed Practical Nurses (SALPN) was unconstitutional.
In 2002, Bill Whatcott, a licensed practical nurse, participated in a protest outside the Regina Planned Parenthood offices. The association judged Whatcott’s protest to have constituted “professional misconduct” and suspended his nursing ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Feb, 2008 at 9:46 in
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Commentary Ray Pennings Special to The Interim
The federal government has wisely stepped back – at least for the time being - from plans that could disengage the people who currently display the nation’s highest levels of civic participation.
Bill C-16 would have increased the number of advance polling days to five, including polls on two Sundays. The government has been arguing that Sunday advance polls will ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 Feb, 2008 at 11:41 in
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The long process of winnowing down the candidates for each party’s presidential nomination – a process that began almost immediately after the last presidential election in 2004 – began with the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primaries in early January. (A caucus and primary are different ways voters within each state apportion delegates among the candidates prior to the formal nominating convention in the summer.) While the war in Iraq, ... (Continue reading)
