The media, meanwhile wring their hands over the rise of the 'religious right' By Paul Tuns The Interim The ascendancy of Stockwell Day in Canadian politics has focused attention on the role of pro-life and pro-family organizations and citizens in the political arena, leading the political Left to worry about the rise of a so-called Religious Right in Canada. Maclean's Sept. 11 [...]
Charges against Anti-Racist Action members stayed due to unusual 'institutional delay' Interim staff A recent court decision to drop all charges against 11 Anti-Racist Action (ARA) members who violently disrupted a Show the Truth demonstration in Toronto two years ago has left pro-life supporters again wondering about the capricious nature of Ontario's legal system. Mr. Justice Robert Bigelow of the Ontario court [...]
London's Bishop Sherlock denounces misrepresentation of his endorsment The Interim One of the feared outcomes of the support by Catholic leaders of the pro-abortion World March of Women 2000 has been realized. Abortion advocates are implying in their literature that Canada's Catholic bishops are fully in support of the march without reservations. The Toronto Organizing Committee of the World March of Women [...]
By William Gairdner The Interim For years we have been told that condom use is the best way to contain the spread of AIDS. But is that true? It would seem utterly sensible to ask whether or not the latex condom will in fact do what we are told. We can certainly thank it for a degree of protection against some ordinary [...]
By Michael Coren The Interim Merle Terlesky used to kick people. And push them, scream at them and tread on their hands. Why? Because she was a pro-choice activist and for five years was at the centre of the Canadian campaign to defend and extend abortion. His victims were pro-lifers. But after an encounter with cancer and a radical change of life this [...]
The Interim As the October issue of The Interim went to press the United States Food and Drug administration announced it has given final approval to the abortion pill RU-486, which pro-lifers call a "human pesticide." The approval process was begun by President Bill Clinton, as one of his first acts in office in 1993. "Campaign Life Coalition is shocked that a dangerous [...]
By John-Henry Westen The Interim The United Nations Millennium Summit, the largest gathering of world leaders in history, concluded in New York Sept. 8. The Summit Declaration, a statement agreed to by a vote of the vast majority of world leaders, is regarded by the United Nations as having "sketched out clear directions for adapting the organization to its role in the [...]
In the days following the death of Pierre Trudeau, a memorial Mass for the former prime minister was held at the Roman Catholic cathedral in a major Canadian city. A young woman, known to us here at The Interim, attended the Mass to pray for Trudeau, and to try to come to terms with his legacy from the perspective of her faith. [...]
Former Prime Minister's legacy is abortion on demand and judicial activism By Mike Mastromatteo The Interim A newspaper article in the fall of 1999 listed Pierre Elliot Trudeau as the most influential Canadian statesman of the twentieth century. The article was prompted by the former prime minister's 80th birthday, and by the frenzy of list-producing that accompanied the arrival of the year [...]