Christian Heritage Party leader Ron Gray has a job that no one would envy — he has to get Christians to put their faith into action, particularly in the political arena. At the Feb. 22 Christian Heritage Party convention, Gray made the case in stark terms: we have no choice. Noting the obstacles we face, obstacles that include a hostile media, threats [...]
Imagine a college where Catholic young people can live out their faith by learning from faculty and staff who practise what they preach. Picture a small, personable school where prayer is at the heart of study, and fellow students call one another to a life of holiness and virtue. There is such a school, right here in Canada: Our Lady Seat of [...]
Thanks for publishing Raymond Parker's letter in your January edition, in which he describes his search for a political party which represents his values. Christians all across Canada are crossing denominational barriers, cultural, economic, and even the obstacle of pride to join together as a united moral witness. The biggest hindrance to the work of promoting Biblical principles by a single federal [...]
As part of our continuing look back at the past during this, our 20th year of publication The Interim reprints this article, the first on partial-birth aborton, which originally appeared in the April 1993 issue. Abortionists in the U.S have introduced a gruesome new way to ply their trade and pro-lifers are hoping that it never makes an appearance in Canada. The [...]
Lisa Klassen wrote the following essay at the request of the editor of The Titanium, her school's newspaper. But The Titanium was not allowed to print it, even if accompanied by an opposing view. It is reprinted here with permission. Ever since I started wearing a sweater that says, "Abortion is Mean," I have received many comments both good and bad. On [...]
I read with great interest The Interim's report of a Grade 11 student who was given an "unofficial suspension" for wearing a pro-life shirt that read, "Abortion is Mean" (January 2002). The principal at Central Elgin Collegiate in St. Thomas, Ont. saw fit to send Lisa Klassen home because, as he put it, some people found her message "offensive." One might argue [...]
Liberal MP Paul Szabo (Mississauga South), an outspoken and active pro-life parliamentarian, has written a book on The Ethics and Science of Stem Cells. Szabo told The Interim he wrote the book "To promote discussion among parliamentarians and the public about this very important and timely topic." It was distributed to all MPs and senators and is available to anyone who requests [...]
The UN recently convened a meeting of demographers to discuss whether the fertility rates of developing countries like India and Brazil will continue to fall, perhaps even reaching the extremely low fertility rates found in many developed nations. The Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs concluded that it is altogether likely that the fertility of much of the [...]
She was introduced by Sheila Dunn, medical director of Toronto's Bay Centre for Birth Control, as "a leading international advocate for women's health and equality" and a person who "changed the international approach to slowing population growth." As "a role model and a mentor," she was said to have displayed "vision ... courage and ... inspiration ... to implement the ‘transformative program [...]
Paladin Labs Inc., the Montreal-based Canadian distributor of the abortifacient morning-after pill. Plan B, announced that it has submitted an application to Health Canada to change Plan B, from prescription-only to non-prescription status. A Paladin press release noted that the Canadian Pharmacists Association and the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada collaberated on the submission. Campaign Life Coalition urged Health Canada [...]
LifeSite News A controversial pro-choice group, whose members once attacked and vandalized a pro-life display, is now officially calling for violence to shut down countering opinions. The University of British Columbia's "Students for Choice" has stated on their new web site in an "Activists Guide – Strategy" section that: "Civil disobedience is an option you may choose as well. You can set [...]
It has been tried and tested, has failed every time, and yet we still insist on trying it again. Xenotransplantation, or animal to human transplantation, may sound very beneficial, but there are many controversial issues surrounding it. There is no mystery as to why. xenotransplantation has not been in the news only recently. In 1964, six patients received kidney transplants from chimpanzees. [...]
Poll exposes what Canadians think of moral issues Is Wynona Ryder, the actress recently charged with shoplifting, more of a moral reprobate than abortionist Henry Morgentaler? A new survey by the Montreal firm Leger Marketing would indicate that most Canadians seem to think so. A greater number of Canadians think shoplifting (89.3 per cent), infidelity (80.8 per cent), hardcore drug use (79.2 [...]
A man of science, or a child of God. Can a person be both? Perhaps, but apparently not if you're a doctor. The salty issue has been raised by a Christian doctor from Barrie Ont. who refuses to prescribe the birth control pill or the sex-enhancement drug Viagra to unmarried patients because he believes it would promote immoral activity. Dr. Stephen Dawson, [...]
Third World de-population has been U.S. strategic policy since '74 Top-secret files recently declassified from the National Archives of Australia, despite government opposition, has revealed that one of the fathers of modern biotechnology and genetic engineering advocated using biological weapons against Indonesia and other "overpopulated" countries of South-East Asia. Australia's The Age reports that world-famous microbiologist Sir Macfarlane Burnet recommended in a [...]