For Bob and Mary Schindler, this past spring proved tumultuous in the battle to save their daughter's life. Terri Schindler-Schiavo's situation garnered international attention last fall when Michael Schiavo, Terri's husband, had her feeding tube removed. Only the last-minute intervention of Governor Jeb Bush prevented the young woman's death from starvation and dehydration. Bush ordered her feeding tube reinserted after the Florida [...]
Press Council biased Interim staffComing on the heels of blatant liberal-left bias in media coverage during the recent federal election campaign comes disturbing news of further bias and a conflict of interest on the part of a press watchdog organization in Ontario. The Ontario Press Council has rejected final appeals into a complaint over a series of pieces by Globe and Mail [...]
Borowski: the paradox of martyrdom Borowski: A Canadian Paradox by Lianne Laurence, (Interim Publishing, 415 pages, $24.95 softcover, $39.95 hardcover) Review by Stephen Tardiff The Interim The true legacy of a movement that defends life is not the victories it enjoys, but the heroes it employs. Joe Borowski, who lived on a farm and worked in a mine, took up the extraordinary [...]
"That such a slave as this should wear a sword, Who wears no honesty. Such smiling rogues as these, Like rats, oft bite the holy cords a-twain Which are t'intrinse t'unloose; smooth every passion That in the nature of their lords rebel, Being oil to fire, snow to the colder moods; (Renege,) affirm, and turn their halcyon beaks With every gale and [...]
There is a revolution happening in Canadian federal politics. It first became apparent in 1997, but gathered momentum with the 2004 election. A new generation of socially conservative politicians are finding their way into the House of Commons. Five years ago, Pierre Pollievre was only part way through his international relations degree at the University of Calgary. An essay he wrote at [...]
In recent weeks, I have talked to dozens of people (many of them pro-life Conservatives) who are gloomy about the election results of June 28. In some ways, I don't blame them. It was a long, uninspiring election campaign. There were politicians and media who used abortion as an ugly wedge issue, attempting to scare and divide Canadians. (Pro-life Liberals were especially [...]
Joseph Goebbels said that if you tell a lie often enough, everyone will believe it. While I won't accuse the Canadian media and political elites of lying, I think they have repeatedly made a mistaken assumption so often that they honestly believe it. It is a truism among many political journalists, backroom strategists and senior party officials that holding socially conservative views [...]
We'd like to remind Interim readers that the last opportunity to make known opposition to the reclassification of the so-called morning-after pill is almost here. In May, the Health Canada agency announced its intentions to allow the drug, formally known as levonorgestrel, to be available over-the-counter at pharmacies without a doctor's prescription. Pro-life advocates have been opposing this reclassification on a number [...]
On July 8, a front-page National Post story reported that there was a leak from the first Conservative party caucus meeting since the election. It claimed that party leader Stephen Harper was vowing to move the party to "the centre." There are reasons to believe that the report is untrue. MPs to whom The Interim, LifeSite Daily News and Campaign Life Coalition [...]
A new technology, 4-D scanning, is changing pre-natal medicine and bolstering the argument against abortion. Years ago, 2-D scanning showed us a flat, black-and-white picture of the baby in the womb. Then, 3-D scanning was developed, revealing a more realistic, but motionless, picture of a baby. Now 4-D, the fourth dimension being time, is showing an unborn child's movements in the womb. [...]
Most Canadian political leaders will agree that this country is in a profound crisis. Quebec wants sovereignty, the devastating recession persists, unemployment is high, health care costs are going through the roof and the debt continues to mount. Federal, provincial and municipal parties continue to offer a bevy of solutions – none of which can be counted as huge successes. Canadians have [...]
Doreen Beagan 'As a society, we accept, participate in and perpetuate things that are inherently evil. Things like poverty, racism, social inequality, economic imperialism, all kinds of discrimination, are so entrenched in our way of life that we can scarcely recognize them and their harm," said a woman I know. She studies social cultures and humans as members of social groups. "For [...]
Whew! The election is over. By the time you read these words of mine, most of the signs will be gone. And every baby that was legally abortable in Canada the day before the election will still be legally abortable the day after. And, I suppose, the day after and the day after. Not to say there will not be the brave [...]
Recently, there has been some criticism of the Canadian Catholic bishops for their lack of support for the pro-life cause, particularly regarding the recent election. But, we must give credit where credit is due and I would like to express my appreciation for the uncompromising position taken by some of our episcopal leaders, so I shall devote this article to their public [...]
Tony Gosgnach The InterimSchool caretaker, bus driver, factory worker, Santa Claus, Scout leader and Knights of Columbus member. There wasn't too much that Harold Mitchell didn't do in his 75 years. But it was perhaps his pro-life work that was most important. The Cobourg, Ont. resident helped found the local right-to-life group, was active in fundraising and distributed literature at local malls, [...]