Monthly Archives: April 2011

Party and Candidate information online at Campaign Life Coalition

After the three opposition parties announced they would vote against the budget an election was inevitable. Check campaignlifecoalition.com for candidates ratings and questionnaires. Click on “Federal” to find information on party and candidates. Check LifeSiteNews.com for regular election news coverage. Check The Interim’s blog Soconvivium for our take on the election throughout the campaign. We’ll have election coverage in the May issue.

Paul Tuns2011-04-24T12:41:20-04:00April 24, 2011|Issues|

In defense of DOMA

While campaigning for president in 2008, Barack Obama repeatedly stated his opposition to same-sex marriage. That, to say the least, was a deception. While purporting to uphold traditional marriage as the union of a man and a woman, Obama said he would vote to repeal the Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA), a statute signed into law by former President Bill [...]

Paul Tuns2011-04-24T11:58:36-04:00April 24, 2011|Columnist, Rory Leishman|

The Baby Joseph case

Now that baby Joseph Maraachli has gone to the Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, it is important to once again consider why this battle occurred and why the Ontario government needs to change the Health Care Consent Act. The baby Joseph case was not about euthanasia. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition became involved in the baby Joseph case because the way [...]

Paul Tuns2011-04-24T11:56:54-04:00April 24, 2011|Euthanasia|

Getting hosed on hydro

I heard from Premier McGuinty’s office that they were looking for help in the forthcoming provincial election and I was in a “must go to” folder. I was more shocked than surprised to hear from them because my Interim column back last November. “The Real McGuinty,” in which I said: “go, Mr. McGuinty! Take your pagan agenda with you.” This was certainly [...]

Paul Tuns2011-04-24T11:50:03-04:00April 24, 2011|Columnist, Frank Kennedy|

A plan to change adoption attitudes

Tracy Clemenger, the co-author of the article, “Canada’s 30,000 Adoptable Children in a Labyrinth of Policy and Social Issues” in the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada’s Faith Today magazine, is the parent of an adopted child. She and her husband, Bruce, “saw it as a natural expression of what it means to be a Christian,” she told The Interim. They used the public [...]

Paul Tuns2011-04-24T11:48:38-04:00April 24, 2011|Issues|

Christians need not apply

Eunice and Owen Johns, 62 and 65, have just last month been ruled by the highest British court to be unsuitable as foster parents. They’re renowned as wonderful people, they do extraordinary outreach in their own English midlands black community, they give large amounts of their time and money to charity, and they have successfully and selflessly cared for 15 [...]

Paul Tuns2011-04-24T11:46:19-04:00April 24, 2011|Michael Coren|

Profiles in self-deception

Abortion requires obfuscation, cannot survive the Truth Ten days after Remembrance Day (November 21, 2010), the Toronto Star, Canada’s highest-circulation newspaper, ran a massive four-page “Insight” feature explaining how an abortionist can reconcile his strong support for “women’s rights” with his personal life. One might imagine a future Remembrance Day when the unborn are remembered and memorialized. Major John McCrae’s celebrated poem [...]

Paul Tuns2011-04-24T11:26:50-04:00April 24, 2011|Abortion, Announcements, Donald DeMarco, Features|

Happy Easter everyone

Have a Happy Easter everyone. Yesterday we promised that we's post today the top 10 candidates we want to see lose. That will have to wait until next week as events took over my day in ways I did not anticipate. We'll also post most of our election coverage from the May issue (in the mail now) over the course of next week. Check back regularly for [...]

paul2011-04-21T12:53:43-04:00April 21, 2011|Soconvivium|

Canadian election campaign, day 27

There must be about ten days left in the campaign and the Tories must be ahead because the abortion card has been played with a vengeance. In short, a number of media outlets -- Sun News' David Akin, the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, CBC, Canadian Press, in total Google News lists more than 120 stories -- have covered the story about [...]

paul2011-04-21T11:28:07-04:00April 21, 2011|Soconvivium|

PP prez named to Time’s 100 most influential

Cecile Richards is president of Planned Parenthood and she's been everywhere in the media lately defending her organization against various criminal and ethics breaches as well as frantically responding to efforts in Congress to defund her organization. Such visibility is often mistaken for influence, and Time magazine (yes, it is still around) has named Richards to their new list of the 100 most influential [...]

paul2011-04-21T08:47:40-04:00April 21, 2011|Soconvivium|

Tomorrow: Top 10 candidates we want to see lose

Inspired by two posts by Gerry Nicholls (here and here), on Thursday we'll publish online our list of the top 10 candidates we want to see lose from our pro-life, pro-family perspective.

paul2011-04-20T12:59:19-04:00April 20, 2011|Issues, Soconvivium|

Canadian election, day 26

The first two stories appeared on the weekend. I apologize for our tardiness. We got the dead tree version of our paper out yesterday so there hasn't bee time to blog the past few days. On the weekend, former Liberal strategist Warren Kinsella had a column in the Toronto Sun that said if Stephen Harper wins with a majority, he'll radically change Canada. [...]

paul2011-04-20T12:49:15-04:00April 20, 2011|Soconvivium|

Canadian election, day 20

Toronto Star columnist Bob Hepburn writes about the Religious Right and how they are a "force" for the Conservatives. It is all meant to scare voters -- or at least those who read the Toronto Star. You see, despite denying any intention to re-open issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage, Harper can't be trusted because he has the gall to employ a few [...]

paul2011-04-14T11:33:04-04:00April 14, 2011|Soconvivium|

Canadian election, day 19

Yesterday during the leaders debate, Gilles Duceppe brought up the issue of abortion, but Stephen Harper did not take the bait. Rather than reiterating his line about not intending to re-open the issue is he wins a majority -- and therefore risk alienating his social conservative base -- Harper talked about his crime agenda. As part of a weekly series at the [...]

paul2011-04-13T18:46:42-04:00April 13, 2011|Soconvivium|

Q&A with David Bereit, founder of 40 Days for Life

Editor’s Note: Interim reporter Pauline Kosalka interviewed David Bereit by email. Bereit is founder of 40 Days for Life and the keynote speaker at the Rose Dinner in Ottawa, May 12. The Interim: How did you first become involved in the pro-life movement? David Bereit: I first got involved in the pro-life movement after meeting, dating, and then marrying, my [...]

Paul Tuns2011-04-12T13:09:59-04:00April 13, 2011|Announcements, Features, Pro-Life|

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