Well into the Summer, when the Ontario Progressive Conservative, Liberal and New Democratic parties are getting ready for the Fall election to be held in the province Oct. 6, the Family Coalition Party was setting the foundation for a longer-term project. Phil Lees, the FCP leader, was holding three to four meetings most weeks in different electoral districts to get ready [...]
Mary Elizabeth Williams praises Kate Winslet in Salon for talking about homosexuality with her young children and including the possibility of future same-sex partners. Williams says this is extremely rare, even among progressive (read: the intelligent, tolerant, good parents): You can understand how merely broaching the notion of homosexuality as something your offspring might one day know about would be anathema in a [...]
Our September cover story is about the 11 myths of abortion, including "the fetus is just a blob of cells" and "banning abortion will lead to more back-alley abortions." Abortion depending on myths (read: lies) is the topic of our lead editorial. An excerpt: The myths we discuss enable abortion by ignoring the rudimentary facts of modern fetology, obscuring the obvious health consequences [...]
In Canada and the United States, Labour Day is celebrated as the holiday of workers, to avoid the radical connotations of May Day. Nevertheless, in celebration of Labour Day, traditionalists should re-examine what may have been authentic and insightful in Marx’s ideas – most notably, the cherishing of the worker. What is perhaps the pre-eminent attitude in authentic, reflective traditionalism is the [...]
LifeSiteNews.com reports that women in Canada who have an abortion qualify for maternity benefits, but fortunately not parental benefits. The Interim reported on this in 2008. As LifeSite explains: Canada’s employment insurance guidelines reveal that a woman who aborts her child after 19 weeks gestation is eligible to receive 17 weeks of maternity leave, the same as a mother who gives birth. For [...]
#1 Banning abortion would lead to dangerous back-alley abortions A common myth is that if women are deprived of the opportunity of having legal abortions, they will opt for more dangerous back alley abortions which will result in a higher mortality rate. However, according to the Elliot Institute, surveys show that only six to 20 per cent of women who currently have [...]
In 1957, the French literary critic Roland Barthes published a lively collection of essays on mythologies that circulate in the modern world. From wrestling to red wine, from Citroëns to soap-powders, Barthes identified the unmarked, cultural myths prevalent in post-war France. In his view, myths are not simply ancient stories about philandering gods: they are a common feature of our daily lives. [...]
NDP leader Jack Layton passed away at the age of 61 on August 22, a month after revealing that he had been diagnosed with a new, unnamed cancer after overcoming pancreatic cancer earlier in the year. Layton had been a supporter of abortion and special rights for gays his whole career. In 1986, as a Toronto city councillor, Layton pushed for benefits [...]
Interim columnist and Sun News personality Michael Coren will air a segment of The Silent Scream Friday night. It is a pretty powerful video -- enough so that Planned Parenthood has a "fact" sheet criticizing it's "exaggerated concern for the fetus" and supposedly misleading imagery. Those who support "choice" have long condemned The Silent Scream -- not to be confused with the horror movie Silent [...]