January 2019 - Page 2 of 2

Eliminate humanity for the good of the planet?

We recently reviewed Population Bombed: Exploding the Link Between Overpopulation and Climate Changein these pages (“Persistently incorrect population worries,” October), in which authors Pierre Desrochers and Joanna Szurmak argue that concerns about the environment are always -- always -- accompanied by the desire to control reproduction. Put another way, the solution to real or imagined environmental challenges inevitably includes depopulation control measures [...]

Paul Tuns2019-01-15T17:22:56-05:00January 15, 2019|Announcements, Editorials, Features, Society & Culture|

Bubble zone defeated in Manitoba

The Progressive Conservative majority defeated a private member’s bill that would have established anti-free speech bubble zones around Manitoba abortion facilities and pharmacies that dispensed the abortion pill. NDP MLA Nahanni Fontaine (St. Johns) tabled Bill 200, Safe Access to Abortion Services, that would have established bubble zones of 150 meters around facilities where abortions take place, outlawing any pro-lifer from “inform(ing) [...]

Paul Tuns2019-01-14T06:26:10-05:00January 14, 2019|Bubble Zone, Politics|

Fr. Van Hee challenges bubble zone law

Fr. Tony Van Hee, who was arrested Oct. 24 for violating Ontario’s anti-free speech bubble zone around abortion facilities, is mounting a constitutional challenge of the law. The Ontario bubble zone law, the Safe Access to Abortion Services Act, prohibits pro-life demonstrations and communications within at least 50 metres of abortion facilities in the province – abortuaries can petition for larger exclusion [...]

Paul Tuns2019-01-14T06:27:59-05:00January 14, 2019|Bubble Zone, Politics, Pro-Life, Society & Culture|

Summer jobs ideological litmus test modified, not scrapped

Federal Labour Minister Patty Sandju has abandoned talk of core mandate, but still discriminates against pro-life organizations in the Canada Summer Jobs program. On December 6, Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government announced that it would modify the attestation it added to the federal Canada Summer Jobs program. When the application process was unveiled in December 2017, the Trudeau government inserted a [...]

Paul Tuns2019-01-11T07:11:48-05:00January 11, 2019|Announcements, Features, Human rights, Politics, Pro-Life|

Your New Year’s resolution

Laying down the Lawton While I’m not generally one to set New Year’s resolutions, I may take it upon myself to assign one. Make 2019 the year you get involved. Not just in church and community, but also politics. I know, it sounds like a snoozefest. Try to embrace politics for the importance of it, if not the excitement. The [...]

Paul Tuns2019-01-11T06:55:40-05:00January 11, 2019|Andrew Lawton, Announcements, Features, Society & Culture|

Crisis at St. Mike’s should force schooling rethink

I have been a lifelong fan of the Beach Boys, but I’ve never been able to understand their 1963 hit single, “Be True To Your School.” That probably says more about me than the Beach Boys, but I think it has a lot to do with my high school, which has been in the news quite a bit lately as I write [...]

Paul Tuns2019-01-03T16:31:38-05:00January 3, 2019|Announcements, Features, Marriage and Family, Religious Education, Rick McGinnis|