Interim Staff On Sept. 1, the Texas Heartbeat Act, which protects preborn children at six weeks gestation, took effect after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a request (on narrow procedural grounds) to throw out the law. The Texas Heartbeat Act provides no criminal sanctions for abortions committed after a heartbeat is detectable, typically around six weeks. Instead, the law, also known as [...]
Paul Tuns From the editor’s desk: This paper’s editorial advisory board consists of members that have diverse opinions about COVID-related public policy. At times, some members have wanted the paper to address COVID issues head-on. Others, including your editor, are more reticent. This paper opposes vaccinations and other treatments that utilize cell lines derived from aborted babies and, of course, we strongly [...]
Rory Leishman: Among the many disgraceful policies championed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during his inglorious political career, one of the worst has been his insistence that a principled physician has no right in conscience to refuse to collaborate in the deliberate killing of a baby in the womb. During the federal election campaign, rights of conscience became the focus on August [...]
We often focus on the politics of the Conservative Party because that is where the action usually is occurs when it comes to life and family issues; the Liberals, NDP, Bloc, and Greens do not permit their candidates to be pro-life. Of course, we prefer that every party and every candidate to be pro-life. We are not there yet. But at the [...]
The writ was drawn in mid-August, pandemic notwithstanding. Assuming the electorate wouldn’t punish them and their minority government for calling an election during a public health crisis, the Liberals stood to gain a majority. But as the campaign unfolded, fortunes rose and fell. As the dust settles in the election’s immediate aftermath, it would seem that nothing much has changed; no party [...]
Editor’s Note: The Interim interviewed Campaign Life Coalition national president Jeff Gunnarson the day after the election. The Interim: What does CLC want to see out of the next Parliament? Jeff Gunnarson: The Conservatives can’t appear as if they’re back on their heels. The pro-life MPs must be our voice in Parliament. They need to push back against the Trudeau agenda in [...]
Paul Tuns Review: American Happiness and Discontents: The Unruly Torrent 2008-2020 by George F. Will (Hachette, $40, 505 pages) More than any person I do not know, the columnist George F. Will influenced me: he shaped my conservatism and sparked my interest in a career in writing. I look forward to each of his twice weekly columns but even more so his [...]
Andrew Lawton: I didn’t coin this bit of wisdom, but it bears repeating: when voters are given the choice between a Liberal and a Liberal-adjacent, they’ll go for the real deal. Such is the most apt way of summing up 2021’s controversial election, which gave the Liberals another mandate with nearly an identical power breakdown in the House of Commons to what they [...]
Paul Tuns, Analysis: After a five-week campaign and $610 million election, the makeup of Parliament returns appearing to resemble the previous one, except in one important respect: there are about a dozen fewer pro-life MPs. When The Interim went to press, the Liberals were elected or leading in 158 seats, up one compared to 2019, while the Conservatives were elected or leading [...]
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Rick McGinnis Interim writer, Rick McGinnis, Amusements Nobody asked for it, but Canadians are voting today in a federal election that only the prime minister wanted. In that spirit I’ve decided to publish a modest list of improvements to our elections, and the whole system of government that seems to intrude ever more closely into our lives these days – [...]
COVID harassment of churches continue Alberta Health Services asked the Court of Queen’s Bench that pastor Artur Pawlowski and his brother, Dawid, serve a 21-day jail sentence for “openly” flaunting COVID rules when they held worship services at their Adullam Church in Calgary. Alberta Health Services (AHS) argued the pair ignored provincial health orders that limited indoor gatherings. The Pawlowskis were arrested [...]
Joanna Alphonso: As if it were not enough for adults to be bombarded with pro-abortion slogans such as “my body, my choice,” or “abortion is empowering,” and even “abortion is a human right!” now children can be propagandized, too. According to a Rewire News Group article, author Carly Manes came up with the idea for a childrens’ book, What’s an Abortion Anyway?, [...]
Paul Tuns: On August 8, former Ontario premier William (Bill) Davis passed away at the age of 92. David never lost an election, being first elected as MPP when he was 29 years old in the riding of Peel, northwest of Toronto, in 1959. Although he won by a mere 1,203 votes, he turned his Brampton riding into a safe Progressive Conservative [...]
Paul Tuns: The University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine announced that the pro-life Saskatoon Pregnancy Options Centre (SPOC) “will not be included as a placement site option going forward,” after pro-abortion students complained that the Centre discouraged abortion. Initially, the University’s medical school resisted the campaign by Gender Engagement in Medicine to make the Pregnancy Center verboten for medical students seeking work [...]