Paul Tuns: On Feb. 29, federal Health Minister Mark Holland introduced Bill C-64, “An Act respecting pharmacare,” fulfilling the 2022 promise from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in exchange for the NDP’s support propping up the Liberal minority government. The deadline for delivering the policy was March 2025. Holland revealed that far from a comprehensive pharmacare program, Bill C-64 would only establish Ottawa [...]
John Carpay: In his masterful work The Anatomy of Fascism, Robert Paxton surveys fascist movements and parties in Europe in the 1920s and 1930s, looking at their differences and similarities and then arriving at a workable definition. Fascist movements were hostile to democracy and to individual rights and freedoms. Despising the idea of individual citizens, each choosing their own individual priorities, fascists [...]
Paul Tuns: On Feb. 26, federal Minister of Justice and Attorney General Arif Virani introduced Bill C-63, the Online Harms Act in the House of Commons, which pro-life and civil rights groups say far exceeds the bill’s ostensible purpose of promoting online safety and could chill free speech in Canada. According to the bill’s critics, the Online Harms Act would, if passed, [...]
Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up Abigail Shrier (Sentinel, $39.99, 297 pages) Abigail Shrier was the subject of attempted cancellation after her 2020 book on transgenderism, Irreversible Damage, upset trans activists. Her new book will likewise upset another group of people, although perhaps one less likely to see her silenced: a conglomeration of therapists, school counselors, and parents that have [...]
Rick McGinnis: Interim writer, Rick McGinnis, Amusements The idea of a “God-shaped hole” that came into existence roughly during the Enlightenment and grew with the retreat of religion is mistakenly attributed to the French philosopher Blaise Pascal. The truth is that nobody really knows where the phrase came from, but it has taken on a life of its own, becoming [...]
Paul Tuns: On Feb. 27, the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition was joined by pro-life groups and legal and medical experts for a protest against the expansion of euthanasia to people suffering solely from mental illness. Although the Trudeau government tabled Bill C-62, pausing the expansion of so-called Medical Assistance in Dying to people whose sole condition is a mental illness for three years [...]