What does Christmas mean for us today, in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Twenty-Four? The decade in which we find ourselves began with a pandemic, and has, since then, seen the rise of significant global turmoil, economic turbulence, and social tensions; in the lather of the last American election—and with a Canadian federal election on the horizon—we can easily [...]
Interim Staff: Maria Odete Nunes and the baby saved from abortion by Linda Gibbons. In October when Linda Gibbons was in court facing trial for interfering with the Toronto Abortion Clinic’s business by offering compassionate assistance to abortion-minded women entering the facility, there a special person in court to witness to Gibbons’s ordeal. And that person had a personal connection [...]
Linda Gibbons: Special to The Interim Editor’s Note: This letter, dated Oct. 1, was received from Linda Gibbons, by Campaign Life Coalition on Oct. 7. It was sent from the Vanier Centre for Women in Milton, Ont., and came with an accompanying note calling it “two pages of court reflections.” Linda Gibbons with the sign she witnesses with, “Why mom? When [...]
Josie Luetke: Interim writer, Josie Luetke, Talk Turkey The Liberals and NDP are locking metaphorical horns over which party loves baby-killing more. The NDP calls for improved access to abortion, slams Conservatives for their “anti-choice” sympathies, and criticizes Liberals for insufficient action. The Liberals respond by going after ever-threatening and odious “crisis pregnancy centres,” which audaciously venture to help women [...]
John Carpay: If globalism means free trade and voluntary cooperation between countries, it can be a good thing. For example, doctors and scientists from different countries can share their research with each other and collaborate on creating life-saving medications. It makes good economic sense to buy coffee and bananas from tropical countries, rather than trying to grow those crops in Canada in [...]
Joanna Alphonso: “The idea that a kid who’s 11, 9, 10 can open his phone, watch all this porn is a public health issue,” said independent Senator Julie Miville Dechêne, who tabled an anti-porn bill in 2021. A shocking article by Fight the New Drug, an anti pornography organization, what was once relatively well-hidden is now seemingly endless and totally accessible online [...]
Paul Tuns: On Oct. 24, the New Democratic Party announced that it would use its next scheduled opposition day – a day scheduled to let an opposition party set the business for the day, including moving motions – to call for increased abortion access. In announcing the motion, the party released a statement titled, “NDP fights back anti-choice movement, pledges to expand [...]
Paul Tuns: Photo: Théovox Actualités/YouTube Campagne Québec-Vie (CQV), the Quebec affiliate of Campaign Life Coalition, is challenging the province’s anti-free speech bubble law that prohibits pro-life activity within 50 metres of any facility which commits abortions. The plaintiffs -- Dr. Roseline Lebel Caron, Brian Jenkins, and Campagne Québec-Vie -- are challenging Article 16.1 of Quebec’s Health and Social Services Law, [...]
Paul Tuns: On Oct. 21, voters in New Brunswick replaced the government of Progressive Conservative Blaine Higgs with a Liberal one led by Susan Holt who wasted no time changing policies lauded by pro-life and pro-family voters and leaders. On Nov. 7, Holt’s office announced that it would reverse the ban on funding abortions at private facilities – a ban that has [...]
Joanna Alphonso: A year after a Canadian Armed Forces directive discouraging prayers from being part of any formal military Remembrance Day ceremonies was rescinded, many such services still eschewed prayer. Brigadier-General Guy Bélisle, Chaplain General for the Canadian Armed Forces, issued a directive in October 2023 discouraging prayer at Remembrance Day memorial services. “While the dimension of prayer may occupy a significant [...]
Paul Tuns: Alexander Raikin published a report in The New Atlantis on Nov. 13, that reveals at least 428 Ontario patients who were killed by the country’s Medical Assistance in Dying regime that did not comply with federal law, or federal or provincial regulations. Raikin begins his report with the stark comment: “For years, there have been clear signals that euthanasia providers [...]
Paul Tuns: On Oct. 29, the Trudeau government introduced legislation that, if passed, would require pregnancy care centres to advertise they do not offer abortion or refer for abortions or lose their charitable tax status. The Finance Department press release offered standard Liberal boilerplate, saying “Every woman should be free to make her own decisions about her own body” and “Every woman [...]
Annual report reveals abortion advocates are misleading about pro-life laws and miscarriage care Mary Zwicker: According to a new report, abortions committed by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America in the United States has reached its greatest number ever recorded in the abortion giant’s history. Planned Parenthood recently released its annual report, an overview of services provided and revenues received during the [...]
When, on the morning of Nov. 6th, the results of the American presidential election were clear, pro-lifers in the United States—and around the world—breathed a collective sigh of relief, as Donald Trump emerged as the victor over his rival, Kamala Harris. Of course, those same pro-lifers also had reason to be disappointed with the way that Trump campaigned. He disavowed any plans [...]
Rory Leishman: It was on June 24, 2022, that the Supreme Court of the UIt was a banner day for pro-lifers when the United States Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson (2022) overturned Roe v. Wade (1973), the infamous ruling that purported to find a right to abortion hidden in the United States Constitution. According to Human Life Review, 18 states have [...]