Mary Zwicker: A left-wing media outlet in the United States has claimed that pro-life laws are at the root of a so-called “spike” in sepsis cases in hospitalized pregnant women in their state. On Feb. 20, New York-based left-wing news outlet ProPublica published an article claiming that Texas’ 2021 pro-life Heartbeat Act is to blame for a rise in reported cases of [...]
John Carpay: The Bank of Canada has made no secret of its efforts to explore a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), which could lead to the abolition of cash. Cash remains essential to protect the rights and freedoms of Canadians, including their privacy, security, and autonomy. In a cashless economy, all transactions are digital, and therefore subject to surveillance and government interference. [...]
Paul Tuns: Manitoba Justice Minister Matt Wiebe tabled a government bill that, if passed, would enshrine “gender expression” in the province’s Human Rights Code, and “cover anything from behavior or appearance, such as dress, hair, make-up, body language and voice.” The NDP government of Wab Kinew introduced Bill 43, the Human Rights Code Amendment Act, on March 18, adding “gender expression” to [...]
Victor Penney: Interim writer Victor Penney, Sporting Life It was the best of tweets, it was the worst of tweets. It was a pearl of wisdom, it was a moment of misguided masculinity. It was a tale of two men that began with a social media post by one of the most controversial influencers on the internet. On Feb. 16, [...]
Oswald Clark: Planned Parenthood of Greater New York (PPGNY) announced it is shutting down its Manhattan abortuary and will sell its SoHo building at 26 Bleeker St., with an asking price of $39 million. The abortion facility was, until 2020, named after Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood and promoter of eugenics. In 2020, during the Black Lives Matter riots that [...]
Interim Staff: Christina Yadram was killed by her partner in 2021 when he tried to kill her preborn child. Wazhir Gafoor, 32, was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years following a guilty verdict in the murder of Christina Yadram. Gafoor killed Yadram in October 2021 when he attempted to forcibly kill their preborn [...]
Oswald Clark: Ben & Jerry’s, an ice cream business well-known for its left-wing political views, posted on its official X account support for abortion on March 10, a day abortion advocates call National Abortion Provider Appreciation Day. Ben & Jerry’s tweeted “Today is National Abortion Provider Appreciation Day! We stand with abortion providers today and every day.” The tweet included a graphic [...]
American Leviathan: The Birth of the Administrative State and Progressive Authoritarianism Ned Ryun (Encounter, $25.99, 159 pages) Ned Ryun, founder of American Majority and Voter Gravity, has written a stinging overview of the origins and growth of the so-called Deep State, the class of bureaucrats that have come to rule American society. Ryun shows how bureaucratic rule quickly becomes authoritarian rule. The [...]
Paul Tuns: Three municipalities that declared December Chirstian Heritage Month in 2024 have reversed themselves and will not do so again. In January, The Interim reported that 56 jurisdictions in Canada, including the province of Saskatchewan, and cities such as Calgary, Mississauga, Regina, and Toronto, officially declared December “Christian Heritage Month” after an advocacy campaign by Molly Banerjei, a realtor from Toronto [...]
Jonathan Van Maren: In a truly absurd story that serves as a microcosm of the battle over Canada’s soul, the Christian Heritage Party (CHP) is facing off with the City of Hamilton … over an ad that depicts a smiling young woman, and the dictionary definition: “Woman: An Adult Female.” The ad was submitted by CHP Hamilton in January 2023 to Outfront [...]
The Detransition Diaries Jennifer Lahl and Kallie Fell (Ignatius Press, $24.95, 246 pages) Documentarian Jennifer Lahl (Trans Mission) and perinatal nurse Kallie Fell have written a short, powerful, timely argument against transgender ideology. There are several short chapters on issues surrounding gender dysphoria such as “The rise of the gender-affirmation movement,” “Lessons not learned from medical abuses,” “Why is the trend higher among [...]
Paul Tuns: Calvin Robinson acknowledges the audience at the National Pro-Life Summit in Washington D.C., on Jan. 25. The Canadian Anti-Hate Network, which has a history of targeting pro-life and pro-family organizations as hate groups, published a “smear piece” against black preacher Calvin Robinson, a featured speaker at the youth conference following the National March for Life in Ottawa this [...]
Sarah Stilton, Review: Montesquieu’s The Spirit of the Laws: A Critical Edition Edited by W. B. Allen (Anthem Press, $215, 954 pages) There are Marxists and Lockeans, Nietzscheans and Aristotelians but there are no Montesquieuans. The knock against Charles Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu is that he created no system, that he was not a theorizer. Montesquieu is considered a [...]
Paul Tuns Numerous organizations from Canada submitted concerns about Canada’s euthanasia regime to the United National Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), including worries expressed by the Canadian Human Rights Commission that some people will choose so-called Medical Assistance in Dying because they cannot access adequate medical care, housing, or other supports. Canada ratified the UN Convention on the [...]
Donald DeMarco: The Fifth Annual Report on It was just another game in the long 162 marathon that is the season of baseball. Or was it? Boston Red Sox first baseman Pat Stapleton came to bat in the fourth inning against the Chicago White Sox with the score tied 2-2. Stapleton hit a line-drive that would have been far less memorable if [...]