The Supreme Court of Canada has ordered the federal government to keepVancouver drug rehab center Insite open. (See Ottawa Citizen and Globe and Mail for coverage.) The controversy is that Insite provides so-called "safe injection" services as part of a harm reduction scheme. Giving drugs to addicts seems absolute folly, but that is only one issue. The larger constitutional issue is whether the federal government has the authority to make [...]
Our September article on the Crossroads Walkers, a number of pro-life students who walked 5,600 kilometers to promote the pro-life message, in now online. The article is by a first-person account by Mark Pinto. Click on the link if for no other reason than to see the beautiful photo of one of them welcoming the morning with the the Rocky Mountains in the background.
Dr. Will Johnston is president of Physicians for Life and in a short essay he concludes: "And still our world asks who to kill next." This reminds me of two important observations about abortion and why, really, Pope John Paul II talked not about the abortion culture but the Culture of Death. As we note in the October issue, American columnist George Will repeatedly noted in the [...]
Five years ago today Peter Naglik passed away. He was a great conservative activist who didn't need to hyphenate his conservatism. His friends have set up a Facebook memorial page; if you knew Peter, share a memory or picture of him there. Here is The Interim's obituary from 2006. As Russ Kuykendall wrote at the time, "while he didn’t wear it on his [...]
The federal Conservative government has admitted to re-funding the International Planned Parenthood Federation. Conservative MP Brad Trost issued this in response: Response to the Federal Government's Decision to Fund IPPF September 28th, 2011 Brad Trost Late in the afternoon of Thursday, September 22nd, I received a phone call from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) about a news story on the [...]
The Ottawa Citizen reports on the Conservative government in Ottawa giving new funding to the International Planned Parenthood Federation. It is a fine story as far as it goes but what struck me is the picture that goes with it. Editors want some sort of illustration to go with stories, both in the paper and on the internet, and as stories about abortion so often do, [...]
Rick McGinnis reviews Ben Shapiro's Primetime Propaganda in which our columnist explains why primetime television has become a tool of the Left. An excerpt: The cornerstone of his analysis, though, is that moment in the late ‘60s when ABC, the also-ran of the Big Three, made a brilliant marketing move that still affects us today. Locked out of the top end of the ratings by essentially [...]
Kathy Shaidle has an article at Taki's Magazine on Canadian Christian activist Bill Whatcott (a former member of The Interim's editorial advisory board in the 1990s). It looks at Whatcott's anti-homosexualist and anti-abortion crusades, warts and all, and most importantly places it within the context of the Unofficial Official War on Christianity: Whatcott’s is the latest case comprising what looks suspiciously like [...]
There is a story in the September issue about The Interim co-sponsored Fr. Ted Essay contest. High school students can earn serious dough (first prize is $1500, with second and third prizes of $800 and $500 respectively) by writing an 800-1000 word essay on the topic of “Is there cause for pro-life optimism regarding the abortion issue in Canada?” If you know any pro-life high school students, [...]
Mary Elizabeth Williams praises Kate Winslet in Salon for talking about homosexuality with her young children and including the possibility of future same-sex partners. Williams says this is extremely rare, even among progressive (read: the intelligent, tolerant, good parents): You can understand how merely broaching the notion of homosexuality as something your offspring might one day know about would be anathema in a [...]
Our September cover story is about the 11 myths of abortion, including "the fetus is just a blob of cells" and "banning abortion will lead to more back-alley abortions." Abortion depending on myths (read: lies) is the topic of our lead editorial. An excerpt: The myths we discuss enable abortion by ignoring the rudimentary facts of modern fetology, obscuring the obvious health consequences [...]
LifeSiteNews.com reports that women in Canada who have an abortion qualify for maternity benefits, but fortunately not parental benefits. The Interim reported on this in 2008. As LifeSite explains: Canada’s employment insurance guidelines reveal that a woman who aborts her child after 19 weeks gestation is eligible to receive 17 weeks of maternity leave, the same as a mother who gives birth. For [...]
Interim columnist and Sun News personality Michael Coren will air a segment of The Silent Scream Friday night. It is a pretty powerful video -- enough so that Planned Parenthood has a "fact" sheet criticizing it's "exaggerated concern for the fetus" and supposedly misleading imagery. Those who support "choice" have long condemned The Silent Scream -- not to be confused with the horror movie Silent [...]
Interim columnist Michael Coren has moved to Sun News and his show, The Arena, begins tonight (7-8 pm Eastern). Mark Steyn and Ann Coulter are reportedly guests on the first show. Having Coren, an entertaining and thoughtful social conservative voice, on national television is a great opportunity to normalize discussion about often taboo topics such as abortion, euthanasia, and gay rights. Please tune in. [...]
In the August edition of The Interim, Campaign Life Coalition Youth director Alissa Golob wrote about her experience at the Calgary Stampede using graphic photos to start discussions about abortion with passers-by. As Golob notes: These conversations, along with many others, reinforced my position that whether it’s the Calgary Stampede or the Canada Day Parade, this pro-life initiative needs to be at the [...]