With freedom of religion under attack as never before in Canada, what are our church leaders doing to defend the faithful? Precious little. With rare exceptions, they have mounted only the most feeble and ineffectual protests against encroachments by the state on the inalienable right of Canadians to uphold the traditional principles of Judeo-Christian morality. Consider, for example, the supine reaction [...]
It appears that Gay-Straight Clubs in Ontario may be in their death throes having met strong intellectual opposition to their very existence in Great Britain recently from a Dr. Julia Gasper. Gaspar was selected by the UKIP (United Kingdom Independence Party) to run for Parliament. UKIP advocates withdrawal from the European Union and is currently tied with the larger Liberal Democrats in [...]
Culture matters. I would carve these words on stone slabs and hand deliver them to every conservative and pro-life organization in the English-speaking world if I thought that it would make a difference, but I’m no longer sure it will. We may, I fear, have absented ourselves from culture and the arts for so long that everything we do now is a [...]
The pro-life movement in Europe has had some notable successes the previous year with the marches for life held in Italy, Spain, and France. During the weekend of May 12-13, 15,000 showed up for the March for Life in Rome. As reported by LifeSiteNews, the organizers of the march expected the numbers to be three times less and many of the participants [...]
On June 15, British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Lynn Smith said that the Criminal Code prohibitions on euthanasia and assisted suicide were unconstitutional, finding that they “unjustifiably infringe the equality rights” of one of plaintiffs in the case, Gloria Taylor, who has Lou Gehrig’s disease and wants assistance to end her own life. Justice Smith also said the prohibitions unjustifiably violate the [...]
Dear Interim reader: The Interim is in its 30th year. For three decades we have been providing pro-life news and information to the pro-life community across Canada. In 2009, we unexpectedly lost a government grant from the Publication Assistance Program and we asked you, our readers and supporters, to help us make up the shortfall. Through your generosity we were able to [...]
The Tower of Babble: Sins, Secrets and Successes Inside the CBC by Richard Stursberg (Douglas & McIntyre, $32.95, 288 pages) You don’t even have to read it – the very existence of a book like The Tower of Babble proves the author’s thesis that the CBC is broken. Employees of every enterprise with the word “corporation” in its name sign confidentiality agreements, [...]
Catholic school funding questioned in aftermath After facing months of protests by pro-family and religious groups, the McGuinty government rammed Bill 13, the so-called Accepting Schools Act, through committee for a final vote on June 5. Bill 13 passed 65-36. Although the Accepting Schools Act was presented as a broad-based anti-bullying initiative, its focus is on promoting homosexual rights in schools, including [...]
You knew it would happen, I knew it would happen, we all knew it would happen. In a sordid and cynical attempt to deflect from various scandals and mismanagement, the Liberal government of Ontario has told the Roman Catholic school system that it has to do what it’s told, not be Catholic, and embrace the lie that gay kids are perennial victims [...]
Mark Donnelly’s rendition of the national anthem at the launch of The New Abortion Caravan drew criticism from a Yahoo! Sports columnist. Donnelly is a Vancouver opera singer who is well-known for singing the anthem at NHL hockey games for the Vancouver Canucks. While acknowledging that Donnelly is a practicing Catholic and his brother is a priest, Harrison Mooney, the Yahoo! [...]
A group of young pro-lifers are using a defining campaign of the old pro-abortion movement to spread the message that abortion kills unborn babies across Canada. In 1970, a group of pro-abortion feminists from the Vancouver Women’s Caucus met in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery to begin a journey across Canada in a caravan. Using images of coffins and coat [...]
Walk. Pray. Eat. Sleep. Yes sleep is the last thing you think about and have time for on Crossroads. Crossroads is a pro-life group that organizes walks across the U.S., Canada, and Ireland. Its mission is to share the gospel of life in the streets like the first apostles. Crossroads started as a response to John Paul II’s call to the [...]
Canada MP Maurice Vellacott (CPC, Saskatoon-Wanuskewin) compared abortion to bullying: “In light of this new awareness of bullying, consistency and credibility demands that we tackle the most cruel and most common bullying of all – the bullying, and ultimately killing, of babies in the womb” … Halifax freelance writer Lezlie Lowe writes in the Chronicle-Herald that Mother’s Day is a great day [...]
Problem Gambling in Canada by Lorne Tepperman and Kristy Wanner (Oxford, $21.95, 240 pages) The Ontario government recently announced its plans to overhaul the provincial gambling system. According to Finance Minister Dwight Duncan, this would increase revenue and job opportunities. The overhaul would include a new casino in the Greater Toronto Area, an expansion in lottery ticket sales and slot machines, and [...]
Editor’s Note: Editor Paul Tuns spoke with frequent Interim contributor Donald DeMarco by email. DeMarco, a prolific author, professor emeritus at St. Jerome’s University in Waterloo, Ont., and an adjunct professor at Holy Apostles College & Seminary in Cromwell, Conn., was recently named a Senior Fellow of HLI America, an initiative of Human Life International. Some of his recently writings [...]