Rory Leishman In response to an alarming upsurge in severe Covid-19 cases, the government of New Brunswick declared a State of Emergency on Sept. 24 and followed up with a mandatory order that only patrons who are fully vaccinated or medically exempt from vaccination can engage in any non-essential indoor activities. Are such restrictive orders justifiable if necessary to prevent a rapid [...]
I had a leg up on my peers in a first-year philosophy course on “Critical Thinking,” having already received pro-life apologetics training and by necessity, learning that ad hominem attacks (literally attacks “to the man”) are fallacious. If you are targetting the arguer instead of refuting the central point of your adversary’s argument, you’re reasoning incorrectly. Do so in an essay, and you [...]
Paul Tuns A Nova Scotia man was assaulted during the 40 Days for Life witness in Halifax. The man, whom The Interim is not identifying, were “minding our own business on the side of Spring Garden Road” in Halifax, “praying my rosary” when “suddenly” a “masked woman rushed onto us from our right side,” grabbing one of the signs from the man’s [...]
Paul Tuns The Manitoba Progressive Conservative caucus voted against a private member’s bill that would have created an anti-free speech zone around all facilities that committed abortions in the province. Bill 207, The Abortion Protest Buffer Zone Act, was defeated 30-20 with the NDP and Liberal MLAs voting for the bill, on the last day of the fall legislative session. NDP MLA [...]
Andrew Lawton The ballots from September’s election weren’t even fully counted yet and the knives were already out for Conservative leader Erin O’Toole. As I wrote last month, there were ample reasons for conservatives – in particular social conservatives – to be displeased with O’Toole’s campaign. Beyond these specific and timely grievances, however, is an ongoing tug-of-war by factions of the party [...]
Paul Tuns On Oct. 13, Calgary ‘street’ pastor Artur Pawlowski and his brother Dawid, were fined, put on probation, and ordered to preach the government’s talking points on the science of COVID-19, following their contempt of court convictions in June for breaking anti-pandemic masking rules. Christopher Scott, owner of the Whistle Stop Cafe in Calgary, was also sentenced for not enforcing mask [...]
Rick McGinnis Interim writer, Rick McGinnis, Amusements Late this summer The New York Times published a story on Disney’s latest generation of animatronic attractions at their theme parks. Disney’s animatronic performers are a series of creations that go back to 1963 and the opening of the Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland; they include the talking Abe Lincoln that debuted at [...]
Canadians who support mandatory vaccination policies (with the loss of basic civil liberties and human rights for the non-compliant) are no doubt well-intentioned. But good intentions are no substitute for medical and scientific evidence. The new COVID shots do not prevent the spread of COVID, as evidenced by the numerous COVID outbreaks amongst the double-vaccinated in Israel, Iceland, and around the world. [...]
Josie Luetke: Interim writer, Josie Luetke, Talk Turkey I am unvaccinated. These days, that admission feels like a confession, rendering me more of a social leper than if I had stated “I am undocumented” or “I am HIV positive.” As I wrote earlier in the year, I believe everyone should be equipped with all the information necessary to decide for themselves [...]
Paul Tuns From the editor’s desk: This paper’s editorial advisory board consists of members that have diverse opinions about COVID-related public policy. At times, some members have wanted the paper to address COVID issues head-on. Others, including your editor, are more reticent. This paper opposes vaccinations and other treatments that utilize cell lines derived from aborted babies and, of course, we strongly [...]
Rory Leishman: Among the many disgraceful policies championed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during his inglorious political career, one of the worst has been his insistence that a principled physician has no right in conscience to refuse to collaborate in the deliberate killing of a baby in the womb. During the federal election campaign, rights of conscience became the focus on August [...]
Andrew Lawton: I didn’t coin this bit of wisdom, but it bears repeating: when voters are given the choice between a Liberal and a Liberal-adjacent, they’ll go for the real deal. Such is the most apt way of summing up 2021’s controversial election, which gave the Liberals another mandate with nearly an identical power breakdown in the House of Commons to what they [...]
Paul Tuns, Analysis: After a five-week campaign and $610 million election, the makeup of Parliament returns appearing to resemble the previous one, except in one important respect: there are about a dozen fewer pro-life MPs. When The Interim went to press, the Liberals were elected or leading in 158 seats, up one compared to 2019, while the Conservatives were elected or leading [...]
Rick McGinnis Interim writer, Rick McGinnis, Amusements Nobody asked for it, but Canadians are voting today in a federal election that only the prime minister wanted. In that spirit I’ve decided to publish a modest list of improvements to our elections, and the whole system of government that seems to intrude ever more closely into our lives these days – [...]
Paul Tuns: The University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine announced that the pro-life Saskatoon Pregnancy Options Centre (SPOC) “will not be included as a placement site option going forward,” after pro-abortion students complained that the Centre discouraged abortion. Initially, the University’s medical school resisted the campaign by Gender Engagement in Medicine to make the Pregnancy Center verboten for medical students seeking work [...]