"Bishops are not intercontinental ballistic missiles, manufactured on one continent and fired into another as an act of aggression." So fumed Archbishop Michael Peers, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, in a statement quoted recently by the National Post. Archbishop Peers was referring to the January 29 consecration in Singapore of two U.S. Episcopalian (Anglican) priests - the Right Reverends John Rodgers [...]
I sat down to write this column and as I was thinking about what to say, I realized that it was going to be in the January, 2000 issue of The Interim. Yes indeed, this would be my first column for the new year - and for a new millennium! And then, all of a sudden, I thought, "If there is a [...]
I called Premier Mike Harris recently, and was shocked when the premier himself answered the phone. "Mayor Harris here! Er ... I mean Premier Mike Harris here." "Did I hear you say 'Mayor Harris'?" "Yeah, I just fired Mel Lastman and I guess I'm now the mayor of Toronto." "Why are you doing this?" I asked. "I'm trying to save money! There [...]
The hangover from a 30-year binge An English friend of mine commented recently that "there are some liberals over here who are starting to get a hangover from their binge." Indeed, what began with idealized hopes for the perfectibility of man has ended in a near-total cave in of public morality and civility - something even liberals are finding it a challenge [...]
As I pen these words an anniversary is upon us. A date in history that most of you will not remember. It's probably a meaningless date to you, in a movement that sadly has to endure many distressing anniversaries. But there's one more I need to thrust upon you: January 23, 1986. On that day 18-year old Erin Shannon paid the ultimate [...]
Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Charlemagne and myself, we have all tried to form empires and our empires have crumbled in the dust, because they were founded on force. One Man alone founded an empire on love and today eighteen hundred years after his death, there are millions of men who are ready to lay down their lives for His Name. Can [...]
Talk about running a bulldozer over an egg carton - that's what the mainline media has been trying to do to Aid To Women. They've blown so much money on ink kicking around the Aid to Women Hallowe'en box project that I'm thinking of taking up a collection in the office to help them out. (I'll start it off with a bent [...]
Every year at this time, I find it an important part of our work to look back at the previous year and take stock of what we have accomplished and where we've been, in hope of improving the work that each of has been called to. Here in the People's Republic of British Columbia, our work is somewhat hindered by the fact [...]
There is a politician at Queen's Park whom they say has never let a pork barrel pass him by in his life. But it is not just politicians who have their arms deep into the pork barrel - they are joined by lawyers and recently retired Queen's Park bureaucrats who are now slobbering consultants. Last of all, but not least, are hungry [...]
Can anything stop Rev. Ken Campbell on his mission to put God back in the public schools, and restore the historic theistic principles that made Canada great? Certainly not prostate cancer! Who else but Ken Campbell - aware of his condition - would take a Paul Revere-like solo 16-day, 5000-mile foray to Saskatchewan during the September provincial election to take on seemingly [...]
After a three-month delay, police seem to be taking seriously allegations of repeated assaults on a Toronto pro-life activist. In mid-October, pro-life activist and counsellor Robert Hinchey was told by police that they will charge an individual who is alleged to have assaulted him on numerous occasions, although the police didn't release his name or any other details at the time. Hinchey [...]
New health minister said to be pro-life On Sept. 21, nearly 12 years of Tory rule in Manitoba came to an end as the NDP won a majority government. Under leader Gary Doer, the NDP captured 32 of 57 seats (the Tories won 24 and the Liberals just one). Like the NDP across the country, is a solidly pro-abortion party. But as [...]
We have a problem in Canada and I may have the answer to it. We have a scarcity of medical personnel who are willing to work in Baffin Island and places further north. (Above the tree line.) I have nothing against Baffin Island. It may be a nice place to live if you've been pushed around on a subway all your life. [...]
Stephen Leacock, Canada's most honoured humourist, once proclaimed: "When I state that my lectures were followed almost immediately by the union of South Africa, the banana riots in Trinidad and the Turco-Italian war, I think the reader can form some opinion of their importance." Leacock, of course, was being facetious. But his audience could not have been receptive of his humour if [...]
Officials accused of ignoring attacks on pro-lifers, and going easy on pro-aborts Several recent legal cases in Ontario and Alberta could leave the impression that the capricious nature of the legal system is being used against pro-lifers. This past summer the police and courts have seemingly employed a double standard in dealing with allegations against pro-life activists. The day before police arrested [...]