Oswald Clark, US Correspondent: A report from the Department of Justice that contained what it called “damning evidence of collusion and unethical behavior” between the Biden-era DOJ and pro-abortion groups such as the National Abortion Federation (NAF) has been leaked to cable news channel MS Now (formerly MSNBC). “Upon assuming office, the Biden DOJ shattered the public’s trust by weaponizing the FACE [...]
Paul Tuns: On March 31, the Alberta government announced proposed legislation to ban politics from the classrooms of the province’s schools. The government Bill 25: An Act to Remove Politics and Ideology from Classrooms and Amend the Education Act, 2026, would, if passed, “support safe and respectful schools and ensure students can learn without political and ideological influence. A statement from the [...]
Paul Tuns: The Globe and Mail reported last month that the Chief Coroner for Ontario is overhauling the original 16-member MAiD Death Review Committee formed in 2024 to provide oversight for how euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide is committed in the province by reviewing so-called “complex” cases including those that might not be carried out in strict compliance with federal law. The committee, [...]
Paul Tuns: Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton—Bkejwanong), who was elected for times as a Conservative MP beginning in 2015 and voted for a number of pro-life bills, crossed the floor on April 8 to join Mark Carney’s Liberal caucus. Combined with four other floor-crossers and a sweep of three by-elections a week later, Carney’s Liberals now have a narrow majority government. Following previous floor-crossings [...]
Oswald Clark, US Correspondent: Donald Trump’s nomination of Dr. Casey Means to the position of Surgeon General is facing stiff opposition as some pro-life groups are calling on the U.S. Senate to reject her nomination and some Christians have criticized her for practicing witchcraft. After Trump could not get his first choice for Surgeon General, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, approved by the Senate, [...]
Pro-lifers dodge a Molotov cocktail at Portugal’s March for Life On March 21, thousands of people marched in Lisbon and a number of other cities around Portugal. The Portuguese Federation for Life stressed the focus of the March was on “the dignity of all human beings for life from the moment of conception until natural death, and for families.” The March was [...]
Josie Luetke: I derive a perverse satisfaction from horrifying Americans with tales of Canada’s death spiral. I asked one, “Did you know we are considering euthanizing babies here? Like ones with severe deformities or disabilities,” when I realized we already do that. Canada doesn’t directly report on the reasons women procure abortions, but we know as we better diagnose congenital conditions in [...]
Our cover story and editorial this month is about artificial intelligence (AI), and as the Marxists say, it is not a coincidence that we are publishing this series of articles and commentary the month after we wrote about the significance of imago dei. AI presents an existential threat to humanity, but even if it does not wipe out mankind, it still represents [...]
Editor’s Note: The Interim’s Paul Tuns interviewed Maria Slykerman after she retired as head of CLC Manitoba on Dec. 31, 2025. Paul Tuns: How did you become involved in the pro-life movement and Campaign Life Coalition? Maria Slykerman: My husband Niel and I were always pro-life, but we became involved with the pro-life movement in 1989. At that time someone asked us [...]
Donald DeMarco: Traditionally, the word ‘choice’ was always connected with that which is chosen. It never stood alone. In The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare states, “There’s small choice in rotten apples.” In Titus Andronicus, he states, “Come, and take choice of all my library/ and so beguile thy sorrow.” In the first instance, choice is suspended when confronted with nothing but [...]
Paul Tuns: Last fall, the Quebec government tabled a proposed provincial constitution that, if enacted, would enshrine “freedom to have an abortion” as a right in the province. After a backlash from pro-abortion activists who did not want abortion mentioned in the constitution because it would become a lightning rod for pro-life activism, Quebec Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette announced on Feb. 20, [...]
Paul Tuns: On March 5, the Ontario Superior Court heard arguments in the case of Campaign Life Coalition and Maeve Roche v. Parliamentary Protective Services (PPS) over the latter’s 2023 prohibition against CLC using signs with abortion victim photography during a press conference on Parliament Hill. In May 2023, CLC had a scheduled press conference the day prior to the National March [...]
Administration dithers on abortion pill review Oswald Clark, U.S. Correspondent: While American pro-lifers have generally supported Donald Trump as a president and candidate despite the fact he says he does not want a federal law banning abortion, there has been a shift in the movement’s leadership that patience is running short with the Trump administration. Donald Trump points to numerous pro-life policies that [...]
Thousands of youth march for life in Paris On Jan. 18, about 10,000 people gathered in front of the ‘iconic’ Invalides palace in Paris, France. (The palace includes the Cathedral of Saint-Louis-des-Invalides; the resting place of Napoleon Bonaparte; and was commissioned as a hospital and retirement home for disabled soldiers by King Louis XIV in 1670.) The National Catholic Register described the [...]
Paul Tuns: On Feb. 17, Heartbeat International announced that more than 8,000 lives have been saved through the Abortion Pill Rescue Network (APRN) in what it called “a significant milestone in its effort to provide immediate medical care to women who regret beginning a chemical abortion.” APRN connects women who have taken the abortion pill to licensed medical professionals who can prescribe [...]