Paul Tuns: On Feb. 26, federal Minister of Justice and Attorney General Arif Virani introduced Bill C-63, the Online Harms Act in the House of Commons, which pro-life and civil rights groups say far exceeds the bill’s ostensible purpose of promoting online safety and could chill free speech in Canada. According to the bill’s critics, the Online Harms Act would, if passed, [...]
Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up Abigail Shrier (Sentinel, $39.99, 297 pages) Abigail Shrier was the subject of attempted cancellation after her 2020 book on transgenderism, Irreversible Damage, upset trans activists. Her new book will likewise upset another group of people, although perhaps one less likely to see her silenced: a conglomeration of therapists, school counselors, and parents that have [...]
Rick McGinnis: Interim writer, Rick McGinnis, Amusements The idea of a “God-shaped hole” that came into existence roughly during the Enlightenment and grew with the retreat of religion is mistakenly attributed to the French philosopher Blaise Pascal. The truth is that nobody really knows where the phrase came from, but it has taken on a life of its own, becoming [...]
Paul Tuns: On Feb. 27, the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition was joined by pro-life groups and legal and medical experts for a protest against the expansion of euthanasia to people suffering solely from mental illness. Although the Trudeau government tabled Bill C-62, pausing the expansion of so-called Medical Assistance in Dying to people whose sole condition is a mental illness for three years [...]
Rick McGinnis: Interim writer, Rick McGinnis, Amusements Having worked as a movie critic on and off for over three decades, it’s around this time of year when I get asked who I think will win the Oscars. What are my picks – which is to say who do I think should win? And what do I think about the show, [...]
By Joanna Alphonso: Statement 1: Abortion is legal at all stages of pregnancy in Canada. Verdict: True. Analysis: Abortion was illegal for 77 years in Canada, from the time that the Criminal Code first came into force in 1892 until its amendment in 1969 to legalize “therapeutic abortions.” Henry Morgentaler, a Canadian abortionist, was arrested and tried for defying this law by [...]
Rory Leishman: Toronto’s world-famous psychologist, Jordan Peterson, has warned Canadians: “Your much-vaunted Charter of Rights isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on.” He has good reason to think so. Notwithstanding the ostensible guarantee of “freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression” in section 2 of the Charter, the Ontario Court of Appeal has refused to hear his appeal of an unanimous ruling [...]
Donald DeMarco: The typical politician is a strange animal. He wants everyone’s votes and therefore attempts to please everyone. He is not discouraged by the universal and unbreakable law that “you can’t please everyone.” Nonetheless, he resorts to a rhetoric that sparkles on the outside but fizzles on the inside. He may hold office, but not for long. His thin rhetoric burns [...]
Josie Leutke: Interim writer, Josie Luetke, Talk Turkey The end of January brought a disorienting amount of good news for the pro-life and pro-family movement. The expansion of euthanasia to those suffering solely from mental illness would be pushed back until at least 2027. Clinic 554, the private abortion facility in Fredericton, New Brunswick, finally closed its doors. Alberta’s Premier [...]
The exchange always sounds quite reasonable. In so many different spheres of modern life, we are called upon to make concessions and sacrifices for the sake of larger conflicts, to give things up for the “greater good.” The environmentalism of previous generations, for example, introduced us to the concept of recycling. Now, for the sake of the climate, we are asked not [...]
Interim Staff: For the past two years, students at the Halton Catholic District School Board, just west of Toronto, comprised of the cities of Burlington, Oakville, and Halton Hills, have prayed the Lord’s Prayer each morning due to an initiative of trustee Helena Karabela. Karabela, who represents Oakville, told supporters through email in late January that students across the board have prayed [...]
Paul Tuns: In 2021, the Liberal Party campaign platform included rescinding charitable tax status for all pro-life organizations, including pregnancy care centres that serve pregnant women, on the pretense that they truck in misinformation. Nearly five years later, the Trudeau government has yet to act on their threat. The Liberal Party platform vowed that a Trudeau government would “no longer provide charity [...]
Paul Tuns: A special interest group that condemns activities and statements it says promotes hate, issued a retraction after falsely claiming that Campaign Life Coalition was behind a recent poll showings the majority of Albertans support parental consent for minors to obtain an abortion. The Canadian Anti-Hate Network, a special interest group that supports abortion-on-demand and the LGBQT ideology, which the corporate [...]
Paul Tuns: A poll by National Public Research Canada (NPRC) found that more than six in ten Albertans expressed support for either “parental consent and/or notification for minors seeking abortions.” The “Where Albertans stand on parental consent” survey, elicited 6,047 responses on Feb. 1, through Interactive Voice Response. The sample size is large for a provincial poll. NPRC is linked to Calgary-based [...]
Paul Tuns: New Democratic Party MP Randall Garrison (Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke) was asked by a reporter during a scrum about Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s new parental rights policy, to which he responded “there is no such thing as parental rights in Canada.” The off-camera reporter asked Garrison, “Do you view this as a parental rights issue at all?” Garrison, who is openly homosexual, said, [...]