Liana Gordon: Almost exactly a year ago, The Daily Wire released their documentary, “What is a Woman?” Media outcry and attempts at censorship prompted the organization to refer to their film as “The Movie They Didn’t Want You to See.” As of June 7, it has been seen over 173 million times. The documentary follows The Daily Wire host Matt Walsh as [...]
Oswald Clark and Paul Tuns: In opposition to using the armed forces for humanitarian missions, U.S. radio host Rush Limbaugh used to say the purpose of the military is to kill people and break things. And he said that 20 years before political correctness and woke ideology became not merely influential within defense and foreign policy ranks, but goals in themselves for [...]
The final canto of Dante’s Inferno begins with a chilling line: “Vexilla regis prodeunt inferni”—that is, “the banners of the King of Hell advance.” The Latin phrase is adapted from the opening lines of a hymn to the True Cross. The meaning of the original is twisted, however, by that final word, “of Hell,” which turns the pious words of the hymn [...]
Liana Gordon: Arianna Goberdhan was 27 years old when she was brutally murdered by her husband in Pickering, Ont. She was nine months pregnant with their baby, Asaara, Sherri Goberdhan’s first grandchild. According to her, Asaara had long eyelashes and black hair, just like her mother. Although she was laid to rest in her mother’s arms, Canadian law recognized that only one [...]
Paul Tuns: Cathay Wagantall's private member's bill, C-311, the Violence Against Pregnant Women Act, was defeated on June 14 by a vote of 113 votes for and 205 against. The Conservatives voted in favour of C-311, while the Bloc Quebecois, Green Party, Liberals, and NDP voted against it. Wagantall's bill, if passed, would have added pregnancy as an aggravating circumstance for the [...]
Paul Tuns: The National Hockey League announced a new policy of disallowing special warm-up jerseys while players skate before games that tied to special causes or celebratory nights. The policy comes after a season during which numerous players refused to don rainbow colored gear during special LGBTQ nights. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said at the conclusion of the league’s board of governors [...]
Paul Tuns: The Toronto Blue Jays cut relief pitcher Anthony Bass days after he apologized for his social media posts supporting boycotts against Target and Bud Light for their endorsements of LGBTQ causes, calling them “demonic” and “evil.” The team forced him to apologize and Bass said he was “truly sorry” to the “pride community” for his “hurtful” social media posts. He [...]
Paul Tuns: Portland, Oregon, USA - June 16, 2019: Portland Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in Portland's 2019 Pride Parade. The Los Angeles Dodgers announced on May 4 they would award the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an anti-Catholic hate group that raises money for left-wing causes by dressing up in religious garb and mocking Christian symbols, a Community Hero Award as [...]
Paul Tuns: Campaign Life Coalition launched its inaugural "National 'Pride" Flag Walk-Out Day" on June 1, the first day that many institutions, including schools, mark with celebrations of the homosexual and transgender lifestyle. In-house conversations indicated that CLC would be thrilled with even 10 per cent of parents keeping their kids at home that day. Media reports, however, show some schools had [...]
Donald DeMarco: The expression “time on my hands” in ordinary parlance refers to not having anything planned. There is a much deeper understanding of this expression, however, that is the subject of this essay. One of the most significant and influential philosophers of the modern world is Martin Heidegger (1889-1976). His most important work, in which he discloses his essential view of [...]
Angelica Vecchiato: Waterloo Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) trustee Wendy Ashby apologized after calling Christian males “the most dangerous creature on the planet” in a tweet, but only after facing parental backlash. The controversy continued for more than three weeks before Ashby finally resigned her position on the WCDSB. On April 24, 50 concerned parents erupted in protest calling for Ashby’s resignation [...]
John Carpay: In Canada in 2023, it takes remarkable courage to state the obvious. At a public meeting of the Waterloo Region District School Board in January of 2022, a teacher raised concerns about school library books promoting transgender ideology to children. In a shocking display of blatant censorship, Waterloo school board chair Scott Piatkowski expelled Carolyn Burjoski from this public meeting, after [...]
Interim Staff: New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Premier Blaine Higgs announced he would review Policy 713, the province’s public school Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity policy, arguing that the current policy denies parents their right to know if their child wants to change genders. The current policy, implemented by the Ministry of Education in 2020, states, “Transgender or non-binary students under the age [...]
Mary Zwicker: Between July 2021 and June 2022, the year before the Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade, the United States saw the second-highest number of abortions carried out by Planned Parenthood in its history, new data indicates, despite the total number of abortions in the United States trending downward since the 1990s. Under the theme of “Relentless,” the Planned Parenthood Federation [...]
Paul Tuns Two NDP members of provincial parliament in British Columbia and Ontario have introduced private member's bills in support of drag shows for children. In Ontario, NDP MPP Kristyn Wong-Tam tabled Bill 94, the Keeping 2SLGBTQI+ Communities Safe Act, 2023, which, if passed, would allow the Attorney General to temporarily designate addresses where drag shows are taking place as "community safety [...]