Society & Culture

Experts question ‘gender-affirming care’

Kesiah Beere: Across Canada, medical and political organizations have sought unwavering support for gender changes through the use of puberty blockers, hormone therapies and surgical procedures, including for minors. This message, upheld by many Canadian media outlets, “has left the public with the false impression that such treatments are safe, effective, and universally accepted by physicians,” according to a statement originally signed [...]

2025-07-24T12:23:53-04:00July 24, 2025|Bioethics, Society & Culture|

Nova Scotia aggressively pushing ‘gender-affirming care’ for youth

Paul Tuns: Since February 2024, the Progressive Conservative government of Tim Houston has opened two facilities geared toward youth providing so-called gender-affirming care. In February, Nova Scotia Health opened a youth “clinic” in Kentville (Kentville Gender Affirming Care Clinic) and in March, opened one in Bridgewater. The facilities – which have pediatricians, mental health practitioners, nurses, and pharmacies on-site -- provide puberty [...]

2025-07-24T12:05:46-04:00July 24, 2025|Politics, Society & Culture|

The problem with comfort

Donald DeMarco: There could hardly be a greater disparity concerning the meaning of life than going to church and watching television. There is a TV commercial for step-in shoes that relieve people of the burden of using their hands. A proud citizen of this world of comfort rebukes another by saying, “Are you still using your hands?” The person who is “with-it” [...]

2025-07-24T12:01:53-04:00July 24, 2025|Society & Culture|

Supreme Court won’t hear Del Grande appeal

Interim Staff: On May 15, the Supreme Court of Canada announced it would not hear the case of Toronto Catholic District School Board trustee Mike Delgrande’s challenge to the TCDSB’s censure over his opposition adding gender identity and gender expression to the board’s code of conduct. In November 2019, during debate on amending the code of conduct – in contravention of Church [...]

2025-07-11T07:57:01-04:00July 11, 2025|Politics, Religion, Society & Culture|

Third annual National ‘Pride’ Walk-Out Day

Interim Staff: The third annual National “Pride” Flag Walk-Out Day (NPFWD) was held May 30 and June 2 in protest of LGBQT indoctrination taking place in classrooms across Canada. The timing of the walk-out, in which families are encouraged to keep their children out of school for the day, coincides with the days many schools raise the LGBQT pride flag to promote [...]

2025-07-11T07:57:40-04:00July 11, 2025|Society & Culture|

Alberta to ban obscene books from school libraries

Kesiah Beere: On May 26, Alberta’s Minister of Education and Childcare, Demetrios Nicolaides, announced in a press conference that Alberta intends to establish “clear policies and guidelines for all school divisions to follow,” regarding the inclusion of sexually-explicit books in school libraries. This message was delivered in response to four “coming-of-age” novels found in Calgary and Edmonton school libraries, according to Jack [...]

2025-07-10T10:49:06-04:00July 10, 2025|Politics, Society & Culture|

Slop everywhere: Welcome to the world of AI

Rick McGinnis: Interim writer, Rick McGinnis, Amusements Lately I’ve been getting served a rush of media asking the question “Is the world getting worse?” in the form of online articles, Twitter/X threads, blog posts and YouTube videos. Most of the blame goes to social media and the spread of “misinformation,” which has made us angrier, less hopeful and increasingly distrustful [...]

2025-07-10T10:46:43-04:00July 10, 2025|Bioethics, Reviews, Rick McGinnis, Society & Culture|

Tyranny for the Good of its Victims

A Tyranny for the Good of its Victims: The Ugly Truth about Stakeholder Capitalism Andrew F. Puzder (Encounter, $45.99,. 335 pages) Andrew Puzder is a former CEO of a CKE Restaurants (which owns Carl’s Jr and Hardees) and commentator on economic affairs. In A Tyranny for the Good of its Victims: The Ugly Truth about Stakeholder Capitalism he examines the corporate commitment [...]

2025-07-07T09:53:12-04:00July 7, 2025|Reviews, Society & Culture|

And then there was this, June 2025

By J.M. Glover: March for Life Ireland 2025 On May 5, thousands of Irish men, women, and children marched in Dublin, Ireland, under the banner “Pro-Woman, Pro-Baby, Pro-Life.” Busloads of pro-lifers from all over Ireland descended on Dublin to join the March. Since the abortion law took effect in 2019, there have been a staggering 51,000 abortions in Ireland. This does not [...]

2025-06-20T08:32:12-04:00June 20, 2025|Abortion, Marriage and Family, Society & Culture|

Tidbits that caught my eye last month

From the editor's desk: From the editor's desk New York City-based Orthodox Jewish university, reversed its decision to permit an LGBTQ club, Hareni, from operating on campus. In March, the university, with campuses in Manhattan and the Bronx, agreed to official club status for Hareni. However, on May 9, in a letter to the school community, the university said that [...]

2025-06-20T08:30:31-04:00June 20, 2025|Abortion, Paul Tuns, Religion, Society & Culture|

Author urges readers to join the ‘exhilarating’ fight for civilization

Donald DeMarco, Review: How We Got Here: A Guide to Our Anti-Christian Culture by Jonathon Van Maren (Christian Heritage Press, 311 pages, $25) Version 1.0.0 “Our world is utterly different from the one that existed just a few decades ago.  But how did this happen? Why did everything change?” These words provide the focus of this important book. The author, Jonathon [...]

2025-06-17T12:14:57-04:00June 17, 2025|Religion, Reviews, Society & Culture|

Gender-affirming interventions not supported by evidence: government review

Oswald Clark: On May 1, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a comprehensive 409-page review, “Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria: Review of Evidence and Best Practices,” which found gender-affirming interventions such as puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and sex reassignment surgeries are supported only by low- or very low-quality evidence, while the potential for irreversible harm is substantial. A review [...]

2025-06-13T11:07:34-04:00June 13, 2025|Bioethics, Society & Culture|

CHP leader’s advice for the new government, Parliament

Rod Taylor, Special to The Interim:  Editor’s Note: Christian Heritage Party leader Rod Taylor delivered these remarks at the Parliamentary Press Gallery on May 7. Greetings fellow Canadians. I’m Rod Taylor, national leader of the Christian Heritage Party of Canada. In the next few minutes, I want to propose—to our newly elected Prime Minister and the government he will lead . . . [...]

2025-06-12T13:05:31-04:00June 12, 2025|Abortion, Politics, Religion, Society & Culture|

Toronto pumps money into Pride celebrations as companies drop sponsorships

Paul Tuns: After at least two major corporate sponsors dropped their financial backing of Toronto Pride, host of the largest annual LGBQT festivities in Canada each year, the city of Toronto came to the organization’s rescue. The city increased their share of funding to 15 LGBQT festivals in the city by 33 per cent to $2.5 million. The municipal largesse was not [...]

2025-06-09T09:06:05-04:00June 9, 2025|Politics, Society & Culture|
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