This Christmas season, it is instructive to note the divergent translations of a key phrase in the New Testament story of Christmas - often said to express the essence of the real meaning of the season - basically between "peace on Earth, goodwill to those of goodwill" and "peace on Earth, goodwill towards all". The latter translation, derived from the King James [...]
A handful of anti-globalization protesters trashed a pro-life sign during the G-20 meetings in Ottawa in November, an incident largely ignored by the Canadian media. News of the violent G-20 protests which took place in Ottawa in November was seen around the globe with coverage mainly by the wire service Agence France Press. The Canadian Press coverage and the AFP coverage both [...]
Since 1960, liberals have completely dominated the political, intellectual and social landscape in Quebec. There is hardly a single consistently conservative voice in Quebec today. Before 1960, the conservative movement in Quebec, denounced as "clérico-nationaliste" (priest-ridden and nationalist) by the late Pierre Trudeau, was nationalist and Catholic and included important intellectuals like historian Robert Rumilly and Father Lionel Groulx. Maurice Duplessis had [...]
The Interim recognizes that our readers know the true meaning of Christmas and that we all cherish the time we spend with loved ones during this holy season. In that spirit, we asked several pro-life leaders to share with us their Christmas traditions and memories. Jakki Jeffs, executive director of Alliance for Life (Ontario), said that for her family, there was Advent [...]
LifeSite News The possibility that publicly funded alternative Christian schools will soon be a reality in Ontario is very real. People for Alternative Christian Education hopes to begin its project as early as next September within Hamilton-Wentworth school systems (public or separate). Offensive and anti-Christian teaching, and a forced expulsion of God from public education, have caused many Christian parents to resort [...]
AIDS P.E.I. is designing a program to teach adults in positions of authority how to be "sensitive and understanding" in dealing with gay and lesbian youth. Project co-ordinator Sue Rogerson says it is intended to change attitudes toward gay and lesbian youth, to "get beyond the point of just paying lip service to the idea. "Gay and lesbian teens often feel isolated [...]
Lifesite Daily News, which keeps us informed of what is happening in the moral spheres of the world both good and bad, had some sad news in a recent issue regarding my beloved land of Kenya. Herewith is the relevant quote: "Nairobi. Oct. 4, 2001. A government report suggests the legalization of abortion in Kenya. A team appointed by the Health Standards [...]
Goodness me, I've never been a particular fan of many of the foreign and domestic policies of the United States. I've said this, written this, broadcast this. I've taken a few blows for it as well. But there is a time and a place for everything. And at this time and in this place I say just three words. God Bless America. [...]
At the federal government-funded ($80,000) "Women's Resistance: From Victimization to Criminalization" conference in Ottawa, Oct. 1, Sunera Thobani, a women's studies professor at the University of British Columbia, and former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NACSOW), declared that, "From Chile to El Salvador to Nicaragua to Iraq, the path of U.S. foreign policy is soaked in [...]
Bob Mills, CA member of Parliament for Red Deer, declared on the CBC Radio program The House (May 19, 2001) that "religion and politics should be kept separate." His statement reveals a serious misunderstanding of both religion and politics; that's what happens when slogans dominate people's thinking. It's such a common mistake, it really ought to be analyzed. Several such slogans are [...]
We hear rumours that God is being expunged from the public square. Our eyelids close, we sigh and our heads droop as we recognize the hammer sounds of yet another nail in the coffin. Does the pessimist toast this thud or does the optimist celebrate his prophecy? Is it hopelessly naive and simplistic to remember that our forefather and mother, a certain [...]
"How do you think the Liberals will do in the last election? Personally, I think they'll sweep Ontario." Or, to put it another way, welcome to the world of backcasting, where you can confidently predict what has already happened, and give your reasons why. The future is notoriously murky, isn't it? But the past is clear. You can look back for miles. [...]
New Brunswick Right to Life recently began a six-week television advertising campaign to reach out to young women, the first major TV ad campaign ever undertaken by the pro-life organization. "I am greatly encouraged by the tremendous support we've received from thousands of life-affirming New Brunswickers," says Peter Ryan, executive director for NBRL, of the campaign that began on Oct. 8. "What [...]
Are you ready to spend some "Frisky Fridays" and "Steamy Saturdays" watching gay and lesbian erotica on television? Better yet, do you want your kids to have access to such classic films as Hey Sailor, Hey Sister, the plot of which is described on the PrideVision TV website as: "The story of a naval officer who, coming to port with just her [...]
Last August, the president of the Commission of the Estates General on the Situation and the Future of the French Language in Quebec, Gérald Larose, an ex-union leader and PQ apparatchik, presented his report to the minister of culture and to the media. This commission was created in June 2000 by then-Premier Lucien Bouchard to calm down the PQ radicals of Montreal [...]