Politics

Private member’s bill to stop euthanasia for mental illness introduced

Paul Tuns: Conservative MP Tamara Jansen (Cloverdale-Langley City) introduced a private member’s bill, Bill C-218, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying). In 2021, Parliament passed Bill C-7 broadening Canada’s euthanasia law, with one of the provisions being expanding Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying regime to patients suffering solely from mental illness. Other so-called safeguards that were lifted [...]

admin2025-07-08T13:01:51-04:00July 8, 2025|Euthanasia, Politics|

Manitoba NDP to add ‘gender expression’ to human right law

Interim Staff: In March, Manitoba Justice Minister Matt Wiebe introduced Bill 43, the Human Rights Code Amendment Act, to add “gender expression” to the province’s human rights law. The law, if passed, would amend the Manitoba Human Rights Code and Wiebe said it would “cover anything from behavior or appearance, such as dress, hair, makeup, body language and voice,” and that the [...]

admin2025-06-19T13:55:00-04:00June 19, 2025|Marriage and Family, Politics|

Quebec wrestles with what secularism means

John Carpay: In Latin, the word secular simply means “of this world,” and neither affirms nor denies any “religious” doctrine as such. Over time, the word secular has come to mean “non-religious.” After more than four centuries of loyal devotion to Catholicism, Quebecers in the 1960s began the process of ejecting the Church from schools, universities, hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, unions, orphanages, [...]

admin2025-06-19T13:49:56-04:00June 19, 2025|John Carpay, Politics, Religion|

All the more

Josie Luetke: The mistake was in believing Pierre Poilievre was our political saviour. From the sense of crushing disappointment amongst friends and family members in the wake of the 2025 federal election, you’d almost think the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada is pro-life. Almost. April 28 was disappointing to me for another reason. At the Waterloo Catholic District School Board [...]

admin2025-06-18T10:06:22-04:00June 18, 2025|Josie Luetke, Politics, Religion|

Former Interim columnist Frank Kennedy dead at 97

Paul Tuns: Long-time Interim columnist Frank Kennedy has died at the age 97 on May 14. Frank Kennedy, along with his wife, Ileen, was active in their North York, Ont., parish, Blessed Trinity, and the pro-life movement. Frank Kennedy served as a columnist for The Interim from the mid-1980s to 2014 and as the paper’s Queen’s Park correspondent for many years. In [...]

admin2025-06-17T12:19:04-04:00June 16, 2025|Abortion, Politics|

Planned Parenthood annual report fodder for those seeking to defund abortion giant

Oswald Clark: Planned Parenthood of America (PP) released its 2024 annual report which revealed the organization committed 402,230 abortions in 2023-24 and received $792.2 million in federal funding. In 2022-2023, PP committed 392,712 abortions and raked in $699 million from taxpayers. The $792.2 million in “government health services reimbursement and grants” funding represented a 13 per cent increase compared to 2023 making [...]

admin2025-06-13T11:10:26-04:00June 13, 2025|Abortion, Politics|

Toronto ponies up for Pride

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 [...]

admin2025-06-13T08:28:09-04:00June 12, 2025|Marriage and Family, Politics|

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 . . . [...]

admin2025-06-12T13:05:31-04:00June 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 [...]

admin2025-06-09T09:06:05-04:00June 9, 2025|Politics, Society & Culture|

CLC calls for legal ‘protection from conception’

Paul Tuns: On May 7, the day before the National March for Life, Campaign Life Coalition called on the Liberal government to protect life beginning at conception. Pete Baklinski, CLC director of communications, called on Prime Minister Mark Carney to end abortion. “The National March for Life began in 1998—29 years after Canada legalized [...]

admin2025-06-06T16:55:18-04:00June 6, 2025|Abortion, Politics|

Photos from the National March for Life

admin2025-06-06T16:51:37-04:00June 6, 2025|Abortion, Politics, Society & Culture|

National March for Life 2025

Calls for politicians to end the killing of the preborn Interim Staff: On May 8, pro-life Canadians assembled in the nation’s capital for the 29th annual National March for Life, the highlight of a week of pro-life events in Ottawa organized by Campaign Life Coalition. This year’s them was “Protection at Conception,” calling for legal recognition and protection of human life from [...]

admin2025-06-06T15:28:05-04:00June 6, 2025|Abortion, Politics|

Don’t Be Canada: How One Country Did Everything All Wrong All at Once

Don’t Be Canada: How One Country Did Everything Wrong All at Once: Tristan Hopper (Sutherland House, $22.95, 126 pages) National Post writer Tristan Hopper has written a recent history of Canada that serves as a warning for the rest of the world. Recently, Canadians have enjoyed a splurge of patriotism in reaction to U.S. President Donald Trump, but Hopper says we should [...]

admin2025-06-05T08:33:36-04:00June 5, 2025|Euthanasia, Politics, Reviews, Society & Culture|

The Canada we deserve: Learning from the election

Rick McGinnis: Interim writer, Rick McGinnis, Amusements Canada has just undergone an election – endured is a better word; suffered through even better – but before we collectively consign the experience to the memory dump (it’s unlikely we’d have another one if we remember what they’re like) I think we should make this what they call a “teachable moment” and [...]

admin2025-06-04T08:25:40-04:00June 4, 2025|Politics, Rick McGinnis|

Number of pro-life MPs increases after April 28 federal vote

Paul Tuns, Analysis: According to Campaign Life Coalition, there were 42 green-lighted candidates elected MP on April 28, up six from the previous Parliament. CLC gave the green light to more than 150 candidates among four parties – the Conservatives, Christian Heritage Party of Canada, United Party of Canada, and Libertarians – who were pro-life without exceptions based on answers to the organization’s [...]

admin2025-06-04T08:05:44-04:00June 4, 2025|Politics|

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