On the day that Paul Martin announced former NDP British Columbia premier Ujjal Dosanjh would be the new federal Health Minister, Dosanjh announced he would not tolerate private healthcare in Canada as he examines ways to improve the health system. "What we need to do is stem the tide of privatization in Canada and expand public delivery of healthcare, so that we [...]
I had another one of my horrific dreams recently. It ranged somewhere in between a nightmare and watching a reality show. There were the headlines in the Toronto Star: "HARPER WINS IN LANDSLIDE - ONLY PRO-LIFE LIBERALS SURVIVE." "MARTIN LOSES SAFE LIBERAL SEAT AND RESIGNS AS LEADER OF LIBERAL PARTY." "CONSERVATIVES TAKE ALL WESTERN SEATS - DEFEATED NDP LEADER JACK LAYTON SAYS [...]
The most significant outcome in Quebec of the 2004 federal election is, unfortunately, the easy victory of the Bloc Quebecois. It had an important impact on the general outcome in Canada since it determined a minority government for the Liberal Party. In December, Paul Martin was expecting to get more than 50 Quebec seats but on election day his party got just [...]
"That such a slave as this should wear a sword, Who wears no honesty. Such smiling rogues as these, Like rats, oft bite the holy cords a-twain Which are t'intrinse t'unloose; smooth every passion That in the nature of their lords rebel, Being oil to fire, snow to the colder moods; (Renege,) affirm, and turn their halcyon beaks With every gale and [...]
There is a revolution happening in Canadian federal politics. It first became apparent in 1997, but gathered momentum with the 2004 election. A new generation of socially conservative politicians are finding their way into the House of Commons. Five years ago, Pierre Pollievre was only part way through his international relations degree at the University of Calgary. An essay he wrote at [...]
In recent weeks, I have talked to dozens of people (many of them pro-life Conservatives) who are gloomy about the election results of June 28. In some ways, I don't blame them. It was a long, uninspiring election campaign. There were politicians and media who used abortion as an ugly wedge issue, attempting to scare and divide Canadians. (Pro-life Liberals were especially [...]
On July 8, a front-page National Post story reported that there was a leak from the first Conservative party caucus meeting since the election. It claimed that party leader Stephen Harper was vowing to move the party to "the centre." There are reasons to believe that the report is untrue. MPs to whom The Interim, LifeSite Daily News and Campaign Life Coalition [...]
Recently, there has been some criticism of the Canadian Catholic bishops for their lack of support for the pro-life cause, particularly regarding the recent election. But, we must give credit where credit is due and I would like to express my appreciation for the uncompromising position taken by some of our episcopal leaders, so I shall devote this article to their public [...]
Paul Tuns The Interim In the hundreds of hours of broadcast commentary and hundreds of thousands of words written following the death of Ronald Reagan, very little was said about his commitment to protect the unborn. Reagan was remembered as the man who brought down the Evil Empire, who restored America after its Jimmy Carter malaise and rejuvenated an intellectually dead Republican [...]
Paul Jalsevac The Interim Conservative leader Stephen Harper recently set forth a vision in which the Supreme Court would return to its traditional role, one focused on applying rather than making law. "My view is that the role of the court is to apply the Charter to protect the rights laid out in the Charter," said Harper. "The role of the court [...]
Dina Kok The Interim As abortion became a key election issue, an "independent" website of a new pro-abortion group, Women Demand Better, attacked Conservative leader Stephen Harper for his alleged pro-life position. The day after the media reported on this non-partisan and independent attack on Harper, a Vancouver paper revealed that the organization was founded by a teen with Liberal connections. Cassandra [...]
"This (abortion) really does cut to the core of one of the key women's issues in this country and gradually these people are taking their sheep's clothing off, sort of one sleeve at a time." - Liberal MP and Public Health Minister Carolyn Bennett "The notion of state-imposed, third-party counseling as if we are children, as if we are not able to [...]
Commentary by Tony Gosgnach The Interim Two of the great media guru Marshall McLuhan's most notable slogans were "the medium is the message" and "all news is fake." Given the recent Canadian federal election campaign, one can verily say that truer words were never spoken. "Mainstream" media outlets and their reporters exhibited a shocking degree of selective, slanted and outright biased coverage [...]
Re-Elected and Newly Elected MPs Seeking to Spread the Message of Life and Family. Diane Ablonczy (C) Calgary-Nose Hill Dean Allison (C) Niagara West-Clanbrook Rob Anders (C) Calgary West David Anderson (C) Cypris Hills-Grasslands Leon Benoit (C) Vegreville-Wainwright Ray Bonin (L) Nickel Belt Garry Breitkreuz (C) Yorkton-Melville Gord Brown (C) Leeds-Grenville Colin Carrie (C) Oshawa Rick Casson (C) Lethbridge Dave Chatters (C) [...]
The passing of President Ronald Reagan, on the eve of our federal election campaign, offers an unflattering comparison of the Canadian political climate. Reagan was a true leader: although he understood the gravity of his office, the weight of duty never dulled his indefatigable smile. This genial statesman, who combined the wisdom of age with the levity of youth, led his nation [...]