John Carpay was born in the Netherlands, and grew up in British Columbia. He earned his B.A. in Political Science at Laval University in Quebec City, and his LL.B. from the University of Calgary. He was called to the Bar in 1999. Fluent in English, French, and Dutch, John served the Canadian Taxpayers Federation as Alberta Director from 2001 to 2005. As the founder and president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, John has devoted his legal career to defending constitutional freedoms through litigation and education. He has been an Interim columnist since 2016.

Victor Penney writes the “Sporting Life” column that comments on the intersection of the world of sports and life/faith/family issues. Victor is a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Dallas Cowboys, and the Azzurri. He worked in the broadcast industry for 12 years from 2003 to 2015, doing traffic for 680 News before a stint with an internet news channel, and time as a producer and writer at CTV News, CBC News, CP24, and the Sun News Network. He joined Campaign Life Coalition in 2015, where he now works on the Political Team doing election work.

Josie Luetke serves as the Director of Education & Advocacy for Campaign Life Coalition, and as a member of both the National March for Life and Life Chain Canada committees. She draws on over a decade of experience on the frontlines of the pro-life movement, having been involved in local and student pro-life groups, previously worked as CLC’s Youth Coordinator, and participated in a wide variety of street activism. Her passion is for apologetics and philosophy, particularly the consistent life ethic. She has been a columnist for The Interim since 2017 and presently resides in Mississauga, Ontario.

Rick McGinnis, an Interim columnist since 2009, has been a photographer and writer for over thirty years, published in the Globe and Mail, New York Times, National Post, Toronto Star, New Yorker, and elsewhere. He has written about music, movies, television, books, photography, history and, sadly, politics. He lives in Toronto with his family.

Paul Tuns has been the editor of The Interim since 2001, and has served on the editorial advisory board since 1997. He is the author of two books, Jean Chretien: A Legacy of Scandal (2004) and The Dauphin: The Truth about Justin Trudeau (2015), and was a contributing researcher to Beltway Bloopers: Hilarious Quotes and Anecdotes from Washington D.C. (2008). His writing has appeared in more than 30 publications. He has appeared on CTS and iChannel as a political commentator. He lives in Toronto with his wife, Christina, where they raised their six children.