U.S. PP reports 392,000 abortions, $700 million in government grants
Oswald Clark: The annual report of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America revealed that it committed nearly 400,000 abortions in almost 600 abortion mills across [...]
When the despots are dumb
Josie Luetke: Interim writer, Josie Luetke, Talk Turkey As British politician Lord Acton once remarked, “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts [...]
Quebec man gets healthy finger amputated
Paul Tuns: A 20-year-old Quebec man was reported to have two fingers on his left hand amputated to deal with his “body integrity dysphoria” (BID). [...]
Paralyzed Quebecker chose euthanasia after getting bedsores
Paul Tuns: Last month, the CBC reported that Normand Meunier, a 66-year-old tetraplegic, requested “medical assistance in dying” following a hospitalization during which he developed [...]
Ontario requires participants to provide their pronouns
Interim Staff: On April 11, Sharon Nicklas, Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice, issued a directive requiring all lawyers and parties in court [...]
New Vatican document on human dignity condemns abortion, euthanasia
Paul Tuns: On April 8, the Vatican released a document affirming the dignity of every individual, condemning abortion, euthanasia, surrogacy, human trafficking and transgenderism, as [...]
Rory McMurtry, Ontario attorney general and chief justice, dead at 91
Interim Staff: Former Ontario attorney general and chief justice Roy McMurtry, who wrote the ruling legalizing same-sex “marriage,” died March 18, two months shy of [...]
We have been a long time in the making
Donald DeMarco: It is a relatively simple thing to make something. All we need to do is put together parts that are readily available. Man [...]
Canadian intelligence agency concerned about parental rights movement
Paul Tuns: A branch of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) says that “the anti-gender movement” could “inspire and encourage” violence against people who identify [...]
Calling persons with vaginas’ is Supreme Court’s latest foray into judicial activism
Joanna Alphonso: Supreme Court Justice Sheilah Martin, writing for the unanimous R v Kruk decision rendered on March 8, 2024, said that “the use of [...]
Hamilton reconsiders rejection of Christian group’s ad
Interim Staff: In November 2023 the City of Hamilton conceded that it did not consider the Charter of Rights and Freedom’s guarantee of free expression [...]
London city council seeks to ban abortion images
Paul Tuns: London city council voted 9-6 on March 5 in favour of asking city staff to draft a bylaw to ban images of aborted [...]
Contraception is priority for national pharmacare program
Paul Tuns: On Feb. 29, federal Health Minister Mark Holland introduced Bill C-64, “An Act respecting pharmacare,” fulfilling the 2022 promise from Prime Minister Justin [...]
The fascism behind the Online Harms bill
John Carpay: In his masterful work The Anatomy of Fascism, Robert Paxton surveys fascist movements and parties in Europe in the 1920s and 1930s, looking [...]
Can a politician afford to tell the truth?
Donald DeMarco: The typical politician is a strange animal. He wants everyone’s votes and therefore attempts to please everyone. He is not discouraged by the [...]
Government cannot provide evidence supporting policy stripping care centres of charitable status
Paul Tuns: In 2021, the Liberal Party campaign platform included rescinding charitable tax status for all pro-life organizations, including pregnancy care centres that serve pregnant [...]
Albertans support parental notification before teens get abortions: poll
Paul Tuns: A poll by National Public Research Canada (NPRC) found that more than six in ten Albertans expressed support for either “parental consent and/or [...]
NDP MP says children, not parents, have rights
Paul Tuns: New Democratic Party MP Randall Garrison (Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke) was asked by a reporter during a scrum about Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s new parental rights [...]
Preliminary data suggests 16,000 euthanasia deaths in 2023
Alex Schadenberg, Special to The Interim: Based on euthanasia data from Quebec, Ontario, and Alberta, I predict that there were approximately 16,000 Canadian euthanasia deaths in [...]
Alabama court rules frozen embryos qualify as ‘children’ under law
Oswald Clark: On Feb. 17, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that under the Wrongful Death of a Minor Act, embryonic human beings frozen as part [...]
Going the wrong way
Donald DeMarco: In a 1964 football game between the Minnesota Vikings and the San Francisco 49ers, Jim Marshall picked a fumble and ran 66 yards [...]
Courts ignore evidence of serious lockdown harms
John Carpay: The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms requires governments to justify any law that violates one or more of our Charter freedoms of [...]
Del Grande allowed to appeal board sanctions
Interim Staff The Ontario Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Toronto Catholic District School Board trustee Mike Del Grande, granting him leave to appeal [...]
Board decision on Josh Alexander’s suspension shrouded in secrecy
Interim Staff: Renfrew County Catholic District School Board (RCCDSB) has upheld the suspension and expulsion of student activist Josh Alexander, 17, from St. Joseph’s Catholic [...]
U.S. Supreme Court to hear abortion pill case
Oswald Clark: In December, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will review the Food and Drug Administration’s 2000 approval of the abortion drug mifepristone and [...]