Politics Articles
Heaven on Earth?
All the Kingdoms of the World: On Radical Religious Alternatives to Liberalism by Kevin Vallier (Oxford, $36, 305 pages) [...]
US presidential election lacks pro-life leader
Oswald Clark and Paul Tuns, Analysis: Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the 2022 Dobbs decision, U.S. pro-life organizations [...]
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 [...]
Former PM Brian Mulroney dies
Paul Tuns: Brian Mulroney died last month at the age of 84 to widespread praise among politicians of all stripes [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Online Harms Act threatens free speech in Canada
Paul Tuns: On Feb. 26, federal Minister of Justice and Attorney General Arif Virani introduced Bill C-63, the Online Harms [...]
Thanks to Karabela effort, Halton students pray the “Our Father” daily
Interim Staff: For the past two years, students at the Halton Catholic District School Board, just west of Toronto, comprised [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Premier Danielle Smith announces suite of trans policies for Alberta
Joanna Alphonso and Paul Tuns: Mixed reactions erupted across the country as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, in a video post [...]
New Brunswick abortuary closes
Paul Tuns: A Fredericton abortuary is closing after years of pressing for full funding at the private facility. It ended [...]
State-sanctioned sterility
As many provinces celebrate Family Day, there is a movement afoot, in both Ontario and Manitoba, to follow the example [...]