Politics Articles
Politics as marketing
Brand Command: Canadian Politics and Democracy in the Age of Message Control by Alex Marland (UBC Press, $39.95 528 pages) [...]
Jim Karahalios stands up for grassroots in Conservative Party
Jim Karahalios led a grassroots effort; letting party members have more say on policy. As The Interim reported [...]
Toronto shooting case highlights need for unborn victim’s law
On June 5, Candice Rochelle Bobb’s son passed away at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. Just three weeks earlier, [...]
C-14 is law. What now?
After the short-lived but excitable volleys between the House of Commons and the Senate, our parliamentarians voted in both houses [...]
Attorney-General moved to gag peaceful expression in 1993
An artist's depiction of the 18 individuals named in the 1993 NDP action against Ontario pro-lifers. Editor’s Note: [...]
Jason Kenney enters Alberta PC leadership contest
Jason Kenney, a former federal immigration and defense minister, was once thought to be the front-runner to replace Stephen Harper [...]
Trost, Scheer mentioned as Tory leadership candidates
Pro-life MP Brad Trost (Saskatoon-University) told LifeSiteNews that he is “strongly exploring” running for the Conservative leadership. The five-term MP [...]
Freedom of speech tradition pre-Charter
John Carpay The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is wrongly seen as the sole guarantor of freedom of expression. [...]
Convention proves importance of engagement
There was cause for both celebration and disappointment at the Conservative convention last month in Vancouver when approximately 2500 party [...]
Government introduces transgender bill
On May 16, whilst celebrating the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his government [...]
Facebook and politics
Amusements Rick McGinnis Facebook was launched a dozen years ago as a place for Ivy League college students [...]
Liberals push C-14, may miss June 6 ‘deadline’ All amendments to bill defeated
Liberal House Leader Dominic LeBlanc cut short debate on C-14. The government has had trouble getting their “Medical [...]
Pro-life, pro-family delegates influence Conservative convention
The headlines coming out of the 2016 Conservative policy convention in Vancouver May 26-28 was that the Tories became a [...]
Policy committee scuttled four socon resolutions ahead of CPC convention
Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose interfered with the policy committee to nix pro-life proposal. After months of grassroots [...]
NDP back off motion limiting parental rights
The Alberta New Democrat government is backing down on a controversial amendment sabotaging a Progressive Conservative motion that was originally [...]