Politics Articles
Presidential hopefuls react to partial-birth abortion ban ruling
The following are the reactions of the United States presidential contenders to the April 18, 5-4 ruling by the United [...]
Federal budget makes families a priority
When federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty delivered his second budget recently, the political left – the opposition parties, special interests [...]
New Brunswick conscience bill defeated
On March 2, the opposition Tories in New Brunswick’s legislature introduced Bill 37, An Act to Amend the Marriage Act. [...]
Dion wants more ‘safe injection’ sites
Notwithstanding inconclusive evaluations of its success, Liberal party leader Stephane Dion has praised Vancouver’s supervised drug injection facility and promised [...]
Media, the left have fits over Tory changes to judge appointments
For several weeks in February, the Globe and Mail appointed itself the official opposition to the federal government, running numerous articles, [...]
Alberta to offer ethical vaccine alternatives
The deputy minister of health in Alberta has admitted that both the federal and provincial public health agencies are aware [...]
Colour pink politics red
Just before the Liberal leadership convention, the Liberal Women’s Caucus released their Pink Book, a slick public relations item that [...]
Ottawa names reprotech panel
On Dec. 21, federal Health Minister Tony Clement named the board for Assisted Human Reproduction Canada, an oversight agency established [...]
Dark side of Conservative party exposed
Sacrificed? Truth or Politics by Larry D. Spencer (Kayteebella Productions, $17.99, 172 pages) Truth and politics – are they mutually [...]
New Brunswick won’t be further coerced into funding abortions
A year ago, Ottawa was pressuring New Brunswick to pay for abortions committed in Henry Morgentaler’s Fredericton abortuary. Today, nobody [...]
Little good news in Dion’s winning of the Liberal leadership
Stephane Dion, a cabinet minister in the Jean Chretien and Paul Martin governments, shocked the political world when he overcame [...]
The same-sex ‘marriage’ vote:
Did Harper really want to win it or was he playing politics? On Dec. 7, the Conservative government’s motion to [...]
Judges and politics
Earlier this year, the Harper government began opening the process of Supreme Court appointments when it permitted a Parliamentary committee [...]
Traditional values a winner for sisters in municipal elections
As the only two girls in a tight-knit Italian family, Dr. Grace Tridico and her younger sister Lorena have always [...]
‘Radical democracy’ at root of our woes
The current Canadian culture wars are rooted in the fact that democracy, in the form it has evolved to today, [...]