Politics Articles
FCP holds its annual convention
The Family Coalition Party of Ontario is setting its sights on having at least one member elected to the Ontario [...]
Was the Christian Heritage Party successful in the 2006 election?
In politics, success and failure are usually measured in terms of how many seats a party has won in the [...]
Saving Dalton McGuinty
One day recently, I burst into Premier Dalton McGuinty's office in Queen's Park, hotly pursued by a number of his [...]
Stephen Harper, his faith life and public policy
Welcome to The Interim, an online newspaper that provides in-depth coverage of life, family, and ethical social issues. Our platform [...]
Recovering the true meaning of the word ‘liberal’
The election post-mortems were far more critical of ex-prime minister Paul Martin than anything the Tories had to offer during [...]
It’s time to scrap the gag law
When Stephen Harper was elected prime minister, he promised change, he promised reform, he promised better, more accountable government. That [...]
Knights of Columbus poised to become more political
The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic fraternal organization that calls itself the "right arm of the church." The organization [...]
PMO’s action a concern
In March, the media obtained an e-mail from the Prime Minister's Office that told cabinet ministers and senior bureaucrats that [...]
C’mon, Canada, we can do better
Watching Judge Marshall Rothstein, our newest Supreme Court justice, perform was like watching Wayne Gretzky in his prime dodge, circle, [...]
Lobbyist holds MPs’ feet to the fire
Aidan Reid is not your typical Ottawa lobbyist. The 29-year-old first became interested in political activism as a teenager, after [...]
A first step toward the end of judicial activism?
Legalizing abortion and child pornography, overturning the definition of marriage, requiring the funding of sex change operations and granting prisoners [...]
Liberal leadership race underway
With former prime minister Paul Martin formally resigning as Liberal Party leader, party apparatchiks gathered in Ottawa to decide the [...]
The great unwashed rise from the swamp
It’s not going to be tough to say goodbye to the greatest collection of tiny talented, Liberal-leaning radical feminists in [...]
Finally, a chance for change
The English writer Hilaire Belloc wrote about the Barbarian: a man with a perpetual sneer on his lips, who laughs [...]
Media and the 2006 election
Mainstream media coverage of the 2006 federal election campaign was marked by a perhaps-surprising improvement in the fairness of the [...]