Politics Articles
United Alternative meeting nears
For three days in mid-February, people from all over the country will meet in Ottawa to hear speakers and to [...]
Alberta VLT vote raises concern
Voters in many municipalities in Alberta had their chance to decide whether or not they wanted video lottery terminals, and [...]
Ontario Liberal leader promises ‘gay rights’
The leader of the Ontario Liberal Party is promising to extend full and equal rights to homosexual partners in every [...]
UN’s civil society leads to ‘planetary citizenship’
The UN, working in tandem with the industrialized countries, has proposed that non-governmental organizations and other voluntary organizations become prominent [...]
Parental rights bill stalls
A bill that would have made it a crime to avoid parental involvement laws by taking a minor to another [...]
Mayor loses ‘gay pride’ battle
A one-man board of inquiry appointed under the New Brunswick Human Rights Act has ruled that Fredericton Mayor Brad Woodside [...]
PC leadership candidates steer clear of life and family issues
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada will pick a new leader this fall, but the candidates hold out little hope [...]
Uniting the right a daunting challenge, conservatives say
In May 1996, conservatives of all stripes and political parties met in Calgary at a Winds of Change conference. Their [...]
Key to politics is participation
If we are to change the laws on abortion in Canada, and in Ontario, we must elect members to the [...]
Parliamentary pro-life caucus re-established
In what could prove to be one of the most important developments for the pro-life movement in recent years, pro-life [...]
Sex, lies, and Clinton
President Clinton's recent "confession" was more like a soft-pedalling of his involvement with Monica Lewinsky. Like abortion, it was an [...]
The UN’s ‘civil society’
From behind a political mask of pseudo-democracy within a "global village," the definitive shape of a new "civil society" composed [...]
ICC: promise of justice or threat of tyranny?
UN secretary general Kofi Annan called the new International Criminal Court a "gift of hope to future generations, and a [...]
Dobson’s challenge to Republicans
James Dobson is sick and tired of empty promises. Fed up with what he sees as the U.S. Republican party's [...]
UN criminal court key to world government
United Nations Watch During its 50th anniversary session in December 1995, the UN General Assembly initiated a Preparatory Committee for [...]