Saying “Non” to Potpourri Pluralism
December 7, 2020
There’s much wrong with increasingly closed secularism in France and Québec yet both societies understand diversity requires strong ground rules, Robert Joustra argues.
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When Believers Become Invisible
December 4, 2020COVID-19 has revealed an uncomfortable reality, Jonathon Van Maren points out: closure of churches isn’t State persecution but widespread ignorance of what goes on inside them.
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Religious Persecution’s Red Letter Day
December 2, 2020Canadian churches turned red recently hoping to open Canada’s eyes to violence against believers, Susan Korah reports.
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Great Reset? Or Grand Unravelling?
November 30, 2020Prime Minister Trudeau has mused that COVID-19 will allow for Canadian society to “re-set” on a number of fronts. Peter Menzies says we’ll have to avoid coming apart at the seams first.
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Why Not a Notwithstanding Pause for MAiD?
November 27, 2020Don Hutchinson argues the Trudeau government should consider the Constitution’s Section 33 opt out rather than rush to pass expanded medically assisted dying legislation under a court-imposed deadline.
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Addressing Canada’s MAiD Concerns
November 25, 2020Medically assisted death advocates inside and outside Parliament are gung-ho to expand it. But Cardus’ Ray Pennings says national poll numbers show Canadians want MPs to curb their enthusiasm.
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The Chief Gave Life To Rights
November 23, 2020Canada’s political amnesia leaves Prime Minister John Diefenbaker almost forgotten. Jonathon Van Maren discovers lost letters that affirm how fiercely Dief fought for human rights from womb to tomb.
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Progress Against MAiD
November 19, 2020Catherine Frazee, a long-time disability Rights activist and Ontario’s former Chief Commissioner of Human Rights, talked to MPs about pending MAiD expansion recently. It wasn’t enough to make her give up hope, Peter Stockland reports.
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COVID's Contagion of Disbelief
November 18, 2020Drug companies touting new pandemic vaccines should be causing huzzahs. But Peter Menzies warns septic skepticism in the body politic must also be addressed.
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Adieu to a Larger-Than-Life Priest
November 16, 2020Alan Hustak reports on the death and contrarian life of Montreal’s Father John Walsh, who began serving the Church as an altar boy while also a member of a street gang.
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COVID Hope From Healthy Families
November 13, 2020Winnie Lui reports on research by Trinity Western sociologist Todd Martin revealing that around the world even the hardships of the pandemic have become sources of family strength.
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MAiD to be Vulnerable
November 11, 2020Laval University bioethicist Cory Labrecque argues the debate over medically assisted death ignores the reality we all face risk just by being human, Peter Stockland reports.
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Is Politics Putting POGG on Ice?
November 6, 2020Canada’s Constitution gives paramountcy to peace, order and good government (POGG), but Don Hutchinson argues bills on conversion therapy and medically assisted death prioritize progressive expediency.
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Justin Trudeau's Words to the Wise
November 4, 2020The Prime Minister got it right the first time on the limits of free speech. His mistake was backing down in the face of vociferous criticism, Peter Stockland writes.
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Borat’s Subsequent Shallowness
November 2, 2020Sacha Baron Cohen’s sequel satirizing America’s cultural moment is at once crude and convincing yet suffers from a cruel refusal to see those it mocks as human, Josh Nadeau writes.
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