Articles Tagged ‘Human rights’
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Written on 19 Sep, 2018 at 8:23 in
John Carpay, Religious Education, Society & Culture | Author:
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Canada in 2018 is still a relatively safe space for practicing Christians. Especially when compared to Pakistan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, where churches are burned, bombed or banned. Or China, which persecutes believers who attend authentic Christian churches free from government control.
Canada’s velvet totalitarianism is such that the British Columbia government did not resort to dungeon, fire, or sword to shut down a ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Sep, 2018 at 8:16 in
Announcements, Features, Joe Campbell, Society & Culture | Author:
Light is Right Joe Campbell George Jefferson from TV show All in the Family.
Until I did some research, it hadn’t occurred to me that there might be a cache of racial slurs that target whites. Well, apparently there are plenty of the allegedly offensive epithets.
I say “apparently” and “allegedly” because I’ve never heard of most of the entries, and the ones I know about don’t offend ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jul, 2018 at 8:13 in
Human rights, Religion, Sex Education, Society & Culture | Author:
Interim Staff Bill Whatcott and others infiltrated the 2016 Toronto Pride parade to distribute pamphlets describing the dangers of homosexual activity.
Christian activist Bill Whatcott, 51, of Leduc, Alberta, surrendered himself to the Calgary policy on June 22, following the Toronto Police Service issuing a Canada-wide arrest warrant for charges related to hate-crime complaints.
In ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jul, 2018 at 7:55 in
Conscience Legislation, Human rights, John Carpay, Politics, Religion | Author:
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You know a court ruling is bad when judges deliberately ignore the evidence placed before them. But reality was brushed aside in the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision to repudiate, nullify, and revoke the fundamental Charterfreedoms of Trinity Western University (TWU), its staff, and its students.
According to the justices, Charter-protected freedom of religion was narrowed only to what a religion “absolutely requires,” not ... (Continue reading)
Written on 24 Jul, 2018 at 19:10 in
Announcements, Features, Rick McGinnis, Society & Culture | Author:
Amusements Rick McGinnis
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, a film widely regarded as one of the best and most important in the history of cinema. I’m not here to dispute this judgment – I’m a big fan of the film, and have been since my brother-in-law took me to see a road show screening during its 10th anniversary. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 24 Jul, 2018 at 18:59 in
Pro-Life, Profiles, Society & Culture | Author:
Interim Staff Eric McLuhan was one of The Interim's first columnists
Eric McLuhan, son of the famous Marshall McLuhan, was a renowned scholar of media in his own right, and used his expertise to help the pro-life cause. Eric McLuhan, a former columnist for The Interimand popular pro-life speaker, passed away May 18 in Bogota, Colombia, where he had just delivered the inaugural speech ... (Continue reading)
Written on 15 Jun, 2018 at 18:26 in
Politics, Society & Culture | Author:
Paul Tuns Poll finds policy ‘unfair,’ critics call it totalitarian
Andrew Bennett, head of the Cardus Religious Freedom Institute, called the Trudeau abortion attestation 'totalitarian'.
Canadian MPs have approved grants to employ summer students and youth are settling into their summer jobs, but the pro-abortion attestation requirement imposed on small businesses, charities, and organizations that apply for ... (Continue reading)
Written on 25 May, 2018 at 11:46 in
Marriage and Family, Politics | Author:
Interim Staff Radio Canada, the French-language arm of the CBC, reported that Canadian government employees who talk directly to users of government services can no longer refer to those citizens as “sir,” “madam,” or any other gender-specific term while doing so, and must eschew terms like mother or father also.
The documents also reveal that “father” and “mother” have been removed from the Social Insurance Number application form.
Service Canada’s front-line staff must “use gender-neutral language or gender-inclusive language” to avoid “portraying a perceived ... (Continue reading)
Written on 15 May, 2018 at 12:25 in
Human rights, Josie Luetke | Author:
Talk Turkey Josie Luetke
On March 20, 2017, famed white supremacist Richard Spencer declared, “We should recognize that the pro-life movement – this is not the alt-right, this has nothing in common with identitarians … Pro-lifers want to be radically dysgenic, egalitarian, multi-racial human rights thumpers – and they’re not us.”
In response, I commented on my Facebook wall, “Well, thanks! I never expected to be so sincerely ... (Continue reading)
Written on 12 May, 2018 at 12:44 in
Issues, Politics, Society & Culture | Author:
Paul Tuns
On March 19, the Liberals and NDP teamed up to defeat a Conservative motion to drop the Canada Summer Jobs attestation – which requires small businesses and charities to attest to their support of abortion and same-sex “marriage” to qualify for subsidies for summer student employment – for organizations that are not involved in political advocacy. It was a bit of political gamesmanship designed to embarrass the government, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 4 May, 2018 at 8:08 in
Human rights, Marriage and Family, Palliative Care | Author:
Interim Staff Alfie Evans, the British infant at the centre of a battle between doctors and his parents about how to proceed with medical care.
A year after British infant Charlie Gard captured international attention over a battle between his parents and the hospital over continuing care to allow their ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Apr, 2018 at 11:02 in
Abortion, Politics | Author:
Paul Tuns Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remains steadfast in enforcing his ideological litmus test for recipients of summer student subsidies.
The House of Commons defeated a Conservative Party motion to exempt certain groups from the government’s Summer Jobs program attestation which requires employers to attest that they support so-called Charter rights like abortion and same-sex ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Mar, 2018 at 19:43 in
Announcements, Book Review, Columnist, Features, Rick McGinnis, Society & Culture | Author:
Amusement Rick McGinnis My first glimpse of Jordan Peterson was almost a decade ago, when he appeared on TVO’s current affairs show The Agenda with Steve Paikin alongside my friend, the writer Kathy Shaidle. She was on the show arrayed against a dismal group of evangelical atheists, including then-United Church minster Gretta Vosper – the God-botherer against the God-deniers, a hard hour of media labour that might have made turning down a ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Feb, 2018 at 11:14 in
Human rights, Politics, Religion | Author:
Editor’s Note: There was a great deal of commentary and response to Justin Trudeau’s pro-abortion, pro-LGBQT ideological litmus to receive Canada Summer Jobs program funding. Below is a sampling of reaction to the government policy.
“The language is overbroad ... it infringes the fundamental right of freedom of religion and conscience in a way that is not justifiable.”
University of Saskatchewan law professor
Jason MacLean
“I think it’s offensive to some Canadians because it’s saying: ‘if you hold these values, you are not worthy ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Feb, 2018 at 11:10 in
Abortion Law, Human rights, Politics, Society & Culture | Author:
Interim Staff In December, Ontario Attorney General Yasir Navqi’s office notified Campaign Life Coalition and other pro-life groups that the Safe Access to Abortion Services Act, 2017, would come into effect on Feb. 1. The law, passed in October, establishes a minimum bubble zone prohibiting pro-life speech and assembly within 50 meters of the property of eight existing free-standing abortion facilities and 150 meters within the homes of a “protected service ... (Continue reading)
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