Stephen Harper – Christian and Missionary?
Like some half-legendary sea monster that spends the preponderance of its time cruising the lightless depths, the topic of Stephen Harper’s religious beliefs has recently broken the surface and made a...
View ArticleIs Barack Obama a Secular Messiah?
Supporters of U.S. President Barack Obama sometimes get mocked for supposedly thinking of him as a virtual messiah, not just a politician. There’s at least one whole book that goes to town with this...
View ArticleHouse of Commons Terminates Motion to Study Beginning of Human Life
The House of Commons, as you’ve likely heard by now, has resoundingly defeated a curious motion from Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth that would have established a special committee of the House of...
View ArticleMethinks the lady doth protest quite well
Ok, I admit it, I have on occasion watched our Parliament on television. I’m not proud of it, nor have I been particularly impressed with the often petty sniping that passes for debate in Canadian...
View Article“freedom of religion does not mean freedom from religion.”
On May 24, 2012, John Baird, Foreign Affairs Minister Canada, gave “the keynote speech in recognition of Canada’s move toward promoting religious freedom abroad” at a Religious Liberty Dinner in...
View ArticleWho are the “Nones”?
There’s an old joke which asks how the Canadian census is done. The answer: Take the American census and divide by ten. But for religious faith, the numbers are quite different – the proportion of...
View ArticlePick Your Priority for Ontario Budget 2013
On Friday, March 7, Ontario Green Party Leader, Mike Schreiner, is going to send Premier Wynne his party’s top priorities for the Ontario 2013 budget. He would like to know what you think. If you had...
View ArticleThe “homegrown terror” discussion
I don’t think it’s necessary for me to explain the background that prompted this post. All of Canada is reeling from the news that two (possibly 3) kids from London, Ontario somehow became extremist...
View ArticleThou Shalt Not Commit Sociology
Stephen Harper is so relentlessly disciplined and careful with his words that he’s far less prone to verbal slips than, say, former U. S. President George W. Bush. However, he recently said something...
View ArticleAustralia Loses Its Atheist PM
Plenty of political obituaries have already been written for Julia Gillard, who was Australia’s prime minister until the Labor party dumped her in favour of her predecessor Kevin Rudd in a leadership...
View ArticleTommy Douglas versus Karol Wojtyła
Most Canadians immediately recognize the name of the man known as “the father of Canadian medicare”: Tommy Douglas. How many Canadians recognize the name Karol Wojtyła? Tommy Douglas, born Thomas...
View ArticleBlindsided
While Canadian Atheist and the Canadian Secular Alliance were busy posting articles and updates and writing letters protesting Private Member’s Bill C-266: An Act to establish Pope John Paul II Day in...
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Discrimination in Ontario
The unofficial anthem of Ontario is “A Place to Stand”: Give us a place to stand And a place to grow And call this land Ontario. ……………………………………. A place to stand, a place to grow Ontari-ari-ari-o !...
View ArticleTrudeau panders
Maybe it is just inexperience, but then again, that is not a good thing either, for someone wanting to be PM. The Muslim Canadian Congress criticized Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau Tuesday for his...
View ArticleThe Lad Who’s Born To Be King
The arrival of His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge has engendered considerable excitement in some quarters, grumpy disdain in others, a wry shrug from Private Eye, and the occasional reaction...
View ArticleIrwin Cotler and Why I Almost Agree with Him…
A lot of news has surfaced recently about the charter of Quebec values. I wrote a post about it days before it was “leaked” to the Journal de Montreal. If you aren’t familiar, the main talking points...
View ArticleHitch The Younger Gets It Right On Syria
When the much-admired Christopher Hitchens died a couple of years ago, he left behind a younger brother. Peter Hitchens is also a distinguished journalist, and I don’t think it’s any insult to the man...
View ArticleCanadians and Their Politicians
According to CBC News, Canadians are learning a little more about the drug habits of their politicians. Jerry Coyne is treating his readers to a selection of his favourite Beatles’ songs, and Larry...
View ArticleThe Long Game – More on the Charter of Québec Values
A few of the readers who dislike what I’ve written about the Charter of Quebec Values have taken what I said and polarized it into one or two things: The first is that I’m a just typical Anglo-Canadian...
View ArticleHitch The Younger Is Proud Of His Country
A couple of days ago Christopher Hitchens’ surviving younger brother Peter was urging his fellow Brits to write to their MPs in opposition to Prime Minister David Cameron’s plans to join America and...
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