By Jonathon Van Maren If you’ve been wondering how Rachel Notley’s NDP is going to try cling to power and fend off the steamrolling Jason Kenney, here’s your answer, posted to the Alberta’s NDP Facebook page on March 28: One year later, as the UCP prepares for its policy convention, where does Jason Kenney stand?…
By Jonathon Van Maren Perhaps you thought that after Trudeau was widely mocked for his “peoplekind” comment, and the Liberal gender budget flopped, and Canadians collectively groaned at the news that their government was going gender-neutral, that perhaps the Liberals realized it was time to lay low on the subject of gender for awhile. If…
By Jonathon Van Maren Behind the scenes, Liberal Members of Parliament have been panicking about Trudeau’s insertion of an “abortion attestation” into the application requirements for the Canada Summer Jobs Program for months already. One Liberal MP, Scott Simms, broke rank and voted with the Conservatives on their motion protesting the attestation—the NDP’s David Christopherson…
By Jonathon Van Maren Those of you who follow politics will have been exposed, in all likelihood, to the latest distasteful news about President Donald Trump’s pre-presidency personal life. Stephane Clifford, a porn performer who went by the name Stormy Daniels, has accused the president of having an affair with her shortly after his marriage…
By Jonathon Van Maren We stared up at the enormous steel gates as our Uber headed back into the chilly Moscow night. I’d never seen anything like it. A huge metal eagle with the head of a wolf hung from the arch, wings outstretched, talons grasping for prey. An entire MiG fighter jet was welded…
By Jonathon Van Maren On Saturday night, I had the privilege of attending the Easter concert “He is Risen,” put on by the Mattaniah Men’s Choir and the Hosanna Choir (which my wife sings in), both of which are directed by Herman den Hollander. I’m very grateful for the enormous amount of work he and…
Renowned British philosopher Sir Roger Scruton joined Jonathon Van Maren to discuss the collapse of Western civilization, cultural confidence, and why traditionalism and conservatism are essential.
By Jonathon Van Maren If you’ve ever wondered just how fast gender ideology is moving into our educational institutions we send our children to—and how far the gender ideologues have penetrated into the public school system—look no further than this glowing article from the CBC yesterday on a “non-binary” substitute teacher in Saskatchewan, who is…
By Jonathon Van Maren Some of you might remember that I attended a conference in Houston last year put on by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE), where thousands gathered to hear lectures on the poisonous impact pornography was having on our culture and get equipped to push back. NCOSE has been on the…
By Jonathon Van Maren Despite the fact that many Liberal Members of Parliament desperately want their government to back off the abortion attestation they inserted into the Canada Summer Jobs Program, it seems that Employment Minister Patti Hadju is refusing to back down. The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops posted a statement yesterday indicating that…