By Jonathon Van Maren Pam Damoff, the Liberal Member of Parliament for Oakville North-Burlington, has an interesting and illuminating voting record. For example, in 2016 she voted against an amendment to her party’s euthanasia legalization bill that would “protect freedom of conscience for doctors, nurses, pharmacists and healthcare institutions to refuse to participate in euthanasia.”…
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By Jonathon Van Maren Stories like this one in the Daily Mail are precisely why secular progressives should not be trusted with our children: A Liberal Democrat councillor has told a party conference that schools could suggest prostitution as a career to pupils. Dennis Parsons, who is chairman of the Cheltenham Liberal Democrats, made the…
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By Jonathon Van Maren Just in case you had any doubt as to whether Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and her government of activist radicals were planning on demonizing Christians as a way of winning the next election, this headline from the National Post over the weekend should clear up any doubt: “Alberta Premier Rachel Notley…
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By Jonathon Van Maren So it appears as if Canada will be on the cutting edge of science-denying progressive nonsense once again, this time in Newfoundland. From the Globe and Mail: Gender identity crusader Gemma Hickey called it a “big victory” Friday as her court challenge over non-binary birth certificates was delayed while Newfoundland and…
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By Jonathon Van Maren As the Hermit Kingdom dominates the news cycle once again, all eyes are on North Korea. Kim Jong Un, desperate to cling to power, has fired multiple rockets and threatens the United States with nuclear war, while President Donald Trump announced to the United Nations that America may be forced to…
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By Jonathon Van Maren The porn plague is in the news again, and as usual, it isn’t pretty. A brief perusal of a few stories highlights the degrading impact of pornography on our society, and one overarching fact shines through: Porn wrecks everything. An Ottawa mom recently discovered that it is perfectly alright for adult…
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By Jonathon Van Maren My column earlier this week detailing Brian Jean’s statements on social conservatives has clearly struck a chord—it was only up for a half hour when Jean staffer Vitor Marciano responded by tweeting, “How idiotic. Brian did his highschool at Prairie Bible and is a church going Baptist.” The Brian Jean Campaign then…
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By Jonathon Van Maren A few people have asked me, every now and again, why I still bother to occasionally respond to Michael Coren’s incoherent attacks on Canadian Christians, considering that he isn’t taken much seriously and that the liberal denominations he champions are dying off at a rapid clip. My answer is two-fold: First…
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By Jonathon Van Maren To express admiration for Winston Churchill is so cliché it has become banal. After all, who doesn’t admire the British bulldog who led Great Britain through the storms of the Second World War with a cigar clamped between his teeth and his indomitable growl breathing life into his fellow citizens? In…
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By Jonathon Van Maren Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, the University of Toronto psychology professor and overnight YouTube sensation, is perhaps one of the most interesting commentators to surface in the past decade. His opinions are in such high demand these days that I’m not sure how he gets any sleep. Due to his wide-ranging fields…
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