By Jonathon Van Maren As a Dutch-Canadian with a healthy amount of pride in my heritage—all four of my grandparents and my father were born in the Netherlands–it is painful to see nearly-annual news trickle out of the Old Country describing the cutting-edge killing of the emerging euthanasia regime. A week ago, a Dutch Member…
By Jonathon Van Maren This story is truly disturbing—and from the Toronto Star, no less: Thousands of Canadian girls are at risk of female genital mutilation, government officials believe. And some are being taken overseas to have the dangerous procedure done — an illegal act known as “vacation cutting.” Officials from the federal government’s Global…
By Jonathon Van Maren On the heels of the recent news that Ontario rented a giant rubber duck for Canada’s 150th Anniversary at the hefty price of $150,000—with no one being able to explain what this duck actually has to do with Canada or anything that has happened in the last 150 years—comes this simultaneously…
Anthony Esolen’s book “Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American Culture” is essential reading for any Christian wanting to know how to fight back against the secular tidal wave. He joined Jonathon Van Maren to discuss how we got here, how we can leave, and what we can do right now in our homes, schools, and…
By Jonathon Van Maren Scott Gilmore, an occasional writer for Maclean’s, is so obviously not a conservative that his byline states that he “is a member of the Conservative party, and is married to a Liberal cabinet member.” This must be stated explicitly, because there is literally no other way to tell that Gilmore possesses…
By Jonathon Van Maren Right on schedule, Canadian judges are suddenly discovering enormous loopholes in Canada’s euthanasia law and expanding the right to assisted suicide. From The Daily Mail: A 77-year-old woman with osteoarthritis should be allowed to have euthanasia in Canada, a judge has ruled. The patient, known only as AB, was diagnosed with the…
By Jonathon Van Maren In the wake of Trump’s excellent speech in Warsaw earlier this week, the Left promptly lost its mind. As I noted in my column on the speech, Trump eloquently outlined the threats posed to Western Civilization, explained the necessity of the Judeo-Christian values undergirding it, and held up the long struggle…
Don Hutchinson is a Canadian lawyer, writer, and an expert in religious liberty. He joined Jonathon Van Maren to discuss his new book, “Under Siege: Religious Freedom and the Church in Canada at 150 (1867-2017.) Copies can be purchased at: www.donhutchinson.ca/book-under-siege/
By Jonathon Van Maren Pride Month erupted across North America with more fanfare than usual this year, with the Left strangling itself with the noose of intersectionality and once-celebratory marches devolving into brawls between Black Lives Matter, trans activists, and even pro-Palestinian marchers, who successfully got the Jews kicked out of Chicago’s “Dyke March.” Understandably,…
By Jonathon Van Maren As I noted last week, it is increasingly obvious that those who subscribe to the ever-evolving transgender craze have completely lost grip on reality, to the shock and dismay of many run-of-the-mill liberals who aren’t quite sure what this whole hodge-podge of drag queens, castration, mastectomies and mental illness is really…