By Jonathon Van Maren I just received a very disappointing e-mail from my friend Faye Sonier, the executive director of Canadian Physicians for Life. The CPL had been engaged in legal proceedings to challenge the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario’s refusal to recognize the conscience rights of medical professionals. As they explained here: Current…
By Jonathon Van Maren Ideas have consequences—that might be cliché, but it’s about time our culture remembered that. The transgender phenomenon, which has already spawned ludicrously serious conversations about whether or not “trans-race” is a thing, with white lady Rachel Dolezal claiming to be black, and “trans-age” having some insist that they are not the…
By Jonathon Van Maren As Dr. Jordan B. Peterson trots the globe for the launch of his new book 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, it has been immensely amusing for me (and millions of others) to watch progressive media figures invite him into their studios, come out swinging their hatchets, and miss…
By Jonathon Van Maren There has been a tsunami of commentary washing over us since Patrick Brown’s career was immolated earlier this week, with some heralding his ousting as a victory for the #metoo movement, and others claiming that Brown was the victim of a grave injustice. Quite a few pundits have responded to the…
By Jonathon Van Maren At a press conference earlier this afternoon, religious leaders came forward to demand that Justin Trudeau’s Liberals either scrap or change the new abortion attestation, in spite of sloppy attempts by the Employment Minister Patty Hajdu to clarify the attestation and assure faith groups that they could check the box and…
By Jonathon Van Maren The term “open secret” is being thrown around on Twitter a lot since former PC leader Patrick Brown’s career burned down in a matter of hours in the wake of bombshell sexual misconduct allegations and the subsequent resignation of nearly all of his top staff. Brown tearfully denied the explicit allegations,…
By Jonathon Van Maren Earlier this evening, Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown staged a teary press conference at 9:45 PM, his voice cracking and his eyes filling with tears as he read a short, terse statement to the press and then hastily scurried off down the hall, with journalists still shouting questions after him. Here…
By Jonathon Van Maren As many of you will remember, back in November I wrote about the uproar surrounding a school trustee in Chilliwack, British Columbia. Barry Neufeld had the misfortune of not only opposing the promotion of transgenderism in schools—which is different than discriminating against kids, which is of course what he’s been accused…
By Jonathon Van Maren On the heels of the Trump Administration’s move to protect the conscience rights of pro-life healthcare providers, the proclamation of January 16 to be “Religious Freedom Day,” and Donald Trump’s speech at the National March for Life, Donald Trump has now released a proclamation declaring January 22 to be “National Sanctity…
By Jonathon Van Maren If someone had told me last year that Canadian editorial boards and media outlets right across the political spectrum and the country would be expressing nearly universal outrage at Justin Trudeau’s decision to insert an “abortion attestation” into the Canada Summer Jobs application, I wouldn’t have believed it. I don’t think…