By Jonathon Van Maren NOTE: THIS STORY IS STILL DEVELOPING. FURTHER DETAILS WILL BECOME AVAILABLE SOON. Bill 207, which would have recognize the right of medical professionals to decline to participate in procedures that conflict with their consciences in Alberta, was killed last night at committee in an 8 to 2 vote—with four United Conservative…
By Jonathon Van Maren Canada’s provinces continue to succumb to demands to fund the abortion pill. This time, it is the North West Territories: The territorial government will now fully cover Mifegymiso, a prescription drug known colloquially as the “abortion pill,” officials announced on Tuesday. The territorial government will now fully cover Mifegymiso, a prescription…
By Jonathon Van Maren An update from the frontlines of the culture wars: *** Some states are moving to respond to the Trump Administration by passing policies of their own. From the Colorado Sun: The federal government in recent months has banned transgender people from joining the military and made plans to roll back protections…
By Jonathon Van Maren More bad news for Justin Trudeau’s Liberals may just indicate sunny ways for the rest of us come autumn. From John Ivison in the National Post: A majority in a poll conducted by Ipsos believe the country is on the wrong track, while the government’s approval rating has fallen 20 points…
By Jonathon Van Maren It is a good morning for Alberta, and a good morning for Canada: Premier Rachel Notley’s accidental NDP government has been booted out of office, with Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party taking 63 seats and reducing the NDP to a mere 24. It is worth noting that Jason Kenney’s achievement here…
By Jonathon Van Maren For days, the only story that progressives have wanted to talk about regarding the provincial election in Alberta is the “explosive” interview between radio host Charles Adler and United Conservative Party leader (and former Harper cabinet minister) Jason Kenney. The Canadian commentariat seems to be of a single mind on the…
By Jonathon Van Maren Alberta Education Minister David Eggen has taken the next step in his war against religious schools that refuse to buckle and accept his ideology on sexuality: He has now stated definitively that the provincial government will be pulling funding from twenty-eight private schools by next fall if they stand firm in…
By Jonathon Van Maren Alberta’s radically left-wing government continues to implement their social revolution at warp speed—it is obvious that Premier Rachel Notley, Education Minister David Eggen, and the rest of the NDP crew are determined to transform the prairie province to the greatest extent possible prior to their likely defeat by Jason Kenney’s United…
By Jonathon Van Maren October 15, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) — The New Democratic Party of Alberta is in all likelihood aware that they have only a short time left in power. The Jason Kenney Juggernaut has been inexorably rolling toward them since the former cabinet minister left federal politics, won the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party, championed…
By Jonathon Van Maren According to the Edmonton Journal, Alberta’s education minister has just announced that he is taking the next step in the NDP government’s crackdown on the province’s religious schools—and that action against these schools will occur by the end of the school year: Alberta private schools that fail to publicly post policies…