Tag Archive: politics

Imams cool to Senate’s proposal to certify them

OTTAWA – The Conservative majority on the Senate’s security and defence committee has urged the federal government to explore imam training and certification in an effort help curb radicalization, one of 25 recommendations… Continue reading

Post Media described independent MP Lunney’s religious freedom address as “rambling”

Peter O’Neill, Postmedia News OTTAWA — B.C. independent MP James Lunney, who left the Conservative caucus Tuesday so he could speak out freely on his creationist views, was denied the right Wednesday to… Continue reading

Doctors’ beliefs must be respected

By Christina Blizzard, QMI Agency It’s a ruling that has the ham-fisted fingerprints of the Ontario Human Rights Commission and its former and unlamented Chair Barbara Hall all over it. In response to… Continue reading

Indiana set to enact ‘religious freedom’ bill

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – The governor of Indiana is poised to enact a “religious freedom” law, which opponents say will give state businesses a licence to discriminate against gay and lesbian customers. Governor Mike… Continue reading

How to Counter Religion Avoidance Syndrome

OTTAWA – (December 9, 2014)  In the two months since I addressed the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Canadian House of Commons (see the text of my remarks below), the need for Canada to… Continue reading

What Would Kuyper Do?

Forty years ago this winter, during my undergraduate studies, I discovered the great Dutch statesman and polymath, Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920), whose thought would have a huge impact on the subsequent course of my… Continue reading

CCRF to UVic: Respect religious freedom on campus

VICTORIA – The Canadian Council for Religious Freedom (CCRF) today called on the University of Victoria to reverse their ban on religious freedom on campus. CCRF Chair Father Geoffrey Korz wrote to UVic… Continue reading

CCRF Chair Calls On Global News to Act On Reporter’s Anti-Faith Bigotry

TORONTO – Global News reporter Christina Stevens should be held to account for her disgraceful anti-faith attacks, made during a recent interview with a Toronto District School Board trustee, says the Canadian Council of… Continue reading

Albertans’ anti-Christian bigotry is shocking

CALGARY – The most shocking thing about Alberta Premier Jim Prentice’s new cabinet isn’t that he has chosen two unelected cabinet ministers, though that’s generating a lot of buzz to be sure. What’s… Continue reading

US Hobby Lobby case: Court curbs contraception mandate

WASHINGTON – The US Supreme Court has ruled a Christian-owned company can claim a religious exemption to a law requiring employers to pay for their workers’ contraception. The owners of craft chain Hobby… Continue reading