The B.C. Catholic reached out to Canadian political observers for their thoughts from a Christian perspective on the 2021 federal election results. Following are their responses. Story updated Sept. 23 … Continued
It was status quo come election night as save for a few minor seat changes, Canada’s new Parliament will mirror what it replaced. The results of the Sept. 20 election … Continued
OTTAWA (CCN)—Federal political leaders are failing to protect Canadians’ rights by staying out of Quebec’s secularism law, says the former head of Canada’s religious freedom office. Father Deacon Andrew Bennett … Continued
OTTAWA—True and meaningful reconciliation with Indigenous Canadians, a “just” economic recovery from COVID, action on climate change, and a country that welcomes refugees and immigrants are among issues Catholic and … Continued
Canadians have a lot to think about before the Sept. 20 election. But for Catholics, it’s getting harder to be political and to contribute to public debate, says the author … Continued
OTTAWA – With the leaders of the main political parties in Canada typically taking a pro-abortion stance in public, pro-life Canadians could at least in the past find a home … Continued
Although three in five Canadians felt having a federal election this fall was not important to them, the country is headed to its second general election in less than two … Continued
It began with Sr. Fay Trombley of Catholic Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception. Upon settling into her new home of Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., over 15 years ago, she quickly … Continued
OTTAWA—Reconciliation between Canadian society and the country’s Indigenous communities is possible, say two new national Indigenous leaders. While they come at reconciliation with Canada’s Indigenous people from two different vantage … Continued
As the statues fall across the nation, there is little positive sculptor Timothy Schmalz can glean from the anger and destruction. Egerton Ryerson, John A. Macdonald, and Queens Victoria and … Continued