The introduction of abortion legislation is one promise the major political parties will not be making in the lead up to the October 19th election. It may seem like a political victory for the pro-life movement in Canada is not forthcoming. It is as though God...
Justin Trudeau is rightly called out by the National Post editors for being out of step with the law and public opinion, but Mr. Harper or Mr. Mulcair should not receive a free pass either. As leader of the NDP Thomas Mulcair has essentially taken the...
Delegates at this past weekend’s Conservative Party convention in Calgary voted overwhelmingly in favour of a resolution that sets their party apart from all others in the House of Commons. The party now officially condemns gender-based abortions. “This is definitely a victory,” said Mike Schouten, the...
With the beginning of a new legislative session last week, the Prime Minister has once again successfully pressed the proverbial reset button. Some have referred to this latest prorogation as nothing more than an attempt to distance his party from some of the controversies that...
Canada prides itself on being a world-leader in the area of human rights. So it wasn't surprising to hear that Prime Minister Harper was not going to attend the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka. A note sent out to Conservative Party...
Mike Schouten, Calgary Herald Published: Saturday, October 5, 2013 For the last two years Prime Minister Stephen Harper has arrived in New York just in time for the opening of the United Nations General Assembly. And both times Harper has found something more important to do. This...
Last fall some in the media thought it was unconscionable for ten members of the front benches to go against the Prime Minister’s directive and vote in favour of a motion that would have seen a parliamentary committee study the definition of a human being....
