I’m writing this a couple of days after Anthony Fauci was brought before a hostile American Senate committee where he was accused of creating covid and told he should be in prison. Former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States, Fauci was the reluctant poster-boy for controversial policies…
For the last decade, I, like many, have tried to make sense of what’s going on across the border and have been dumbfounded by Christians gleefully signing on to MAGA. We need fresh theological insights. Happily, Lee Camp’s book Scandalous Witness, first published in 2020 during Trump One, is newly re-released and is more relevant…
The cultural and language divide in Canada has resulted in two entirely different definitions of state neutrality. In April, Quebec passed Bill 9, legislation that expands on existing restrictions on religious symbols, prayer rooms and religion-specific foods in government-subsidized workplaces like daycares and post-secondary institutions. The stated goal of Bill 9 is to ensure state…
In January 2025, life for pastors Obed and Alay Martinez changed dramatically. Carrying only the luggage they needed for a short trip, they flew from their home in Cuba to Miami. They were visiting their children and grandchildren, who had lived there for 20 years. “When I saw my grandchildren for the first time in…
The proposed new law to combat hatred, Bill C-9, is creating animosity instead of bringing together various groups who could help to address the increase in antisemitism that led to its introduction. Bill C-9, with amendments, has now received a third reading in the House of Commons, by a vote of 186 Yeas and 137…
Even before the bombs started falling on Tehran, many observers and pundits were saying that going to war with Iran (particularly under the present circumstances) would have disastrous consequences. Those people are almost certainly correct. From civilian deaths to the entrenchment (rather than replacement) of a hard-line regime in Iran and from global energy prices…
Even as the dark rumblings from down south continue and some Alberta separatists meet with Trump officials (an act that – while not strictly treasonous – could be seen as treasonish), Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has resisted calls from other leaders (most notably B.C. Premier David Eby and Ontario Premier Doug Ford) to take a…
One of the most discouraging phenomena of the past ten years has been watching evangelical Christians continue to support Donald Trump despite an ever-intensifying stream of immoral behaviour they wouldn’t have tolerated from any other candidate. By now it seems there may be no limit to how far this will go. Trump’s myriad moral shortcomings…
Last summer, I wrote about the Netherlands and how the Israeli campaign in Gaza and the West Bank affected Dutch democracy. The controversy surrounding Bill C-9 now compels me, reluctantly, to make the same argument about Canada. I notice in both countries a pattern of interrelated events by which Jews are put at risk and…
When politicians make policies specifically targeting transgender kids, as they are doing in Alberta, what is their aim? Who wants you to be preoccupied about trans kids, and who benefits when you are? Politics is about principles, rights and formal justice, but it’s also about emotion, power and competition. Though we need to ask “principled”…
It’s difficult to pay attention to contemporary public life and not wonder how public figures get away with it. I don’t mean how do they get away with evasions, half-truths, partisan inconsistency and “spin.” These rhetorical tricks and petty hypocrisies are probably unavoidable in mass democracies. They are wearying, and can be demoralizing to folks…
The euphoria about a federal budget that promises to give birth to a new, strong Canada feels more like post-partum depression ten days later. It is understandable that the budget puts funds in many buckets to deal with economic uncertainty and survive Trump. Tax cuts, incentives for private investment, infrastructure projects and workforce retraining policies…
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