Bene Diction
Another Cry on the horizon?
Faytene Kryskow Hey Everyone….if you are wondering if we are doing a CRY this summer the answer is no, but maybe . We feel to time the next CRY with the next election call. So, as soon as the election is called (whenever that is) assume a CRY is only a couple weeks around the [...]
Catholics and child sexual abuse
Dennis Gruending 2010. Used by permission. All rights reserved It’s been a bad month for Pope Benedict XVI and the Catholic hierarchy, and by extension a bad month for Catholics in general. The church has been rocked by more allegations, many of them now proven, regarding past sexual assaults by priests on young boys and [...]
News roundup March 30th, 2010
The Canada Family Action Coalition acknowledges it has held private meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Haper and members of the current government six times since 2008. The oganization is tied into the evangelical fundamentalist Canada Christian College in Toronto, and is known for bragging about access to federal politicians. Formed in 1979, the group is [...]
Harper’s hard right turn
Harper’s hard right turn. Paul Wells at his best. Chock full of examples…Rights and Democracy, Youth for Christ Winnipeg, Catholic Register and womens rights, Insite, The Manning Centre, Institute for Marriage and Family Canada (Focus on the Family Canuck style) and more. One minor beef, Charles McVety being referred to as Dr. McVety. Taken together, [...]
NHOP promotes Israeli prayer walk
By Dennis Gruending 2010. Used by permission. All rights reserved I have reported previously about the National House of Prayer (NHOP) in Ottawa. As I write this, Rob and Fran Parker, the husband and wife team who lead NHOP, are planning what they describe as a prayer walk to Israel in late March into April. [...]
Human Rights complaint against Manitoba Addiction Foundation
A Winnipeg man who has struggled with alcoholism for decades says he has filed a complaint with the Manitoba Human Rights Commission over the lack of a treatment program that’s free of religious or spiritual elements. Rob Johnstone said he has battled alcoholism for 40 years and can’t find a treatment program that doesn’t rely [...]
Leaving Fundamentalism
I am a bit stumped on how to write about this book Leaving Fundamentalism, which is edited by G. Elijah Dann and published by Wilfred Laurier Unversity Press (2008). I have not read the book, it has been offered. The internet being what it is, I landed at the Google book preview and didn’t stop [...]
Inch by inch – Canada’s Economic Action Plan and religious organizations
What is going on with Canada’s Economic Action Plan? Winnipeg has been the centre of a maelstrom over the past week since Youth for Christ stepped forward with a completed funding proposal in hand for an 11 million dollar rec centre. It’s been huge news in the province, and once the public political fisticuffs was [...]
Youth for Christ Winnipeg: proselytizing and political patronage
The Winnipeg Free Press has been all over government funding requests by an evangelical para-church organization called Youth for Christ. The Christian organization, which offers 15 programs in various Winnipeg locations right now, plans to build a 50,000-square foot facility called “Youth Centre of Excellence,” which would include a skate park, fitness centre, dance studio, [...]
Politicizing Misery
Glen Pearson 2010. Used by permission. All rights reserved I guess the goodwill had to wear off at some point. For weeks now, as the opposition critic for international cooperation, I have been peppered with media questions about CIDA’s performance in Haiti. I’ve refused to rise to the bait, following a longstanding tradition of political [...]
