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Charles McVety

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The Canada Family Action Coalition vs. Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin

What can recent history tell us about the methods and strategies for gaining publicity, used by some Christian right organizations? The following is an informative case story which took place last summer. In August 2008, 42 organizations led by the Canada Family Action Coalition complained to the Canadian Judicial Council, seeking Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin’s [...]

Religious Right 101: Marci McDonald Takes On the “Theo-Cons”

I doubt she thought it would end up this way, but I think the best online primer on the religious right in Canada is still Marci McDonald’s 2006 article in The Walrus, “Stephen Harper and the Theo-Cons: The Rising Clout of Canada’s Religious Right.” McDonald explores the connections between the Christian right, a growing array [...]