Peter Stockland

Peter Stockland: A little elbow room for our list of wants

March 12, 2019

The heart of the Ottawa imbroglio over SNC-Lavalin can be found in remembering the time Justin Trudeau elbowed a female MP aside to get what he wanted.

Peter Stockland: ‘Priestly problem’ must be tackled

February 22, 2019

Long ago, a childhood friend and I were walking across an old wooden bridge in the small town where we lived when a car stopped to offer us a ride. The local priest was at the wheel.

Peter Stockland: At overdose prevention centre, success is measured by every breath

February 7, 2019

On a recent Saturday morning visit to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, a person mummy-wrapped in a dragonfly blue blanket lay motionless a few feet from the corner of Hastings and Main.

Peter Stockland: Retreat combines worlds of art, faith

January 28, 2019

Changing the current toxic cultural narrative around and about the Church consumes enormous Christian energy through a range of means and methods.

Peter Stockland: Irish should learn lesson from Canada

January 15, 2019

As predictably as rain falling in Dublin, Irish pro-abortion stalwarts are already agitating for so-called exclusion zones around health facilities where the life-ending procedure is performed.

Peter Stockland: Millennial shatters all the stereotypes

January 8, 2019

If stereotypes are made to be deflated, Amanda Achtman is a young woman who carries a suitcase full of needles and hat pins.

Peter Stockland: Where do we stand with our rule of law?

December 6, 2018

Last summer, Ottawa constitutional lawyer Albertos Polizogopoulos and I were on Ottawa’s Sparks Street when we encountered a sign warning we were entering an abortion safe-access zone.

Peter Stockland: Montreal parish reflects Canadian story of faith

November 26, 2018

When Montreal’s English Speaking Catholic Council hosted a talk on faith and immigration the quintessential church hall basement of St. Kevin’s Parish on Côte-Des-Neiges Road was an obvious choice.

Peter Stockland: The power of hearts makes a better world

November 9, 2018

In a fine interview following the recent synagogue killings in Pittsburgh, Ottawa’s Rabbi Reuven Bulka offered wisdom that went far beyond the specific act of terrible bloodshed.

Peter Stockland: Religious freedom’s losses are piling up fast

October 25, 2018

The new Quebec government’s proposed assault on religious freedom by barring public wearing of overt faith markers is worrisome enough.