Peter Stockland
Peter Stockland is publisher of Convivium magazine and a senior fellow at Cardus.
No comfort in words
On the very day Quebec legalized medical killing this month, I committed an act of euthanasia.
Les glorieux Catholic
A colleague and good friend of mine is an intractable Leafs fan, meaning he is generally unaware that NHL hockey exists after the palest first quarter moon of April.
Making real connections
Victor Boutros was on Parliament Hill unraveling the misapprehended connection between violence and poverty.
Beware the ‘inevitable’
In her parting words to Quebecers, politically humiliated former Premier Pauline Marois reminded us of that shining moment when she arose from her personal Eden to quick-march us to the New Jerusalem.
Belief, no, but faith?
Trust an atheist cell biologist turned journalist turned activist turned best-selling author to pinpoint the damage of pushing faith from public life.
School fights Quebec
In the name of neutrality, seven Supreme Court of Canada justices peered down from their red leather bench at 27 lawyers armed to the teeth with briefs and bristling with arguments in a courtroom full of spectators ripe for the legal fight.
For God or country
Crowds at Parti Quebecois whistle stops during the provincial election have been chanting: “We want a country!” They’re perfectly entitled to both the desire and its democratic expression, of course, even as Quebec Liberal leader Philippe Couillard is equally justified in asking rhetorically: “Don’t we already have one?”
My Quebec is for all
It was one of those almost-invisible gestures that defy a seemingly impregnable political fixation.
Quebec’s Catholic paradox
The seeming uncomfortable paradox of the Catholic Church in Quebec is illuminated by two pieces of legislation making their way through the province’s National Assembly.
G.K. and the God debate
God was abundant at the Toronto archdiocese’s recent inaugural Chesterton Debate. Dear old G.K., unfortunately, was in notably shorter supply.