Canadian Elections

For Carney, now the work begins

Quinton Amundson · May 8, 2025

Following a May 27 speech from the throne delivered by King Charles III, the 45th Canadian Parliament, under the leadership of Prime Minister Mark Carney will get to legislative work.

Pro-lifers make electoral gains with 90 MPs to sit in House

Quinton Amundson · May 8, 2025

Canada’s pro-life community is expressing trepidation about the fate of preborn children and end-of-life care under a Mark Carney Liberal government, but is also consoled by the electoral gains made in the April 28 federal election.

Editorial

Accept democracy’s verdict

May 1, 2025

Prior to Election Night, few Canadians would have identified Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre as an embodiment of Catholic charity.

Unprecedented shift carries Liberals to victory

Quinton Amundson · April 29, 2025

Canadian voters have spoken and chose to give the Liberal Party a fourth term in power as Mark Carney maintained his hold on the Prime Minister’s office.

Analysis

You had your chance Canada: you blew it!

Mickey Conlon · April 29, 2025

I write this with a heavy heart, something I never, ever, would have thought I would have to put in print.

Beyond election, Catholics must stay engaged

Quinton Amundson · April 28, 2025

Matthew Marquardt’s message to Canadian Catholics is simple yet significant: active citizenship must continue resolutely in the days, weeks, months and years following tonight’s 2025 federal election outcome.

Bishops urge Catholics to vote with conscience, hope, and defence of life in federal election

B.C. Catholic · April 24, 2025

In a statement released ahead of the April 28 federal election, Canada’s bishops are calling on Catholics to vote with a renewed spirit of hope, guided by conscience and rooted in faith.

Rights league concerned over charities’ law

Charitable status could be removed from religious, pro-life groups

Quinton Amundson · April 24, 2025

The House of Commons Finance Committee’s proposed pre-budget 2025 recommendations — 429 and 430 — to strip pro-life and faith-based non-profit groups of their charitable status has been on the mind of Phil Horgan this election cycle.

Culture à la Carte

Understanding the two sides of polarization

Sr. Helena Burns · April 20, 2025

Polarization. You say that like it’s a bad thing. But is it? And if it’s bad, why?

The Mustard Seed

Rules for a radical doctrine of love

Glen Argan · April 19, 2025

Elections are essential to democracy, but they are not the most crucial element.