Canadian Politics

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.

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.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was among several politicians and political candidates who attended Easter Sunday Mass at Good Shepherd Church in Surrey, where 1,500 parishioners packed the pews to celebrate the Resurrection.

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

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

Amid ever-evolving tariffs and counter-tariffs between Canada, the United States and China, it has been a confusing few months for one of Toronto’s oldest religious goods stores.

Immigration policy and "open borders" loomed large in the 2024 U.S. presidential election between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. Yet north of the 49th parallel, this issue — like many — has thus far taken a back seat during the 2025 Canadian election period.

Christians in Quebec will be taking to the streets on Good Friday, April 18, to follow behind a Cross and witness to their faith in Jesus. However, they will do so under a curious political shadow: open discussions around the possibility of forbidding public prayer.  

Scoring presidential administrations on some kind of Christian scale would seem an effort doomed to fail. Political agendas and actions rarely align easily with the teachings of the Gospel.

The consensus seems to be that Quebecers, like Canadians in general, are far more focused on the impact of U.S. tariffs on the Canadian economy than on the typical concerns that usually dominate a federal election cycle.