Charitable status risks even with prorogation
The resignation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as Liberal Party leader and the prorogation of Parliament may have postponed a non-confidence vote and an immediate election, but has not averted the risk of certain organizations losing their charitable status.
Trudeau to resign, Parliament prorogued
A Catholic university political scientist says Justin Trudeau seems to have seen himself as the last man standing in Ottawa — until he wasn’t.
Trudeau resignation might be too late for charities' sake
Fundamental political leadership demanded that Prime Minister Trudeau unequivocally declare before Christmas whether he would try to continue leading Canada or resign.
Finding leaders in the arms of the Angel
The Globe and Mail interviewed business leaders about Dominic LeBlancƵapp appointment as finance minister, so it set the parameters for the resulting story. These men are entitled to their opinions, but their assumption that CanadaƵapp finance minister needs to be “one of us” shows a lack of regard for broader concerns.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh declared today in a letter shared to social media that he and his party will join Pierre PoilievreƵapp Conservatives and Yves-François BlanchetƵapp Bloc Québécois in bringing down the Liberal Government with a non-confidence vote.
Peril hangs over pregnancy centre charity status
The federal government has tabled legislation that, if passed, would compel pregnancy care charities to make public disclosures to keep their registered charitable status.
Naming it
As a Catholic newspaper committed to telling non-partisan truth in charity, the Register would never seek to interest its readers in generic badmouthing of Justin Trudeau as an “idiot” and an “imbecile. We need only look south of the border to witness what festers in, erupts from, and corrupts the body politic when such schoolyard insults become the public office invective of the day.
New Premier to reverse New Brunswick gender changes
New Brunswick Premier-designate Susan Holt said one of her first orders of business will be reversing the parent-friendly changes to the province's gender policy when it comes to schools.
Immigration a top concern as Parliament resumes
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Party colleagues will have to contend with shifting political sands when the House of Commons reconvenes Sept. 16.
Gender rights debate taking centrestage
Canada's Parliament returns to work Sept. 16, four days before divisions over gender approaches in schools will return to the national spotlight with the second annual 1 Million March 4 Children.
Abortion push abroad ‘ideological colonization’
The Canadian government continues to allocate billions of dollars for the promotion of sexual and reproductive health rights in the developing world, while slashing funds to other priorities like national defence.
Verbatim: Excerpt from a speech by Pierre Poilievre to the Canada Strong and Free conference
Excerpt from a speech by CanadaƵapp Leader of the Official Opposition, Pierre Poilievre, to the Canada Strong and Free conference in Ottawa on April 11, 2024.
Manitoba looks to bring inclusive prayer to legislature
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew used the Manitoba Multi-faith CouncilƵapp annual leadership breakfast to tell faith leaders he wants to change the prayer recited in the legislature to make it more inclusive.
The Irish eyes continue to smile
MontrealƵapp Msgr. Francis Coyle shared more with the late Brian Mulroney than having an Irish name.
Editorial: The Bill C-63 hallucination
First, it was the unlikely Chardonnay-and-ketamine like pairing of Margaret Atwood and Elon Musk that raised alarms about the federal governmentƵapp proposed Online Harms Act. Now, someone with years of practice adjudicating human rights law has launched a fusillade against Bill C-63 that should set the ears of all Canadians, including Liberal caucus members, buzzing.