Evangelical voters have been turning away from the Liberal party in droves over the past dozen years, with about two-thirds of the former Liberal voters turning to conservative parties and one-third turning to the New Democrats, according to a research paper published by the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC). The paper, entitled ‘Canadian Evangelical Voting […]
OttawaWatch: Courting evangelicals
Press gallery colleague Brian Lilley, who provides Parliament Hill news and analysis to the influential CFRB group of radio stations across Canada, has a most interesting blog post, this week. In it, he reveals that Toronto-area Liberal MP John McKay has been designated by his leader, Michael Ignatieff, to help the party reach out to […]
Back and forth: OttawaWatch
A small but interesting item appeared in both Maclean’s and the Toronto Star in the past few days. It concerned the move of Kevin Chan, the executive assistant to Privy Council Clerk Kevin Lynch, to a senior advisor post for Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff. Lynch is, of course, the main link between the prime minister’s […]
Evangelical groups keeping a close eye on Bountiful polygamy case
The courts could be dealing with the legal status of polygamy “for at least five years,” following the arrest last week of Winston Blackmore and James Oler, both of whom are part of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints (FLDS) community in Bountiful, BC. That was the assessment of David Quist, executive director of the Institute […]
An outpouring of potpourri – OttawaWatch
WE ARE starting off 2009 with best wishes for a Happy New Year — and a potpourri of stories that all point to the need for good communication of the listening kind around Parliament Hill.
City council candidates share a faith
There are 36 candidates running for eight seats on the Kelowna City Council November 15. While there may be more such, BCCN has been able to identify two of the newcomer candidates as people who bring a faith perspective to what they try to do in community service. Also, one of the 10 people running […]
Bergens vow to continue work
Would they stay in Kenya, or would they come home to the Okanagan? That was a burning question for John and Eloise Bergen, after they were attacked by machete-wielding men apparently recruited by one of their former security guards. The short answer is that they planned to come home for healing, and then return to […]
Hope Farm offers ‘spiritual healing’
A former Cowichan Valley dairy farm has become a place of healing over the past 18 months, as a result of a ministry initiative of Mustard Seed Church in Victoria. Chris Riddell, the pastor (and executive director) of Hope Farm Healing Centre, told BC Christian News recently that “four streams of healing, intellectual, emotional, spiritual […]
UVic’s Climenhaga a man of ‘solid faith’
Former arts and science dean at the University of Victoria, John Leroy Climenhaga, died May 27 at age 91. Climenhaga was widely regarded in the academic community as a key advocate for UVic’s transition from its previous status as Victoria College, in the 1950s and 60s. In addition, according to Harry Dosso, who succeeded him […]
OttawaWatch: Mulroney’s interesting Christmas tale
It’s Christmas time in the city. And in this city — Ottawa — the move is from political strategizing and cross-checking to goodwill and trying to understand the reason for the season. So, in wishing OttawaWatch readers the best at Christmas, I would like, in the best tradition of Charles Dickens, to talk about politics past, […]
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