It is always encouraging to learn that some recipients of OttawaWatch read all the way through each week’s missive — or at least read the last paragraph, not just the first. In last week’s piece, I promised to make some references, today, to Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl’s January 18 speech — the 2007 Mel Smith […]
OttawaWatch: Wilberforce and friends
Two Order of Canada appointments caught my attention this week, as I perused the list released Tuesday morning, February 20, by Governor-General Michaelle Jean’s office. The two are Norgrove Penny and the late Harry Lehotsky. Penny, a Victoria medical doctor, is well-known in British Columbia and some parts of Uganda for both his vibrant Christian […]
Social conservatives and other Liberals
Two MPs, both serious Christians, stepped on to the little green bus that runs between the various parliamentary buildings in Ottawa. One, we will dub “Mr. Liberal”, the other, the other, “Mr. CA”, to accurately reflect their party identities. Your humble scribe turned to one and said: “Hi, Mr. Liberal. Has Mr. CA persuaded you […]
Comment: For whom does the Christian leader speak?
Much has been made of the Christian commitment — Pentecostal variety — of Matthew Coon Come, chief of the . I can’t help but notice, however, that a fair number of people are reacting to a number of his public pronouncements — commending him at times, and otherwise wondering about some of his seeming contradictions. […]