Articles filed under Canada Today

1. Columns // Canada Today0

   Striking a balance—what’s the Christian view on gun control?

   By Jonathan Malloy on Apr 26, 2013

   The terrible shootings last December in Connecticut have fuelled a new gun control debate in the United States. In Canada, we recently abolished the controversial long-gun registry, making some people happy and others very distraught. What’s the Christian view on…Read More→

2. Columns // Canada Today0

   Park the ego, lead a nation

   By Jonathan Malloy on Feb 27, 2013

   Leadership is a subject that recurs everywhere—in churches, in business, sports, and of course politics. But what is leadership? The recent movie Lincoln focus on the man who is generally considered to be the greatest American president. But if you’ve…Read More→

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   Private faith in the public sector

   By Jonathan Malloy on Oct 30, 2012

   Justin Trudeau’s leadership candidacy for the Liberal party gives us a chance to reflect on the Trudeau family and their contribution to Canadian public life, including its spiritual dimensions. Pierre Elliott Trudeau had a strong Roman Catholic faith, a fact…Read More→

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   A view from the sidelines

   By Jonathan Malloy on Aug 16, 2012

   This column is titled “Canada Today,” but please indulge me this month with some comments about the current race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. The American presidency is the ultimate political competition, with the two candidates on track to…Read More→

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   Explicit exhibit, reasonable reaction?

   By Jonathan Malloy on Jul 24, 2012

   Perhaps you saw the news headlines in May about the controversial sex education exhibit at the Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa. “Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition” was originally developed in Montreal before traveling to other Canadian cities, and while…Read More→

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   Student protests: what’s at the root?

   By Jonathan Malloy on Jun 6, 2012

   Since the beginning of this year, Quebec has been gripped by student strikes protesting tuition increases and other policies. But the strikes have been primarily a francophone phenomena–English universities like McGill have seen little disruption. And Canadians outside Quebec are…Read More→