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right wing politics

Online spying, "foreign radicals" and faux patriotism: Conservatives bare draconian teeth

Jailing refugees and pot growers wasn't enough to whet the Tory appetite for change. They've now labelled critics child pornographers, foreign radicals, anti-Canada – even Nazis. What can we do?

Rethinking abortion, capital punishment, and homosexuality

Why would those who defend unborn children support capital punishment?