For 270 years Newfoundland schools have been controlled by Catholic and Protestant churches. Nowhere else in Canada have Christians had so much clout for so long in a publicly funded system. In fact, the parental right to religious schools was entrenched in the 1949 Terms of Union when Newfoundland joined Canada.

Is spanking a child "age discrimination"? The Canadian left is working to create the world's largest no-spanking zone, and to put in jail those who do not spare the rod.