Written on 5 Jul, 1996 at 7:33 in
Politics, Pro-Life | Author:
Tony Gosgnach
Tony Gosgnach
Advocates of honest government and opponents of the GST weren’t the only people expressing disappointment after Sheila Copps was re-elected as a Member of Parliament. Pro-life and pro-family leaders are also lamenting Copps’ victory in a recent by-election.
Copps won the Hamilton East contest June 17 with 50 per cent of the vote, down from 67 per cent in the 1993 general election. She had resigned her seat May 1 this year after reneging on a 1993 campaign to promise ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Jul, 1996 at 7:30 in
Politics, Society & Culture | Author:
Tony Gosgnach
Tony Gosgnach
The Interim
Global conspiracy theories received an added boost recently when a meeting of the secretive Bilderberger group was held in King City, Ontario.
The attendance list of 120 at the June 1-2 meeting read like a who’s who of current and former powerbrokers and shakers in world affairs—Henry Kissinger was there, as were US defense secretary William Perry, use presidential adviser Gorge Stephanopoulos and Senator Sam Nunn.
From Europe cam French Socialist party first secretary Lionel Jospin ad the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Jul, 1996 at 7:29 in
Bioethics, Sex Education, Society & Culture | Author:
The Interim
Health minister David Dingwall announced June 5 that Canada is going to ban the sale of human sperm. The proposed bill, which will be tabled at the end of June, reads: “N person shall sell, purchase, barter or exchange sperm or offer to sell, purchase, barter or exchange sperm.” The measure will be a key part of the long awaited legislation to regulate the commercial baby trade.
The 1993 report by the $28 million Royal Commission on the New ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Jul, 1996 at 7:27 in
Bioethics, Pro-Life | Author:
Sue Careless
Sue Careless
The Interim
In the US donor insemination is offered as a commercial service and is worth $165 million a year. Regulation falls to individual states.
It is thought that the long-awaited legislation on new reproductive technologies will also outlaw commercial contracts for surrogate mothers, ban prenatal diagnoses for sex-selection purposes, and lout the sale of human eggs, embryos, fetuses or fetal tissue.
In a letter to the Globe and Mail, June 12, Dr Patricia Baird, former chair of the Royal Commission ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Jul, 1996 at 7:24 in
Abortion, Post-abortion and Health Care | Author:
Mike Mastromatteo
Mike Mastromatteo
The Interim
A leading authority on the link between abortion and breast cancer has criticized the mainstream media and the scientific community for failing to report the true nature of the risk to women’s health.
Dr. Joel Brind, a professor of biology and endocrinology at Baruch College (City University of New York), was in Toronto June 19-20 as part of our tour of Canadian cities. Previously, Dr. Brind visited Ottawa and he later spoke at the National Pro-Life Conference in ... (Continue reading)
