Rory Leishman
Written on 17 Apr, 2006 at 8:32 in
Columnist, Rory Leishman, Society & Culture | Author:
Rory Leishman
National Affairs
Judging from the reputation of Justice Marshall Rothstein, and the answers he gave to the questions put to him in the unprecedented public hearing that preceded his appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada, he should make an excellent addition to the country’s top court.
Asked by Conservative MP Diane Ablonczy to state his views on ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 Mar, 2006 at 7:49 in
Columnist, Rory Leishman, Society & Culture | Author:
Rory Leishman
National Affairs
Following a speech to the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce on Feb. 3, Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin of the Supreme Court of Canada was asked for her opinion on the desirability of having Parliament play a more active role in the appointment of judges. A restrained judge would have refused to answer such a politically charged question.
What, though, did McLachlin do? ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Feb, 2006 at 9:39 in
Columnist, Rory Leishman, Society & Culture | Author:
Rory Leishman
National Affairs
In a judgement handed down just four days before Christmas, Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin declared on behalf of the Supreme Court of Canada that Canadians have a constitutional right to engage in group sex in a nightclub. The ruling was unprecedented. It outraged the public. And it ran clearly contrary to Section 210(1) of the Criminal Code, which prohibits the practice of acts of ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Jan, 2006 at 8:42 in
Columnist, Politics, Rory Leishman | Author:
Rory Leishman
There is much shrewd policy advice in Rescuing Canada’s Right: Blueprint for a Conservative Revolution by Tasha Kheiriddin and Adam Daifallah. However, the overall plan of the work is fundamentally flawed. If Stephen Harper and his conservative advisers were to adopt the libertarian policy platform advocated in this book, they would consign the Conservative party of Canada to political oblivion.
Kheiriddin and Daifallah have ... (Continue reading)
Written on 4 Dec, 2005 at 8:09 in
Assisted Suicide, Columnist, Euthanasia, Rory Leishman | Author:
Rory Leishman
National Affairs Speaking in the House of Commons on Oct. 31, Bloc Quebecois MP Francine Lalonde said that “the Parliament of Canada and its members cannot dither any longer and expect the courts or government to make the necessary changes to the Criminal Code to recognize the right to die with dignity for the people of Quebec and Canada.”
There are ... (Continue reading)
Written on 3 Nov, 2005 at 18:46 in
Activism, Columnist, Pro-Life, Rory Leishman | Author:
Rory Leishman
National Affairs
Those of us who participated in this year’s LifeChain in London, Ont., were greeted with many encouraging honks and friendly waves, as well as some expressions of strong disapproval of our peaceful, pro-life witness. Among the dissenters were three young ladies in a jeep that had stopped for a red light in front of where I was standing with ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Sep, 2005 at 14:45 in
Activism, Columnist, Events, Pro-Life, Rory Leishman | Author:
Rory Leishman
Interim Staff
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Written on 3 Sep, 2005 at 7:49 in
Bioethics, Columnist, Rory Leishman | Author:
Rory Leishman
Senator Bill Frist of Tennessee, the Republican majority leader in the United States Senate, is a medical professor, heart-transplant surgeon and sincere Christian, who spends much of his vacation time serving as a medical volunteer in clinics for AIDS patients in Africa. Speaking in the United States Senate on July 29, he made the best conceivable case for a bad cause – embryonic stem cell research. “I ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Aug, 2005 at 12:44 in
Columnist, Pro-Life, Religion, Rory Leishman | Author:
Rory Leishman
Rory Leishman
How can Paul Martin sleep at night? Judging from his public statements and frequent attendance at Mass, he sincerely considers himself a devout Catholic, yet has no compunction about publicly flouting the most solemn and authoritative moral teachings of his church.
In an interview with a Vancouver radio station in June, Martin was asked specifically about his defiance of the Catholic church on the issue of same-sex “marriage.” “I’m actually ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jul, 2005 at 9:12 in
Abortion, Activism, Columnist, Morgentaler, Pro-Life, Rory Leishman | Author:
Rory Leishman
Rory Leishman
In the morning of June 16, one of the most impressive pro-life demonstrations in the history of London occurred outside the gates of the University of Western Ontario. It was a peaceful and prayerful gathering of pro-lifers witnessing to the sanctity of all human life and deploring the shameful decision of the university to confer an honourary doctorate on Henry Morgentaler.
University professors, for the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Apr, 2005 at 13:12 in
Columnist, Marriage and Family, Politics, Rory Leishman | Author:
In kicking off the debate on the government’s civil marriage act, Prime Minister Paul Martin declared: “I stand before members here today and before the people of our country to say that I believe in and I will fight for the Charter of Rights.” That’s typical of Martin. Instead of advancing any reasonable explanation for his newfound determination to enact ... (Continue reading)
Written on 9 Oct, 2004 at 10:14 in
Human rights, Politics, Rory Leishman, Sex Education | Author:
Rory Leishman
The Interim
Prime Minister Paul Martin could hardly have made two worse appointments to the Supreme Court of Canada than Madam Justice Rosalie Abella and Madam Justice Louise Charron. As judges on the Ontario Court of Appeal, this pair of judicial activists has demonstrated supreme contempt for both democracy and the rule of law.
Consider Abella's ruling in R. v. C.M., 1995 OCA - a case dealing with consensual anal intercourse over a three-year period between a man ... (Continue reading)
