Equal Rights
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Written on 26 Nov, 1989 at 6:58 in
Equal Rights | Author:
The pro-life battle for civil rights continues unabated.
Cambridge, Ontario
On September 11, 1989, Madame Justice Mable Van Camp granted lead of appeal to Cambridge Right to Life with respect to the injunction prohibiting picketing of the office of 2 abortionists. (see The Interim, September 1989, page 14) One of 2 doctors has announces he is leaving for New Mexico. Meanwhile, the injunction itself remains until an appeal may overthrow it though the conditions had been changes somewhat. Picketing is now ... (Continue reading)
Written on 1 Jul, 1987 at 12:23 in
Equal Rights | Author:
Fathers are often shuffled into the background of the abortion debate. In Canada today, if a mother decides to abort, the father has no legal right to attempt to save the life of his unborn child; if the mother decides to have their child, she can successfully claim child support. Dad, it seems has responsibilities but few of the rights that go with them.
How often do we stop to consider that men suffer post-abortion trauma as well as ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 Apr, 1987 at 11:28 in
Abortion, Equal Rights | Author:
Pro-life feminism is a growing movement in the United States, although such feminists are routinely barred from active participation in official feminist organizations. Feminists for Life of Colorado published the following position statement in the Rocky Mountain News last June, while the pro-abortion National Organization for Women (NOW) was holding its annual convention in Denver.
Feminists for Life are interested in hearing from Canadian women interested in starting chapters, or willing to co-ordinate mailing of information and ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 Mar, 1987 at 8:29 in
Activism, Equal Rights, Society & Culture | Author:
Leanna Lamb
Saturday, February 14 was a day of celebration for REAL Women of Canada, who were thrilled at the attendance of close to 300 supporters, at their Annual Convention. This was an all-day event held at Toronto’s Royal York Hotel.
REAL women sprang up from a small group of women who were very concerned about the breakdown of the family. It is a voluntary organization, supported through membership fees ($10 annually), and donations.
Special Guest Speaker the Hourable Jim ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 Mar, 1987 at 8:10 in
Equal Rights | Author:
The major opponent to government funding for REAL Women is the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, which claims to represent three million women in various organizations ranging from the Communist Women of Canada to the PC Women’s Caucus. (This news comes as a shock to most PC women). The NAC magazine, Feminist Action, reported that at their last Annual General Meeting “most of the workshop discussion focused on ways of countering the anti-feminist attacks of REAL ... (Continue reading)
Written on 1 Feb, 1987 at 8:23 in
Equal Rights, Politics, Society & Culture | Author:
The media blitz surrounding the Ontario legislative debate on Bill 7 (an amendment to the Ontario Human Rights Code naming “sexual orientation” as a prohibited ground of discrimination) last November and December downplayed the genuine concern of those opposed to the legislation that it would jeopardize such organizations as Big Brothers, and the rights of schools to refuse employment to homosexual teachers.
Conservative MP Robert Runciman (Leeds) referred directly to these concerns when he rose to take part of ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Jan, 1987 at 7:20 in
Equal Rights, Human rights, Politics, Society & Culture | Author:
Interim Staff
On December 2, MPPs voted to amend Ontario’s Human Rights Code to include sexual orientation as a prohibited ground of discrimination. The amendment, part of Bill 7, and omnibus bill bringing Ontario legislation in line with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, passed after weeks of intense lobbying from groups on both sides and after a week of intense debate in the legislature.
Those in favour levelled charges of “homophobia,” “McCarthyism,” and disseminating “hate literature” at the groups lobbying ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Dec, 1985 at 9:15 in
Abortion, Equal Rights, Pro-Life | Author:
Sabina McLuhan
In the first two parts of this series, we focused on testimony presented to the parliamentary sub-committee considering how federal legislation should be changed to reflect Section 15 of the Charter, the “equal rights” section, which came into effect in April of this year.
In Part I, we reported on the testimony given by feminist, pro-abortion and homosexual rights’ organizations. These various groups appear to have formed a loose coalition to work towards ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Nov, 1985 at 11:25 in
Abortion, Equal Rights, Issues | Author:
REAL Women
On September 10, Jim Jepson (PC, London East), speaking on the status of women, requested funding for REAL Women of Canada. Among other things, Mr. Jepson said,
“REAL Women, although desiring equal opportunity for women in the workforce, as well stresses the importance of the family unit and the role of women as mothers and homemakers. Having witnessed the drastic changes that have altered our society in the last 20 years, the supporters of REAL Women have come ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Nov, 1985 at 9:49 in
Equal Rights | Author:
Sabina McLuhan
In Part I of The Interim’s look at the testimony presented to the equality rights hearings, I showed how they were dominated by the views of feminist, homosexual and pro-abortion groups. (See “Equality hearings – soapbox for Sodomites,” October issue.)
The public hearings conducted by the parliamentary sub-committee on equal rights have now ended. They had been extended past their first August deadline and more cities were visited at the end of September. The committee is currently working on its ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Nov, 1985 at 9:47 in
Equal Rights, Society & Culture | Author:
Alphonse de Valk, c.s.b.*
Over the last hundred years there have been many changes in the position of women in society. But there have been changes in the place of men (and children) as well. In general they seem to have kept pace with one another.
If, for example, it took women in Britain till 1928 to win the right to vote on the same basis as men (1902 in Australia, 1927 in Canada), it took most of the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Oct, 1985 at 14:40 in
Equal Rights | Author:
Sabina McLuhan
When Section 15 of the Charter (the “equal rights” section) came into effect in April, the federal government set up a parliamentary sub-committee to conduct public hearings. In cities across Canada, special interest groups appeared before the Committee to promote their views as to how “equality” should be interpreted.
In every city, the hearings were dominated by homosexual, feminist, and pro-abortion groups. Sexual orientation should be specifically protected under the Charter, they said; mandatory affirmative action ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Aug, 1985 at 9:11 in
Bioethics, Equal Rights | Author:
Nadine Hubert
Involuntary sterilization of the mentally retarded is stirring bitter controversy and resentment among mentally handicapped people. The recent sterilization of “Infant K,” a ten-year-old mentally handicapped British Columbia girl, appalled the Canadian Association for the Mentally Retarded. In an effort to protect the mentally handicapped and their right to have children, the association has gone to the Supreme Court of Canada. The Association will cite new equality provisions under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms that guarantees equality ... (Continue reading)
Written on 10 Jul, 1985 at 11:23 in
Equal Rights, Marriage and Family, Politics | Author:
Nancy Pearcey
The situation struck me as ironic. I was at a meeting on women’s rights, attended mostly by older women, women wealthy enough that they had been able to stay at home to raise their children (and to have nice homes to raise them in). Yet they were sitting around me discussing how today’s young mothers could get out of their homes, leave their children, and centre their lives on getting ahead in business, politics and academics.
I was attending a ... (Continue reading)
Written on 9 Jun, 1985 at 8:02 in
Equal Rights, Politics | Author:
Tuesday April 17, 1985, was the date when the equality rights provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms went into effect. Stated the Hon. Flora MacDonald (Minister of Employment and Immigration) speaking for the Government:
As of today the Constitution of Canada guarantees that every individual in Canada is equal before and under the law, and has the right to equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, color, ... (Continue reading)
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