Human rights
A rogue’s gallery:
The Interim recently invited its readers* to nominate those who have most helped lead the moral assault on Canada. Here are the results.
* The preponderance of Liberals on ... (Continue reading)
Written on 3 Oct, 2005 at 9:03 in
Human rights | Author:
Editor’s note: These are excerpts from the Sept. 14 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Judge John Roberts’ nomination to the Supreme Court, during which Roberts explained his opposition to applying foreign or international law to U.S. cases.
Senator Jon Kyl (R -Arizona): There’s been a lot of discussion about the Supreme Court’s reliance, or even reference to, foreign ... (Continue reading)
Written on 3 Oct, 2005 at 8:56 in
Equal Rights, Human rights | Author:
Pete Vere
Pete Vere
The Interim
With the support of approximately 75 per cent of voting delegates, the International Order of Alhambra has elected Gerald K. Forster as its new supreme commander.
The order is a 100-year-old Catholic fraternal organization that is devoted to serving the mentally and cognitively challenged. It boasts more ... (Continue reading)
Written on 3 Oct, 2005 at 8:26 in
Euthanasia, Human rights | Author:
Is Canada heading toward a policy of allowing
terminally ill patients to be killed for body parts?
LifeSiteNews.com
Special to The Interim
Before the practice of organ donation and transplants began, the definition of death was not very difficult. If a person had no signs of life, if his brain, heart and other organs had ceased to ... (Continue reading)
Written on 3 Oct, 2005 at 8:21 in
Human rights, Marriage and Family, Religion | Author:
John Jalsevac
John Jalsevac
Special to The Interim
Currently, Rev. Stephen Boissoin, a young Alberta pastor who spearheads a youth ministry that makes hundreds of weekly contacts with at-risk youth, is in the process of learning Arabic so he can better minister to the many Muslim youths he says come to his centres. And with two children of his own, in addition to ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Sep, 2005 at 13:46 in
Human rights | Author:
Tony Gosgnach
Tony Gosgnach
The Interim
Lost in the brouhaha over the recent release from prison of Karla Homolka is the fact that an arch enemy of the pro-life, pro-family movement was one of the chief players in the arrangement that allowed the notorious schoolgirl killer to escape with a relatively light sentence, while Paul ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Sep, 2005 at 13:08 in
Editorials, Euthanasia, Human rights, Pro-Life | Author:
When Quebec MP Francine Lalonde proposed Bill C-407, an amendment to the Criminal Code that would legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide, she did so with reference to the “right to die with dignity.” Abortion advocates regularly justify pre-natal infanticide with the so-called “right to choose.” And when marriage was redefined in Canadian law to include same-sex unions, it was done in the name of “minority rights’ supposedly enshrined in the Charter of ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Aug, 2005 at 12:49 in
Columnist, Human rights, Society & Culture | Author:
Luc Gagnon
Karla Homolka was released July 4 from the prison of Ste. Anne des Plaines. Media from all over Canada were present in this small town of Quebec to film the first moment of freedom of this killer after 12 years in prison. She is still considered dangerous after her participation with ex-husband Paul Bernardo in the horrible murders of two Ontario schoolgirls and of her own sister. Her release, after ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Aug, 2005 at 10:38 in
Euthanasia, Human rights | Author:
Wesley J. Smith
Commentary by Wesley J. Smith
Special to The Interim
Ralph Nader once mused to me about what a terrible thing it was that Jack Kevorkian was (at the time) the world’s most famous doctor. He was right. That distinct honour should have belonged to Dame Cecily Saunders, the founder ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jul, 2005 at 9:09 in
Assisted Suicide, Human rights | Author:
John Jalsevac
John Jalsevac
Special to The Interim
At a June 14 news conference, a Florida medical examiner released the results of the autopsy performed on Terri Schiavo, after her high-profile court-ordered execution resulted in her death on March 31 of this year.
The results of the autopsy were highly anticipated, given many unanswered questions around the controversial case, especially the unknown cause of her initial collapse in 1990. Schiavo’s parents and siblings have often ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jul, 2005 at 9:01 in
Human rights | Author:
Dina Kok
By Dina Kok
The Interim
A private member’s bill currently before the Canadian Senate seeks to criminalize spanking as a form of discipline by parents. Introduced as Senate Bill S-21 this past December, the bill was sponsored by Senator Celine Hervieux-Payette, a Liberal senator appointed by Jean Chretien.
The bill is seeking to amend Clause 1 of Section 43 of the Criminal Code, which currently states that any school teacher, parent, or ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jul, 2005 at 8:55 in
Human rights, Marriage and Family | Author:
John-Henry Westen
John-Henry Westen
The Interim
The Christian Legal Fellowship is very concerned with the Kempling v. B.C. College of Teachers decision handed down June 12 by the British Columbia Court of Appeal.
The ruling upheld the British Columbia College of Teachers decision to temporarily suspend the teaching licence of Chris Kempling for writing allegedly discriminatory letters to the editor of a local ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jun, 2005 at 8:31 in
Abortion, Abortion Law, Human rights | Author:
Dina Kok
Dina Kok
The Interim
In a case that garnered international attention, a 13-year-old girl fought in Florida state court for the right to abort her unborn child.
L.G. (the initials of the young girl) was a ward of the state and was discovered to be pregnant after she was found following an escape from her foster home. Police reports indicated she was impregnated, perhaps not voluntarily, by an ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 May, 2005 at 14:11 in
Assisted Suicide, Columnist, Human rights | Author:
Rory Leishman
Rory Leishman
Could the tragic death of Terri Schiavo have occurred in Canada? Most certainly. Under the laws of Ontario, a mentally handicapped patient in her condition can also be sentenced to a slow death by starvation and dehydration.
Most Canadians have drawn up “living wills” to prevent some misguided physician ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 May, 2005 at 13:46 in
Assisted Suicide, Human rights, Pro-Life | Author:
According to the Associated Press, the Democratic party will make Terri Schiavo an issue in upcoming elections. “This is going to be an issue in 2006 and its going to be an issue in 2008, because we’re going to have an ad with a picture of (House Majority Leader) Tom DeLay saying, ‘Do you want this guy to decide whether you ... (Continue reading)
