Human rights
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Written on 18 Sep, 2006 at 7:36 in
Human rights, Society & Culture | Author:
Is government doing enough to protect kids from pedophiles?
Interim Staff
The recent capture of pedophile Peter Whitmore has prompted Canadians to debate his surprisingly lax treatment at the hands of this country’s justice system over the past decade. Writing in the Toronto Sun, pundit Linda Williamson noted several ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 Jun, 2006 at 12:04 in
Human rights, Marriage and Family, Profiles | Author:
Tony Gosgnach
He rose to more public prominence during battles over the same-sex “marriage” issue that saw him become the target of human rights complaints and threats from the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency to take away his church’s charitable tax status. At a fundraising ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 May, 2006 at 8:38 in
Human rights, Society & Culture | Author:
John Nania
Organs are being taken for transplantation from the living bodies of thousands of detainees in China's labour camps - a big story out of the world's biggest country. Couple this with a current surge in transplant operations being performed in China's hospitals in advance of hastily cobbled-together restrictions on transplants that take effect July 1 and we have a breaking ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 Apr, 2006 at 8:23 in
Human rights | Author:
Tony Gosgnach
A move by the Ontario government to “modernize” and streamline its human rights system is eliciting criticisms and expressions of concern from social conservatives in the province.
Attorney-General Michael Bryant announced in February that the government will shortly introduce legislation to advance “human rights” and prevent “discrimination.” It also proposes to make the complaints ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Feb, 2006 at 9:04 in
Human rights, Marriage and Family | Author:
Hilary White The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear the case of Chris Kempling, in what family supporters and free-speech advocates are calling a serious threat to democratic freedoms.
Kempling, a teacher and school counselor in Quesnel, B.C., was disciplined in 1997 by the B.C. College of Teachers for writing letters to the editor of the local ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Jan, 2006 at 8:27 in
Human rights, Marriage and Family, Religion | Author:
Terry Vanderheyden Heather MacNaughton, who chaired the three-panel B.C. Human Rights Tribunal in the mixed judgement of the Port Coquitlam Knights of Columbus v. two lesbians, is the same justice who fined Christian printer Scott Brockie and denied an appeal by Christian teacher Chris Kempling.
In 2000, MacNaughton was the adjudicator in a Ontario Human Rights Commission decision against Scott Brockie, a Toronto printer, who was forced ... (Continue reading)
Written on 3 Nov, 2005 at 18:55 in
Columnist, Human rights, Society & Culture | Author:
Doreen Beagan
Doreen Beagan
The Interim
“Canada is a free country,” the young journalism student declared. “We can express our opinions freely.” He had quite bluntly stated his strong objections to homosexual activism and same-sex “marriage.”
Given today’s prevailing politically correctness, it was startling to hear such forthright statements. “In your field, you will need ... (Continue reading)
Written on 3 Nov, 2005 at 9:36 in
Human rights, Pro-Life | Author:
Peter Stock
Peter Stock
The Interim
In late September, when the Paul Martin Liberals defeated yet another effort in Parliament by Conservative MPs to raise the age of sexual consent from 14 years to 16, it came as little surprise to battle-weary child-protection advocates.... (Continue reading)
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)
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