Issues
Written on 19 Dec, 2011 at 7:28 in
Human rights, Religion | Author:
Paul Tuns Many in the media rallied around the right for Bill Whatcott to speak freely even if they disagreed vehemently with his message, part of what the National Post’s Chris Selley called “the pleasantly broad consensus that the law shouldn’t be limiting Canadians’ right to free speech, however abhorrent.” With friends and allies like Selley …
But Selley was not unique. Just as columnists and editorialists defended Whatcott’s free speech rights, they condemned his “hate speech” and “anti-gay” activities. Writing in the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Dec, 2011 at 7:16 in
Marriage and Family | Author:
Paulina Kosalka There have been several inspirational cases of women who have chosen to put their children’s lives ahead of their own by continuing with their pregnancy.
The Toronto Star recently reported Thunder Bay, Ont., resident Sadie Stout, who had a rare tumour in her heart from a condition known as cardiac myxoma. The risk was that the tumour could break off at any moment, travel through her bloodstream, and get stuck in her brain, causing a stroke. Stout was given three choices ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Dec, 2011 at 6:48 in
Announcements, Features, Marriage and Family | Author:
Paul Tuns Population and poverty are not inextricably linked
According to demographers Joyce Burnette and Joel Mokyr, as humanity’s numbers have grown, our average standard of living has grown as well. These scientists wrote a paper entitled “The Standard of Living Through the Ages,” found in the book The State of Humanity. In it, they point out that every single statistic that we have on this subject points to one ... (Continue reading)
Written on 12 Dec, 2011 at 13:07 in
Abortion Law, Announcements, Features | Author:
Doreen Beagan Prince Edward Island calls itself a Life Sanctuary. No hospitals or other facility in the province offer any abortion services. With the support of all political parties and members of all religious denominations, P.E.I. became officially abortion-free in 1986. However, off-island, in-hospital abortion costs are covered if the procedure is recommended by two doctors. Abortions at the private Morgentaler facility in Fredericton, N.B., cost roughly $800 and are not covered.
An aggressive attempt ... (Continue reading)
Written on 12 Dec, 2011 at 12:17 in
Columnist, Donald DeMarco, Marriage and Family | Author:
Commentary Donald DeMarco “All who would win joy, must share it;
happiness was born a twin.”
-- George Gordon Lord Byron
Birth, as it is often said, is a miracle. A baby is born, a living, breathing, honest-to-goodness baby that you can hold in your arms. Just prior to delivery, it was something parents were expecting, but whose reality was still concealed. It was something that was swelling under its mother’s heart. But it was not ... (Continue reading)
Written on 12 Dec, 2011 at 12:13 in
Politics, Religion | Author:
Paul Tuns On Oct. 12, the case of Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission v. William Whatcott was heard by the Supreme Court of Canada.
The case stems from events in 2001 and 2002 when Whatcott, a former member of the editorial advisory board of The Interim (1998-1999), as a part of the Christian Truth Activists, distributed flyers against homosexual acts to homes in Regina and Saskatoon. The pamphlets also included statements by Whatcott, a former street kid who engaged in homosexual prostitution to pay ... (Continue reading)
Written on 1 Dec, 2011 at 14:26 in
Announcements, Features, Society & Culture | Author:
Paul Tuns Population pessimists have been braying about overpopulation for more than two centuries, but the doomsayers notwithstanding, life is getting better all the time.
On Oct. 31, the 7 billionth person was born. Maybe. Well, probably not. Sometime between last Summer and next Summer the 7 billionth person was added to the global population, depending who you believe and how accurate the statistics are.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) took the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 6 Nov, 2011 at 10:48 in
Announcements, Features, Society & Culture | Author:
Pauline Kosalka Several doctors speaking at the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society conference in Toronto Sept. 21-24 expressed their concerns about health risks associated with in vitro fertilization. The National Post was the only major Canadian newspaper to report these remarks.
Dr. John Barrett, a multiple births expert at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, told attendees on Sept. 21 about the need to restrict IVF to decrease the rate of multiple pregnancies, which often result ... (Continue reading)
Written on 31 Oct, 2011 at 9:41 in
Pro-Life | Author:
Peter Baklinski Special to The Interim Supporters note she puts unborn ahead of herself
Pro-life prisoner of conscience Mary Wagner was sentenced in court Sept. 13 for peacefully entering a Toronto abortion facility last December to witness about the value of human life to mothers who were waiting to abort their children.
On Sept. 12, Wagner, who provided her own defense, was found guilty by Judge William Bassel in Toronto’s Old City Hall of “unlawful use” ... (Continue reading)
Written on 31 Oct, 2011 at 9:34 in
Abortion Law, Politics | Author:
Pauline Kosalka A bill completely banning abortions was narrowly rejected by the Polish parliament. Lawmakers voted 191-186 to reject the bill with 5 abstentions. The bill came forward to Parliament as a result of a citizen petition that collected 600,000 signatures in two weeks. It overwhelmingly passed its first vote (254-141) in July and was then delegated to a committee for further work, which rejected it on Aug. 19 by a vote of 45-22.
Currently, women in Poland can only have an abortion ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Oct, 2011 at 8:03 in
Marriage and Family, Society & Culture | Author:
Interim Staff In 2010, the Ontario Ministry of Education foisted an equity and inclusivity education policy (EIE) which seeks to eliminate racism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry from schools, including so-called homophobia. Religious leaders are concerned that implementation of EIE policies could be a Trojan horse by which gay activists normalize the homosexual lifestyle in the eyes of students, including through Gay-Straight Alliances where homosexual students could feel welcome in coming out with their sexuality.
Campaign Life Catholics has worked with numerous ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Oct, 2011 at 8:01 in
Pro-Life | Author:
Paul Tuns On Sept. 9, an Edmonton Court of Queen’s Bench judge gave a now 25-year-old perpetrator a suspended sentence after her conviction for a six-year-old murder of a newborn was reduced to an infanticide conviction. Pro-lifers both pointed to the intellectual consistency of the ruling and expressed horror over the message the light punishment sends about the value of human life.
In April 2005, then 19-year-old Katrina Effert of Wetaskiwin in central Alberta, gave birth to a baby boy, strangled him to ... (Continue reading)
Written on 18 Oct, 2011 at 7:06 in
Announcements, Features, Post-abortion and Health Care | Author:
Pauline Kosalka The Canadian government is still paying maternal benefits to women who had abortions. The story was reported in The Interim in March 2008, after the Canadian Taxpayers Federation issued its January 31 communiqué, Let’s Talk Taxes, which first brought the issue to light. According to a clarification of the Canadian Labour Code by the Labour Program of Human Resources Development Canada enacted in 2002, women who have an abortion may receive ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 Oct, 2011 at 17:58 in
Announcements, Editorials, Features, Society & Culture | Author:
In an age of instant information, the lack of widely-known facts about abortion is scandalous. To be sure, the mini-industry surrounding the brutal practice of prenatal infanticide is hardly transparent, but the real dearth of clear information about abortion proceeds from the public’s incorrigible lack of curiosity. It is not that such information is unattainable; instead, it is simply unwanted. While corrupt nations can now be brought down by embarrassing revelations ... (Continue reading)
Written on 8 Oct, 2011 at 7:26 in
Abortion, Announcements, Features | Author:
Paul Tuns Abortion costs Canadians taxpayers at least $80 million a year. Government is less than open about the costs of abortion (and other abortion numbers). If abortion is real health care, why is everything about it a secret?
When Alissa Golob, head of Campaign Life Coalition Youth, started to prepare for the Oct. 22 Defund ... (Continue reading)
