Issues
Written on 30 Sep, 2011 at 11:26 in
Euthanasia | Author:
Paul Tuns In August, British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Lynn Smith made two important decisions in cases challenging Canada’s laws against euthanasia and assisted suicide.
On August 4, Smith fast-tracked the Carter/Taylor case and on August 17 she rejected a lawsuit filed by the Farewell Foundation for the Right to Die challenging Canadian laws against assisted suicide.
The Carter/Taylor case will be heard Nov. 15. The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is representing Gloria Taylor and the family of Kay Carter, who launched the challenge ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Sep, 2011 at 11:41 in
Abortion | Author:
Pauline Kosalka The United Kingdom’s Department of Health (DoH) released detailed statistics about eugenic abortions several years after a pro-life group demanded the information. The UK-based ProLife Alliance filed a Freedom of Information request in February 2005 for more information about abortions due to fetal health. “Previously, this information had been readily available and the DoH was increasingly providing even greater detail in its annual abortion statistics, until one case for cleft palate abortion post 24 weeks became the focus of media ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Sep, 2011 at 11:31 in
Marriage and Family | Author:
Alan and Theresa Yoshioka Ontario’s Equity and Inclusive Education Strategy (EIE) is meant to shape the entire educational system. Last month we showed how EIE disregards children’s social and emotional needs. This month’s critique continues with the some of the strategy’s implications for moral and spiritual development.
Jesus told us how carefully we are to guard the purity of growing children. “He said to His disciples, ‘Temptations to sin are sure to come; but woe to him by whom they come! It would be better ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Sep, 2011 at 11:24 in
Events, Pro-Life | Author:
Pauline Kosalka Two regional pro-life conferences will be held in Ontario in late October and early November.
The first one will be in Kingston on Oct. 29. The eastern Ontario conference will feature speakers such as Jim Hughes, national president of the Campaign Life Coalition; Steve Jalsevac, managing director of LifeSiteNews; John-Henry Westen, editor of LifeSiteNews; Paul Tuns, editor of The Interim; Alissa Golob, director of Campaign Life Coalition Youth. The conference will include a special tribute to the late pro-life hero Father ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Sep, 2011 at 10:25 in
Pro-Life, Youth Activism | Author:
John Henry Westen A Montreal priest has turned away young pro-life pilgrims from entering the city’s basilica because their message in defense of the unborn was too political.
Wearing stylish jeans and a white button-down shirt, Fr. Robert Gagne, insisted that the young people walking across Canada to promote the pro-life message could not enter the famous Basilica to pray because of the ‘pro-life’ message emblazoned on their T-shirts.
The historic Notre Dame Basilica, run by the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Sep, 2011 at 9:58 in
Marriage and Family, Religion | Author:
Editor’s Note: This press release was sent by the Lutheran Church-Canada July 18 following the (liberal) Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada meeting which authorized pastors to conduct same-sex ‘marriages.”
Responding to a vote by delegates at the convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) meeting in Saskatoon, July 15 and 16, which authorized its pastors to conduct same-gender marriages and finds sexual orientation no longer an issue for ordaining pastors, the leaders of Lutheran Church-Canada (LCC) issued a statement ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Sep, 2011 at 9:53 in
Euthanasia | Author:
Alex Schadenburg On June 29, the Ontario Court of Appeals unanimously upheld the Rasouli decision by Susan Himel -– doctors have to obtain consent before withdrawing life-sustaining treatment. The three judge Ontario Court of Appeals panel stated: “We are of the view that the application judge reached the correct result in this case. In short, we are satisfied that the plan of care proposed by the appellants does amount to ‘treatment’ as defined in ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Sep, 2011 at 11:18 in
Issues | Author:
In contrast to the new direction of Ontario’s Family Coalition Party, the Prince Edward Island Family Party is clear about its pro-life policies. It states 14 pro-life and pro-family policies that can be enacted at the provincial level, and does not flinch from using the word abortion.
The PEI Family Party states unequivicoally that he would urge “the federal government to restore full legal protection to all human beings.” Within the realm of provincial policy it supports: “health care coverage for ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 Sep, 2011 at 13:09 in
Calendar of Events, Issues | Author:
September 28 – November 19
40 Days for Life
Vancouver Victoria
CalgaryEdmonton
Winnipeg
GuelphLondon Oakville OttawaSudbury
Montreal Quebec City
Fredericton- See Flyer HERE Moncton
Halifax
http://www.40daysforlife.com/location.cfm
November 19
CLC Fall Toronto Pro-life Forum: INFORM, INSPIRE, ACTIVATE Details HERE
TORONTO
For more information Contact at 416 204-9749or 1-800-730-5358
To list your up-coming event contact 416-204-1687 or email Leeda Crawford at leedac@sympatico.ca (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Aug, 2011 at 13:02 in
Abortion | Author:
Pauline Kosalka Free the Children has denied that documents on its web site criticizing the Harper government’s maternal and child health plan for its lack of abortion funding reflect the organization’s policy. The organization posted two fact sheets about maternal and child health ahead of the G8 and G20 summits for youth, as part of its Keep the Promise campaign, encouraging youth to keep politicians accountable to their pledges.
On July 5, LifeSiteNews.com reported that Free the Children took down the fact sheets ... (Continue reading)
Written on 25 Aug, 2011 at 10:46 in
Editorials, Euthanasia | Author:
In the 1980s, pro-life groups intervened in the Morgentaler case, but not the Borowski case. When the Supreme Court brought down the Morgentaler decision on Canada’s abortion law it said the Borowski case on the issue of whether the unborn was a person under the Charter was rendered moot. REAL Women’s Gwen Landolt said it was a mistake to not intervene in both cases and resolved to become involved in any future case that affected life and family issues.
It costs ... (Continue reading)
Written on 25 Aug, 2011 at 10:44 in
Announcements, Features, Society & Culture | Author:
Commentary Alan Yoshioka and Theresa Yoshioka Ontario’s Equity and Inclusive Education Strategy (EIE) pushes aside child development norms in favour of an ideologically driven model of morally relativist gender-neutral citizenship. At a Pride Toronto reception on July 1, Premier Dalton McGuinty demonstrated his ongoing commitment to that mindset. He announced that the province will require that all its publicly funded schools – elementary or secondary – allow LGBT support groups.
The comprehensive EIE reform, including 13 directly related initiatives, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 25 Aug, 2011 at 10:27 in
Profiles, Society & Culture | Author:
Interim Staff Since October 1998, Michael Coren has hosted a television show on CTS, the Christian broadcaster based in Burlington. Now, 3022 shows later, the popular print journalist and radio and television host is joining the upstart all-news channel Sun News.
Coren’s CTS peak viewership exceeded 100,000 – and CTS is only carried in Ontario and Alberta – plus internet viewers. Shows such as a debate on evolution have garnered more than a half ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Aug, 2011 at 12:53 in
Euthanasia, Rory Leishman | Author:
Rory Leishman
The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition has good reason to commend the unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the Ontario Court of Appeal in the Rasouli case on June 29, which holds that physicians have no right in Ontario law to withdraw life support from a patient without the consent of the patient or a qualified substitute decision-maker.
Hassan Rasouli is a patient at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, who has been in a coma ... (Continue reading)
Written on 11 Aug, 2011 at 10:14 in
Euthanasia | Author:
Alex Schadenberg On June 29, the Ontario Court of Appeal unanimously upheld a lower court decision requiring doctors to obtain consent from substitute decision-makers before withdrawing life-support, where such a decision is anticipated to result in the death of the patient. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition applauded the unanimous decision.
The Court of Appeal ruled that it is necessary for doctors to raise any objections or concerns they may have about consent before the Ontario Consent ... (Continue reading)
