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Written on 27 Jan, 2012 at 8:08 in
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Paul Tuns The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) released a report on the state of freedom at universities across the country and found that many fail to promote and protect free speech, especially when it comes to the rights of pro-life groups on campus.
The JCCF’s 2011 Campus Freedom Index rated 18 public universities and their student unions in terms of their commitment to upholding the rights of students to express their beliefs ... (Continue reading)
Written on 1 Dec, 2011 at 14:26 in
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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
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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 28 Oct, 2011 at 8:03 in
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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 17 Oct, 2011 at 17:58 in
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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 25 Aug, 2011 at 10:44 in
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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
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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 31 Jul, 2011 at 18:12 in
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Paul Tuns
Three Ontario Appeal Court justices indicated they do not accept the government’s rationale for maintaining restrictions on the sex trade, and may be open to upholding a 2010 Ontario Superior Court decision that found those restrictions threaten the security of prostitutes.
Last Fall, Justice Susan Himel threw out Canada’s restrictions on the sex trade – communicating for the purpose of prostitution, living on the avails of prostitution, and keeping a common bawdy house -- saying they violated the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 31 Jul, 2011 at 18:09 in
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Patrick Craine and Paul Tuns A 12-year-old in Ontario cannot go on a school field trip without parental permission, or drink alcohol without a parent present. They won’t be able to drive, buy cigarettes, or vote for years. But they can get an abortion all on their own, without their parents ever knowing.
Private abortion facilities across Ontario advertise with pride that they will do abortions on girls under 16 without informing their parents.
Because Canada’s laws do not stipulate an age of consent for abortion, the only places ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Jun, 2011 at 17:15 in
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Pauline Kosalka Large-scale daycare centres and programs do not appear to be improving the educational outcomes of children. Economics professor Pierre Lefebvre of the Université du Québec à Montréal conducted research between 1994 and 2006 on children under five from Quebec and the rest of Canada that showed Quebec’s heavily-subsidized provincial daycare system, which costs parents just $7 per day, is not advancing children’s development as the government claims it does.
In fact, there is a “serious quality problem” asserts Lefebvre. “I would ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Jun, 2011 at 8:22 in
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Pauline Kosalka Recent attacks on the family often become attacks on fatherhood. For instance, figures from Hollywood have embraced alternative family structures, questioning or mocking the importance of a father figure. Actress Jennifer Aniston in August 2010 said that fathers are unnecessary, especially since now there is no need “to fiddle with a man to have that child.” Another example is the positive portrayal of a lesbian couple raising a family in the movie “The Kids are Alright.” There are too many ... (Continue reading)
Written on 6 Jun, 2011 at 14:20 in
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Pauline Kosalka Catholic parents fight separate system to maintain moral teaching
Ontario bishops have issued a memo urging Catholic school boards to set up clubs explicitly aimed to counter “bullying related to sexual orientation,” even though they banned the establishment of Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) at Catholic schools just months ago. Meanwhile, parents at the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) are speaking out against a draft equity policy formulated in line with the Ontario Ministry of Education’s Equity and Inclusive Education ... (Continue reading)
Written on 18 Mar, 2011 at 7:20 in
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Andrea Mrozek Australian book gives voice to broken women,
might save others from same mistake
It was late January that the media publicized a flawed study saying abortion doesn’t cause mental health problems. It got worse. They claimed that pregnancy does. The headlines were out, the verdict in: pregnancy is dangerous and abortion is a legitimate, neutral tool. The subtext? Pro-lifers, stop raising this red herring. The case is closed.
This sort of misleading headline is a sucker-punch to the gut for the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Feb, 2011 at 18:18 in
Equal Rights, Human rights, Society & Culture | Author:
Pauline Kosalka
On Jan. 10, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal declared in the Marriage Act Reference that legislation proposed by the provincial government allowing individual marriage commissioners to refuse marrying homosexual couples if it violated their conscience is unconstitutional. The court rejected two proposed draft bills: one allowing commissioners to refuse to perform same-sex “marriages” and the other granting this exemption only to those commissioners who already held the job when the federal government legalized same-sex “marriage” in November 2004. According to ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Feb, 2011 at 17:53 in
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Commentary Mark Wegierski
The century from 1911 to 2011 may have seen the most decisive changes ever in human history. In 1911, it could be argued that Western civilization stood at its peak, ruling with an often arrogant self-confidence over virtually the entirely planet. Yet there were many harbingers in 1911 of times to come. In Britain, the triumphant Liberals stripped the House of Lords of most of its remaining powers, pointing to an age when aristocrats would become an endangered species. ... (Continue reading)
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