Bits n’ Pieces
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Written on 23 May, 2007 at 9:34 in
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The Hill Times newspaper featured a front-page photo of Bryn Hendricks and Glenn Scott, who the paper says are the first homosexual Parliament Hill staffers to get “married.” Inside, the paper showed the newlyweds posing with Liberal leader Stephane Dion and their marriage certificate ... Dion told a 25th anniversary celebration of the Charter of Rights that ... (Continue reading)
Written on 8 Apr, 2007 at 14:54 in
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Bits & Pieces
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In its first post-budget polling, Ipsos Reid found that the federal Conservatives are headed into majority territory, leading the Liberals 40-29 per cent, with the NDP behind at 14 per cent and the Greens at 7. Political observers say that breaking the 40 per cent mark, opening up a double-digit lead over ... (Continue reading)
Written on 27 Mar, 2007 at 16:10 in
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The Globe and Mail reports that the Conservatives are trying to engineer the defeat of their own government to force a mid-Spring election ... Liberal Leader Stephane Dion vows that one-third of the party’s candidates in the next election will be women and various news sources report that the party is trying to attract current and former NDP candidates to run under ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Feb, 2007 at 6:29 in
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Liberal leader Stephane Dion named his shadow cabinet, including pro-abortion advocatesMarlene Jennings (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Lachine) as justice critic, Bonnie Brown(Oakville) as health critic and Maria Minna (Beaches-East York) as Status of Women critic …Gai Ecoute is running an ad campaign designed to provoke discussion and reverse critical attitudes toward homosexuality. The posters include a pink and white milk carton labelled, “10 per cent homo” with the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Jan, 2007 at 11:04 in
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Ed Stemlach, a populist whom Campaign Life Coalition rated pro-life with exceptions, won the leadership of the Alberta Progressive Conservative party and has become premier of the province. He upset the front-running former Alberta treasurer and Red Tory Jim Dinning and rookie socially conservative MLA Ted Morton ... Former interim Liberal leaderBill Graham, about whom it was once reported that he paid ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Nov, 2006 at 12:46 in
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In an interview with LifeSiteNews.com, London Bishop Ronald Fabro said that when it comes to voting, Catholics should give abortion and euthanasia a priority over issues such as war and the death penalty ... By-elections will be held in Repentigny (Quebec) and London North Centre (Ontario) on Nov. 27. Possible contenders in the London North Centre election include Diane Haskett, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 18 Sep, 2006 at 7:15 in
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A National Post story has confirmed the suspicions of pro-life organizations that claimed Conservative MP Leon Benoit’s Unborn Victims of Violence private member’s legislation, which was deemed non-votable by a parliamentary committee, was influenced by the government. Reporter Peter O’Neil, through a ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Aug, 2006 at 9:00 in
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A Leger Marketing poll has found that the gender gap on the question of opposition to abortion is small: 35 per cent of men and 33 per cent of women say abortion is immoral ...Sue Wilkinsonand Celia Kitzinger, a lesbian couple in England who married in Canada in 2003, want the British government to recognize their marriage. Britain High Court has yet to rule ... The city of Ottawa has refused to fund the Ottawa-Gatineau Pride Week, but has forgiven ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Jul, 2006 at 11:27 in
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Canada
The Conservatives are pushing for passage of a bill that would raise the age of consent from 14 to 16 although Justice Minister Vic Toews has attempted to dull criticism that the Tories would criminalize “puppy love” with a close-in-age exemption. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 Jun, 2006 at 10:24 in
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Columnist, broadcaster and Interim contributor Michael Coren wrote a column in the National Post claiming that he was “blacklisted” from a political panel on the CBC News Sunday program in which he was originally scheduled to appear. He said it was because of the Mother Corps’ objections to “certain conservative, particularly ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 May, 2006 at 9:15 in
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Social liberals Paul Martin, Belinda Stronach and Paul Godfrey announced they will not be running for the leadership of the federal Liberal party. All supported abortion and same-sex "marriage." Stronach was thought to be interested in the leadership, but party rules that limited spending and fundraising and emphasized party connections were ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Mar, 2006 at 9:51 in
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Speaking at the party’s policy convention in Niagara Falls, Ontario Progressive Conservative leader John Tory said that parents with children in private religious schools will get help, most likely in the form of tax credits, with tuition fees if his party is elected in next year’s ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Feb, 2006 at 8:51 in
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Peter Merrifield, an RCMP officer who sought the Conservative Party nomination in Barrie, Ont., was punished for his political views after it was discovered that his campaign material was deemed hate literature for defending traditional marriage. The RCMP said it "would be in the best interest of the RCMP ... if he was assigned to other duties, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 3 Nov, 2005 at 9:29 in
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The Canadian Abortion Rights Action League is changing its name to the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada. In October, CARAL officially closed its Ottawa doors, only to reopen under its new name. CARAL’s website explained: “Now that abortion is just one of the many reproductive services available to women, CARAL has closed its doors and discontinued its activities” ...
Svend Robinson, the openly gay former NDP MP from Burnaby-Douglas, B.C. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 3 Oct, 2005 at 8:03 in
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B.C. Supreme Court Justice Nicole Garson rules that contrary to statutes, a homosexual affair constitutes adultery. Thus, she grants Shelley Pickering an immediate divorce, rather than require her to wait for the mandatory one-year separation period to end under Canada’s no-fault divorce law ... The Toronto Star reports that some federal Liberals are urging former Ontario NDP premier Bob Rae to seek a seat in ... (Continue reading)
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