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Written on 29 Apr, 2011 at 12:30 in
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In 2009 there was controversy when the study guide given to new immigrants, “Discover Canada: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship,” did not include reference to same-sex “marriage.” A new guide released on March 14 states: “Canada’s diversity includes gay and lesbian Canadians, who enjoy the full protection of and equal treatment under the law, including access to civil marriage.” The new guide still rankles gay activists; EGALE complains that the revised guide suffers from the “obvious omission ... (Continue reading)
Written on 31 Mar, 2011 at 7:07 in
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In an interview with Radio-Canada, child murderer Robert Latimer said he would kill his disabled daughter Tracy Latimer if faced with the decision to do it over again. “People think it is a hard decision, but it’s not,” he told Anne-Marie Dussault. Latimer was granted full parole in December after serving a ten-year sentence ... Writing in the the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, Tara A. Crawford and Wendy Norman of the Faculty of Medicine, University of ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Feb, 2011 at 18:20 in
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Canada
The National Post had a major feature entitled “When two is too many” that examined so-called “selective reduction” in pregnancies involving twins. The phenomenon of reducing the number of children in utero through targeted abortion has been common-place for multiples but there has been very little mention of the phenomenon among women expecting twins … In an interview with the CBC’s Peter Mansbridge, Prime Minister Stephen Harper reiterated his long-held position that he did not want to re-open ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Jan, 2011 at 11:50 in
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Canada
The trial of Don Spratt and Cecilia (Sissy) von Dehn, charged in June 2009 with breeching British Columbia’s Access to Abortion Services Act, will continue on March 16. Four days of hearing in October 2010 were insufficient to hear all the testimony. The law prohibits pro-life witnessing within 50 meters of an abortion facility, and von Dehn was carrying a sign that notified passers-by of the existence of the bubble zone prohibiting free speech. Police had previously told ... (Continue reading)
Written on 21 Dec, 2010 at 9:39 in
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Canada
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, while speaking at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ont., was asked by a student about abortion. “My personal view is abortion should be as rare and as infrequent as family planning, good medical care and education can make it,” said Ignatieff. Then he added: “But it should be legal.” Earlier this year, Ignatieff advocated that Canadian taxpayers fund overseas abortions as a part of the federal government’s maternal health plan … Mary Wagner, a ... (Continue reading)
Written on 21 Dec, 2010 at 9:00 in
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NB Human Rights Commission to examine abortion funding
Fredericton -- The New Brunswick Human Rights Commission will hold hearings on whether the province’s abortion funding policy is a violation of the human rights of women. Under New Brunswick’s Medical Services Payment Act the province will only pay for abortions committed at hospitals and which are referred by a family doctor. The NB HRC is not making public who filed the complaint but abortion advocates and feminists complain that the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Nov, 2010 at 13:21 in
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Canada
According to an Ipsos Reid poll for Postmedia News and Global TV, 35 per cent of Canadians thought the federal Conservatives best reflected the values and needs of today’s families, while 27 per cent said the same of the NDP and just 19 per cent favoured the Liberals. John Wright, senior vice president of Ipsos Reid, said, “What was … more instructive out of this poll was not so much the Tories themselves and how they’ve been able ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Nov, 2010 at 12:26 in
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John Jalsevac Special to The Interim B.C. sues contraceptive patch maker
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government has launched a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson Inc. for health care costs associated with treating women who suffered from the company’s contraceptive patch. McNeil Pharmaceutical Inc. and Janssen-Ortho Inc. were also named as defendants. The lawsuit claims that the users “did not receive any warnings about the increased risk of developing blood clots, pulmonary emboli, strokes, heart attacks or deep vein thrombosis associated with Evra … The government argues ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Oct, 2010 at 6:32 in
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Alex Schadenberg Special to The Interim Canada
MP Francine Lalonde (BQ, La Pointe-de-I’lle), who has introduced three private member’s bill to legalize euthanasia, announced she will not seek re-election as she continues her personal battle against cancer. Her latest attempt to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide was defeated in April by a 228-59 vote … The National Parole Board relaxed Robert Latimer’s parole conditions and will now permit him to spend five days away from the Victoria, B.C., halfway house he has been living in ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Sep, 2010 at 6:30 in
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Kathleen Gilbert Special to The Interim Canada
According to an Angus Reid Public Opinion poll, just 20 per cent of Canadians are aware that there are absolutely no restrictions in law on abortion, while 43 per cent believe that under current law women can obtain an abortion only in the first trimester while nearly a quarter believe that women can get an abortion when their life/health is endangered, she has been raped or is the victim of incest, or there the unborn baby has a ... (Continue reading)
Written on 18 Sep, 2010 at 10:03 in
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Gay phone line goes silent
CHARLOTTLETOWN- The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reported recently that AIDS Prince Edwards Island can no longer afford to cover the cost of the province’s only gay and lesbian toll-free telephone lie. For several years, Islanders have wondered who was funding for this service and its promotional advertisements in local newspapers. Spokespersons for AIDS PEI said the service had been put in place to provide the province’s gays and lesbians with a means of ... (Continue reading)
Written on 31 Aug, 2010 at 6:34 in
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Canada
A grassroots network opposed to euthanasia has been created in Quebec. Vivre dans la Dignite (Living with Dignity) will respond to the travelling provincial commission that is holding summer and fall hearings on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Linda Couture, the group’s director, said “We cannot allow killing to be confused with health care in Quebec” … C-389, the private member’s bill of Bill Siksay (NDP, Burnaby-Douglas), passed second reading. If approved C-389 would add “gender identity” and “gender ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Jul, 2010 at 6:57 in
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Canada
The B.C. Office of Information and Privacy rejected an attempt by pro-life activists to gain access to information on abortions at the province’s hospitals. Senior adjudicator Celia Francis rejected applications from Campaign Life Coalition B.C. president John Hof and pro-life researcher Ted Gerk for information on the abortions conducted at Vancouver General Hospital and Kelowna General Hospital. Hof and Gerk have pledged to continue making freedom of information requests, educating BC politicians on the implications of censorship in ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Jun, 2010 at 6:26 in
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Canada
CTV reported that Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he will not support Rod Bruinooge’s private member’s bill to make it a crime to coerce a woman into having an abortion ... If, as expected, pro-life witness Linda Gibbons is released on June 3 after the second day of her scheduled trial, she will have been jailed exactly 500 days since her last arrest for allegedly violating the bubble zone injunction prohibiting pro-life speech near Ontario’s abortion facilities ... ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Jun, 2010 at 6:01 in
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CRTC promotes Canadian porn industry
OTTAWA – The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has approved a new Canadian pay TV pornography channel that will air in Québec beginning in October. The channel, Vanessa, licensed by Sex-Shop Television in Montreal, will also air in English in the rest of the country in 2011. Under the licence, the new channel’s programming must be 20 per cent Canadian. Don Hutchinson, director of law and public policy for the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, pointed out ... (Continue reading)
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