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Written on 27 Dec, 2012 at 11:33 in
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Pauline Kosalka The awarding of the Diamond Jubilee medal to Mary Wagner and Linda Gibbons, two pro-lifers jailed for counselling within the “bubble zones” of abortion facilities, has caused public controversy. In a statement, Conservative MP Maurice Vellacott, who nominated Wagner and Gibbons for the medals, said that they “are trying to protect defenceless, voiceless human beings in the womb from butchery and death, and trying to let vulnerable women know that ... (Continue reading)
Written on 12 Dec, 2012 at 15:23 in
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Peter Baklinski Special to The Interim Conservative MP Rob Anders has been pilloried for his opposition to C-279.
Numerous pro-family organizations and one conservative MP are calling upon citizens to oppose a “hate crimes” bill they warn will allow men to use women’s restrooms and showers. The private members Bill C-279 would include “gender identity” and “gender expression” in the hate crimes sections of the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code. The controversial bill has ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Nov, 2012 at 11:52 in
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Analysis Paul Tuns On Nov, 6, and after a nasty campaign that seemed to last forever, President Barack Obama was re-elected, handily defeating his Republican challenger Mitt Romney, albeit by a narrower margin than he vanquished John McCain in 2008. Obama’s victory was puzzling to many on the Right and led to the inevitable soul-searching that follows any electoral defeat. The usual suspects blamed, among other things, social conservatives, and that would seem ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Nov, 2012 at 14:59 in
Announcements, Features, Fetal Rights, Politics | Author:
Paul Tuns Mark Warawa wants Parliament to condemn gendercide.
On Sept. 26, immediately following the defeat of M-312 in a House vote, Conservative MP Mark Warawa (Langley) announced he would introduce Motion 408 which condemns sex-selective abortion, which will likely come up for debate in early 2013.
Warawa, an MP since 2004, introduced his motion on a topic that has garnered increased media attention over the past year, with the Society of Obstetricians ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Nov, 2012 at 14:48 in
Activism, Politics, Profiles, Society & Culture | Author:
Peter Baklinksi Special to The Interim Pro-life heroines Linda Gibbons and Mary Wagner received medals from the Governor General of Canada this week in recognition of their “contribution to Canada.” The activists are internationally renowned for having been arrested and jailed numerous times for violating abortion facility “bubble zones” while peacefully seeking to counsel abortion-bound moms to choose life. Wagner is currently in jail following her arrest in August for witnessing at the Woman’s care Clinic in Toronto.
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Written on 26 Nov, 2012 at 15:16 in
Abortion Law, Fetal Rights, Politics | Author:
Paul Tuns On Sept. 26, four Liberal MPs and more than half the Conservative caucus, including 10 members of the government, voted for M-312, Stephen Woodworth’s private member’s motion calling for a debate on the beginning of human life.
Woodworth, a Conservative MP from Kitchener Centre, hoped to launch a special committee to re-examine section 223 of Canada’s Criminal Code, which stipulates that a child only becomes a human being once he or she has fully proceeded from the womb. While pro-life leaders ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Nov, 2012 at 11:14 in
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Paul Tuns Polls show that Justin Trudeau, the 40-year-old second term Papineau MP and son of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau (whose 1969 Omnibus bill permitted widespread abortion in Canada), would instantly make the currently third-place Liberals serious contenders to win the 2015 election. Pro-life leaders think that development would be a disaster for Canada.
Justin Trudeau’s rise has been a lifetime in the making including media plaudits for speeches he made while ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Nov, 2012 at 11:04 in
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Rory Leishman National Affairs Rory Leishman
In a combative campaign speech last December, United States President Barack Obama derided his Republican opponents as unprincipled libertarians: “Their philosophy is simple,” he charged. “We are better off when everybody is left to fend for themselves and play by their own rules.”
Certainly, there are some selfish conservatives who think that the wealthy and prosperous should have no compunction about abandoning the poor and the needy ... (Continue reading)
Written on 12 Nov, 2012 at 9:23 in
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Paul Tuns Rona Ambrose is under fire for supporting a pro-science, pro-debate motion.
Feminist groups, the abortion lobby, and unions organized a campaign within minutes of Rona Ambrose’s vote for M-312. Ambrose, who said she is especially concerned with sex-selective abortion, was one of ten members of Stephen Harper’s cabinet who voted for Stephen Woodworth’s motion, but pro-abortionists singled the minister out for attack because she is the Minister of State (Status of ... (Continue reading)
Written on 6 Nov, 2012 at 8:44 in
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Review Paul Tuns Every election is said to be the most important, but 2012 certainly will be one in which the outcome could significantly shift American economic and social policy, from government intrusion into the private economic and moral lives of citizens to the composition of the Supreme Court for the next two decades, and much more. A number of books have come out in 2012 to give a glimpse into the past ... (Continue reading)
Written on 25 Oct, 2012 at 15:01 in
Announcements, Columnist, Features, Michael Coren, Politics | Author:
Journalist for Life Michael Coren Jack Layton
Oh Good Lord, I suppose it just had to be. Yes, the time of waiting has come to an end, and like a child embracing the dawn on Christmas Day I feel my heart bursting with a fulfilled anticipation. Because, joy oh joy, as I write this column the filming on the Jack Layton biopic is almost complete. It stars Rick Roberts and Sook-Yin Lee as Layton and his wife ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Oct, 2012 at 7:27 in
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Barack Obama
In 1775, the famous aphorist, Samuel Johnson, quipped that “patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” His biographer, reporting this remark, quickly added that “he did not mean a real and generous love of our country, but that pretended patriotism which so many, in all ages and countries, have made a cloak for self-interest.” Johnson’s observation, however, seems to have a different meaning than the one his biographer offered ... (Continue reading)
Written on 21 Oct, 2012 at 7:30 in
Fetal Rights, Politics | Author:
Paul Tuns When MP Stephen Woodworth addressed the Kitchener Pro-Life Forum, he was given rock-star treatment, getting a standing ovation when he was introduced. The applause was an acknowledgement of his work bringing forward for debate a private member`s bill, M-312, which if passed would require Parliament to re-examine the Criminal Code definition of human being using modern scientific evidence. Currently, Section 223 (1) of the Code says that a preborn child does not become a human being until it has fully ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Oct, 2012 at 14:52 in
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Paul Tuns Photo of MP Stephen Woodworth talking about M-312 to the Kitchener pro-Life Forum
On Sept. 21, in front of a packed gallery, the second hour of debate for Stephen Woodworth’s (CPC, Kitchener Centre) private member’s motion, M-312, took place in the House of Commons. Woodworth was joined by several Conservative colleagues calling for Parliament to set up a special committee that would examine the Criminal Code definition of human being in the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 13 Oct, 2012 at 7:21 in
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Analysis Paul Tuns Pro-lifers labelled the Democratic National Convention “Abortion-Palooza” after Barack Obama and numerous speakers highlighted “abortion,” “choice,” and “reproductive rights” in their speeches. After four years in power, Obama presides over an economy that remains in shambles and a world as unstable as dangerous as he inherited (if not more), so Democrats had to find something – anything – to talk about other than the president’s obvious failure to address the United ... (Continue reading)
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