Politics
Written on 26 Dec, 2002 at 12:04 in
Activism, Announcements, Politics, Pro-Life | Author:
Garry Breitkreuz Editor's note: At the Creating a Culture of Life: An International Forum banquet, MP Garry Breitkreuz (CA, Yorkton-Melville) was honoured by Campaign Life Coalition with its prestigious Joseph P. Borowski award. Given annually to a politician who has made a strong stand for life, the award is named after the late Manitoba NDP cabinet minister who took his battle against abortion all the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 26 Dec, 2002 at 10:21 in
Abortion, Editorials, Politics, Pro-Life | Author:
With Republicans regaining control of the U.S. Senate, the pro-abortion lib-left will no longer be able to thwart pro-life legislation or hold up or defeat President George W. Bush's pro-life judicial nominees. Since Vermont Senator Jim Jeffords bolted the Republican Party 18 months ... (Continue reading)
Written on 26 Dec, 2002 at 10:18 in
Politics, Pro-Life | Author:
Paul Tuns
see also:
The good news for life issues
Lessons for Canada?
U.S. elections marked by stunning results
The pro-life, pro-family movement is happy with the results of the recent U.S. elections, as the Republican ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Nov, 2002 at 11:48 in
Abortion, Politics, Religion | Author:
Interim Staff
Toronto Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic won the hearts of pro-lifers Sept. 19 with his homily at the annual Red Mass.
The Red Mass dinner, held after the Mass, featured pro-abortion Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark as keynote speaker. Clark attended the Mass and, from his front row vantage point, was a clear and obvious target of one of the Cardinal's remarks. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Nov, 2002 at 11:47 in
Politics, Society & Culture | Author:
By Chris Champion
"Extreme weather events around the world have underscored the reality of climate change." With these words, Prime Minister Jean Chretien told the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg on Sept. 2 that Canada will ratify the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change by the end of the year. The "imperative for global action," Chretien said, "is strongly felt by Canadians."
The Protocol has set off alarm bells in the pro-life movement since ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Oct, 2002 at 14:09 in
Politics | Author:
Ted Gerk
On the west coast of the nation, the battle for life continues. The debate in British Columbia is not over the rights of the unborn, but whether there exists a democratic right to oppose abortion. I say "democratic," because the abortion industry doesn't really care if you don't like abortion. You can oppose abortion all you want. The difficulty arises in this province when you actually do something about ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Oct, 2002 at 14:07 in
Politics | Author:
Luc Gagnon
In recent months, divisions became visible within the Quebec separatist family. The time is over when nationalist militants and leaders have to remain silent for the good of the cause. Disagreements within the separatist movement finally led to the resignation of MP Ghislain Lebel from the Bloc Quebecois at the end of August. He will stay on as an independent until the end of his term at the House ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Oct, 2002 at 13:36 in
Politics | Author:
A Senate report urging the decriminalizing of marijuana has pro-family groups worried about the impact it could have on children and families.
The Senate Committee on Illegal Drugs recommended that marijuana be legalized for use among adults and that the Canadian government adopt a system to regulate marijuana in the same manner as alcohol and expunge criminal records for marijuana possession.
Derek Rogulsky, research director of Focus on the Family Canada, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Oct, 2002 at 13:29 in
Politics | Author:
Eli Schuster
Are Americans ready to eliminate Mothers Day, legalize prostitution and force unwilling doctors to perform abortions? They had better be, because Democratic Senators Joseph Biden (Del.) and Barbara Boxer (Calf.) have recently made U.S. recognition of the innocuous-sounding United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) a top priority.
Signed by the United States in 1979 during the Carter administration but never ratified by ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Oct, 2002 at 13:29 in
Politics | Author:
On a straight party-line vote, Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats rejected President George Bush's judicial nominee for the 5th Circuit Court because she once upheld a moderately pro-life state law.
Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen was eminently qualified: she sat on Texas's top court since 1994; her 2000 re-election to the Texas Supreme Court, which she won with 84 per cent of the vote, was endorsed by every major paper ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Oct, 2002 at 13:28 in
Politics | Author:
Eli Schuster
2005 - Old and frail from the ravages of Parkinson's Disease, His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, sat quietly yesterday in the dock on the first day of his controversial human rights abuse trial before the newly convened International Criminal Court. "The accused, Karol Wojtyla, is charged with vilifying same-sex relationships, imposing traditional sex-role stereotypes upon women everywhere, and propagating hate-speech against basic reproductive ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Oct, 2002 at 11:35 in
Politics | Author:
Paul Tuns
After months of party turmoil, Prime Minister Jean Chretien announced in late August that he would be stepping down as prime minister and leader of the Liberal party - in February 2004.
Most political analysts concur that he made this decision only when he realized that he had little chance of turning away a challenge to his leadership by Paul Martin's ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Sep, 2002 at 8:27 in
Politics | Author:
Linda Wegner
Bill Whatcott's name is smeared across a Prairie province. As one of the most outspoken advocates for pro-life and pro-family awareness in Saskatchewan, he currently faces lawsuits that could strip him of his nursing licence and prohibit his picketing and literature distribution activities. There are a lot of people who'd do almost anything to shut him up.
Hugh Owens, another resident of Saskatchewan, was recently fined $5,000 for displaying a ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Sep, 2002 at 8:00 in
Politics | Author:
Anthony Hawkins
Commons vote reveals pro-life strength
Parliament's rejection of the government's abortion-on-demand motion of July 28 pleased both sides on the controversial issue. But despite the claims of the pro-abortion lobby that the defeat was a victory for them, the facts revealed to Canadians nationwide that pro-life forces had much greater strength than the media had led the public to believe.The only pro-life amendment put to a vote (introduced by Gus Mitges) ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Sep, 2002 at 7:50 in
Politics | Author:
Joe Clark announced he will step down as leader of the Progressive Conservative party. Clark, who is pro-abortion, was under pressure to resign as Tory leader due to the widespread belief that he had taken the party as far as he could, dwindling polling numbers and growing party infighting.
Clark said he will step down and called for a leadership convention for early 2003. But he also said there were ... (Continue reading)
