Real Women
Written on 26 Jul, 2000 at 8:52 in
Pro-Life, Real Women, Society & Culture | Author:
Tim Bloedow
By Tim Bloedow
The Interim
Feminists at the University of Quebec recently spent (or at least were given to spend) $98,000 of Canadian taxpayers money to research the apparently dangerous involvement of "right-wing anti-feminist groups" at the United Nations. They have released an initial report, prepared by Anick Druelle, and many pro-lifers aren't sure whether to greet it with humour or outrage; most, so far, find it rather amusing.
Austin Ruse, director of the Catholic ... (Continue reading)
Written on 26 Jul, 2000 at 8:47 in
Abortion Law, Pro-Life, Real Women | Author:
Tim Bloedow
By Tim Bloedow
The Interim
Canada is set to become one of the first countries to ratify the highly controversial Rome statute, which will be used to set up a global criminal court. On June 13, the House of Commons passed Bill C-19, the Crimes Against Humanity Act, the purpose of which is to "implement in Canada the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court." The legislation passed with a vote of 224-36. LifeSite ... (Continue reading)
‘I thought feminists were pro-woman, not angry, hurt people
whose logic I can't understand'
By Cathrina Keet
The Interim
A battle over women's rights was fought at the United Nation Headquarters in New York. My concept of justice, democracy, and reality was shattered during the portion of the Beijing+5 PrepCom which I recently attended.
I expected the United Nations to attack violence against women, hunger, war disease, and a lack of education, water, and medicine. Instead I ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Mar, 2000 at 8:53 in
Equal Rights, Issues, Marriage and Family, Politics, Real Women | Author:
Tim Bloedow
Sweeping federal benefits bill grants full common-law status to homosexual couples
By Tim Bloedow
The Interim
By the time you are reading this article, the Liberal government's same-sex benefits bill may well have already passed through the House of Commons, if not the Senate, and into law. As of this writing, the federal government appears to be expediting the bill through the House. The Prime Minister is also reported as having ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Jun, 1997 at 9:32 in
Pro-Life, Real Women, Television Shows | Author:
OTTAWA – REAL Women has sent a letter to Vince Carlin head of Newsworld Network, requesting the opportunity to participate with the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC) in the one-hour debate on women’s issues which was scheduled for broadcast May 26, 1997.
Alternatively, REAL Women of Canada has requested the opportunity to participate in a separate broadcast on CBC Newsworld for a similar one-hour period. The May 26th broadcast was agree to by the television network in ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Jun, 1997 at 8:09 in
Abortion, Pro-Life, Real Women | Author:
Interim Special
In her keynote address May 3 at the REAL Women annual conference in North Bay, Ontario, Liberal Senator Anne Cools documented the alarming incidence of neonaticide – the killing of newborns – by mothers in our society.
Among other serious concerns connected with this issue, Senator Cools noted, “The perpetrators of domestic violence are not exclusively men.”
In his talk, Freedom and Social Justice,” Chris Sarlo, a professor at Nipissing University and author of the book Poverty in Canada, said ... (Continue reading)
Written on 13 Apr, 1997 at 10:08 in
Real Women, Sex Education, Society & Culture | Author:
OTTAWA – REAL Women of Canada, in a recent letter to Justice Minister Allan Rock, has urged that the age of consent for sexual activity by young persons with adults be raised from 14 years to 18 years of age.
The concerns over this age of consent have been exacerbated in recent weeks by the revelations of repeated acts of sexual misconduct by the western Canadian junior hockey coach, Graham James, and the charges of sexual abuse of young persons by ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Aug, 1996 at 11:41 in
Marriage and Family, Pro-life Groups, Real Women | Author:
OTTAWA- REAL Women of Canada has criticized a Status of Women report calling for additional research into feminist policy issues.
The report, said to reflect “different realities faced by women in Canada”, excludes mention of traditional families.
According to REAL Women, the report recommends further expansion of the feminist, anti-family agenda allowing the STATUS of Women council to obtain funding from other federal departments.
“Exorbitant federal funding is already received by feminist groups to promote their divisive agenda,” REAL Women says. “In ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Jul, 1991 at 11:38 in
Real Women | Author:
Michael H. Otis During the Real Conference in early May, National Vice-President Gwen Landolt zeroed in on the “feminist indoctrination” of federal judges at the Canadian Education Centre
Canadian Judicial Council
The Canadian Education Centre was set up a few years ago by the Canadian Judicial Council to keep judges updated on recent developments in the law. Judges attending the school can select from a variety of seminars on modern jurisprudence, but this freedom of choice does not apply to the gender equality ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Jul, 1991 at 11:26 in
Real Women | Author:
Interim Staff The annual conference of REAL Women of Saskatchewan took place in Saskatoon on April 20. Conference participants heard talks by two distinguished women.
Chantal Divine, wife of provincial Premier Grant Divine, said that the principles of REAL Women were very close to her heart because this organization “is the voice of thousands of women who believe in family values. The family is besieged by a multitude of destructive influences. Father is on night shift, mother is on day shift, and the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Jul, 1991 at 11:24 in
Abortion, Real Women | Author:
Robert Eady A few weeks before the REAL Women conference was held, Ottawa’s St. Paul’s University was the site of a conference on reproductive technologies, sponsored by the Ottawa branch of the of the Canadian Federation of University Women.
NO QUALMS
Although St. Paul’s trains future Canadian Catholic priests, its administration seemed to have no qualms about allowing the university facilities to be used by the likes of Evelyn Gigantes, pro-abortion activist and former Ontario Health Minister, and Dr. Norm Barwin, President of both ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Jun, 1991 at 12:05 in
Real Women | Author:
Robert Eady Addressing the annual REAL Women conference held in Ottawa in early May, National President Judy Anderson slammed “totalitarian feminism” which she said has “hijacked government funding” and falsely claims t o speak for all Canadian women.
Family Women
Mrs. Anderson is the mother of two young daughters and a full-time special education with 20 years experience.
She said “the concerns of family women, especially those who remain in the home, often at a great personal and economic sacrifice, have been ignored and even ... (Continue reading)
