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Written on 3 Feb, 2012 at 11:47 in
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Paul Tuns In the week before Christmas, a Conservative Kitchener-area MP, created a media storm when he issued a press release saying it was time for Parliament to reconsider the country’s antiquated Criminal Code provisions which do not acknowledge the child in the womb as a human being.
Section 223 of the Criminal Code deals with homicide and Section 223(1) defines human being as a child that “has completely proceeded, in a living state, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 27 Jan, 2012 at 8:12 in
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Paul Tuns On Dec 6., the Institute for Canadian Values held a press conference at Queen’s Park condemning the Liberal government’s anti-bullying legislation as a violation of the religious rights of denominational schools, a threat against religious freedom, and an assault on the rights of parents to be the primary educators of their children.
Dr. Charles McVety of Canada Christian College, Jack Fonseca of Campaign Life Catholics, Rondo Thomas of the Evangelical Association, and Rabbi ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Jan, 2012 at 9:26 in
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On Nov. 30, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty introduced Bill 13, The Accepting Schools Act. This arrived on the heels of a tragic and much-publicized suicide involving Ottawa teenager, Jamie Hubley. The teen suffered with depression and happened to also be openly gay. The media dutifully painted the picture that Hubley committed suicide primarily due to “homophobic bullying” despite the fact his father , an Ottawa city councilor, admitted the teen struggled ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Dec, 2011 at 19:46 in
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Paul Tuns
Brian Storseth’s C-304 could be voted on by January
Conservative MP Brian Storseth (Westlock-St. Paul) introduced C-304, a private member’s bill which, if passed, would delete sections 13 and 54 of the Canadian Human Rights Act.
Section 13 “empowers the Commission to deal with complaints regarding the communication of hate messages by telephone or on the Internet” that are “likely to expose a ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Dec, 2011 at 7:58 in
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Pauline Kosalka A benign-sounding Ontario initiative could result in more abortions
Few people living in Ontario have ever heard of the Fetal Alert Network (FAN). According to its webpage, FAN’s goal is “to provide coordinated access to the best care for all women whose babies have suspected or confirmed birth defects, regardless of where they live,” as “time can be a crucial factor in her ability to make decisions for her pregnancy and ensure she has the appropriate level ... (Continue reading)
Written on 12 Dec, 2011 at 12:21 in
Columnist, Rory Leishman | Author:
Philip Slayton, former dean of law at the University of Western Ontario, is not now and never has been a consistent advocate of judicial restraint, but at least he displays some belated concern over the excesses of judicial activism in his latest book aptly entitled Mighty Judgment, How the Supreme Court of Canada Runs Your Life.
As examples of judicial legislation, Slayton points out that it was not Parliament, but the Supreme Court ... (Continue reading)
Written on 12 Dec, 2011 at 12:13 in
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Paul Tuns On Oct. 12, the case of Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission v. William Whatcott was heard by the Supreme Court of Canada.
The case stems from events in 2001 and 2002 when Whatcott, a former member of the editorial advisory board of The Interim (1998-1999), as a part of the Christian Truth Activists, distributed flyers against homosexual acts to homes in Regina and Saskatoon. The pamphlets also included statements by Whatcott, a former street kid who engaged in homosexual prostitution to pay ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Nov, 2011 at 8:16 in
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Paul Tuns On Oct. 3 the Ontario Coalition of Abortion Providers and the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada held a press conference to endorse the Liberals and NDP claiming that Tim Hudak threatened access to abortion in Ontario because he indicated he supported defunding abortion back in the 1990s. Campaign Life Coalition responded by sending a telephone voice blast to more than 60,000 Ontario families on their data base urging them to vote for the identified pro-life candidate in their riding and ... (Continue reading)
Written on 6 Nov, 2011 at 11:12 in
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Paul Tuns
In recent years, the pro-life contingent within the Conservative caucus has been mostly quiet. Some believed that Prime Minister Stephen Harper would show his “true colours” and prove true charges that he had a hidden agenda, while others bided their time as good team players. A notable exception was a threatened revolt when the Liberals introduced a motion calling upon the government to include abortion as part of its maternal health ... (Continue reading)
Written on 27 Sep, 2011 at 11:10 in
Columnist, Frank Kennedy | Author:
Frank Kennedy If there was any other prominent politician more worthy of getting booted out of public office than Premier of Ontario Dalton McGuinty, I don’t know who it is.
McGuinty, who claims to be Catholic, has a Liberal MPP mouthpiece give a glowing welcoming address on his behalf to the Toronto Pride parade officials recently. This flies in the face of the Catholic Church’s teachings (and many other religions’ as well) against promoting ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Sep, 2011 at 11:18 in
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In contrast to the new direction of Ontario’s Family Coalition Party, the Prince Edward Island Family Party is clear about its pro-life policies. It states 14 pro-life and pro-family policies that can be enacted at the provincial level, and does not flinch from using the word abortion.
The PEI Family Party states unequivicoally that he would urge “the federal government to restore full legal protection to all human beings.” Within the realm of provincial policy it supports: “health care coverage for ... (Continue reading)
Written on 17 Sep, 2011 at 9:59 in
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Analysis Paul Tuns Hudak draws Liberal flack for supporting defunding petition
On July 15, Liberal strategist Warren Kinsella, author of Kicking Ass in Canadian Politics, attacked Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak for allegedly being a socially conservative extremist. Kinsella wrote on his blog that “Hudak would defund abortion,” adding, “it hasn’t been particularly been a secret. It’s just some people hadn’t noticed.”
Kinsella wondered: “So will it become a campaign issue? I’d ... (Continue reading)
Written on 15 Sep, 2011 at 9:58 in
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Paul Tuns Well into the Summer, when the Ontario Progressive Conservative, Liberal and New Democratic parties are getting ready for the Fall election to be held in the province Oct. 6, the Family Coalition Party was setting the foundation for a longer-term project. Phil Lees, the FCP leader, was holding three to four meetings most weeks in different electoral districts to get ready not just for this election, but creating a foundation of activists ... (Continue reading)
Written on 11 Aug, 2011 at 14:02 in
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Oswald Clark and Paul Tuns Two of 12 declared, likely or possible Republican candidates for the party's presidential nomination are rated as too pro-life by NARAL Pro-Choice America although two have supported NARAL-backed pro-choice measures in the past (former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty). Pawlenty is very certainly pro-life who signed a few bills he shouldn't have because the bill was overall very good but included problematic elements. Giuliani has been clearly unclear or unclearly clear that he opposes abortion ... (Continue reading)
Written on 25 Jul, 2011 at 8:01 in
Columnist, Joe Campbell | Author:
Joe Campbell Politics is indeed a blood sport. Look what happened to the Liberals and Bloc Quebecois in the recent federal election. The leaders were unseated and the parties beheaded. But the amputation didn’t end there. Some snouts were cut off from the public trough, and if it were not for gold plated pensions, many more would have suffered a similar fate.
Oh, I know that phrases like blood sport, snout in the trough, and gold plated pensions are clichés. But clichés are ... (Continue reading)
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