Monthly Archives: May 1985

Ontario politicians and abortion

      Abortion is definitely an issue in the Ontario election called for May 2.  Ontario’s 8 ½ million people constitute one third of Canada’s population.   The April 11 issue of the Toronto Star carried a long article entitled “Morgentaler’s clinic fuels abortion issue.”  “Clarifying statements by all three leaders,” the reporter noted, “have boosted the spirits of  pro-choice contingent [...]

2009-07-07T13:04:10-04:00May 7, 1985|Abortion, Politics|

U.N. to reshape the Canadian family?

         In 1981 the Federal government ratified a United Nations Convention which, if fully integrated into Canadian legislation, stands to change the family both in its legal rights and in its social patterns.  Ostensibly this document, The United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women, is an international agreement to help guarantee equal rights [...]

2009-07-07T13:02:25-04:00May 7, 1985|Marriage and Family, Politics|
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