An on-going series of profiles of pro-life Members of Parliament A native of Winnipeg, David Kilgour is a lawyer with a particular interest in constitutional law. His wife Laura is also a lawyer but is now a home wit their four children, twin daughters Margot and Eileen, David and eighteen-month-old Hilary. The Kilgour family lives in the Gatineau Hills just outside Ottawa, [...]
Mexico City houses some 22 million people, slightly less than the total population of all of Canada. It is a prime target for the population planners who believe fewer babies make happier parents. Mexicans disagree. Although poverty is evident, children are everywhere, the people are neatly dressed, the streets are clean and everyone seems to have a dignity which does not permit [...]
A voice for the voiceless was temporarily silenced recently when Rev. Ken Campbell lost his application to the Ontario Supreme Court to have set aside the “stay” of seven charges of procuring a miscarriage, laid earlier by the police against Drs. Henry Morgentaler Robert Scott and Nikki Colodny. The “stay” had been ordered by Ontario Attorney-General Scott’s pending a ruling from the [...]
Joe Borowski’s case began in 1978 when he applied to the court for a declaration that would give unborn children full legal protection. Specifically Borowski sought a ruling that the 1969 amendments to section 251 of the Criminal Code are unconstitutional and invalid, renowned civil rights lawyer Morris Shumiatcher was retained by Borowski to argue his case. The lawyers for the federal [...]
Joe Borowski’s court case, in which he is seeking legal protection for unborn children is now in the hands of the Supreme Court of Canada. The case, launched more than nine years ago, is now nearing its conclusion. In his application, Mr. Borowski is asking the court to declare that the 1969 amendment to the Criminal Code legalizing some hospital abortions is [...]
Alliance for Life is in the midst of planning stages to launch a nationwide television broadcast which will bring the pro-life message into the homes of all Canadians. The event, in telethon format, is scheduled to air on prime time national television October 5 through 11. The telethon will emphasize the theme of coping and carrying a baby to term. Testimonials and [...]
While many Canadians were celebrating Mother’s Day on May 10, many others were preparing for a weeklong schedule of events paying tribute to LIFE: Respect for Life. From May 10 through 17, the three national pro-life organizations-Alliance for Life, Coalition for Life and Campaign Life-launched a nationwide protest against abortion, which became available on demand with the 1969 changes in the criminal [...]
Pro-lifers are very valuable people to other pro-lifers. A rather obvious statement. When you are taking up a cause where your opponents are not only morally wrong but nasty rich and influential you appreciate your allies. But pro-lifers are so caught up in their convictions of the rightness of their cause it sometimes doesn’t occur to them that they could fall heir [...]
Fathers are often shuffled into the background of the abortion debate. In Canada today, if a mother decides to abort, the father has no legal right to attempt to save the life of his unborn child; if the mother decides to have their child, she can successfully claim child support. Dad, it seems has responsibilities but few of the rights that go [...]
Police Constable David Packer can keep a secret. His wife, Anne, didn’t find out for six months that her husband was a hero. He had been cited for bravery by the Metropolitan Toronto Police Department for saving a three-month old infant from a fire in a building on Spencer Avenue. The child’s deaf-mute mother had put her arms together and made a [...]
In a Belleville court, a landmark decision to protect an unborn child may be a big step forward for the pro-life movement. In the early April Family Court Judge D.K. Kirkland made an unborn child a ward of the Children’s Aid Society. The ruling make the “fetus” a ward of the society for just three months-until birth and for a brief time [...]
A Toronto police officer has refused to perform guard duty outside the Morgentaler clinic and has been charged by his superiors with committing an offence under the Police Act. Constable David Packer, 35 is a father of five and a ten year veteran of the force. Two years ago he was decorated by the Police Department for bravery in rescuing a three-month [...]
Concern is growing among Catholic parents across Ontario over a new Family Life Education program proposed for separate schools. Distressed over incidents occurring when the French Language program was piloted in the North Bay area, approximately 20 area parents have said that they will withdraw their 32 children from the separate school system if the program is not drastically revised before implementation [...]
Alliance for Life is in the midst of planning stages to launch a nationwide television broadcast which will bring the pro-life message into the homes of all Canadians. The event, in telethon format, is scheduled to air on prime time national television October 5 through 11. The telethon will emphasize the theme of coping and carrying a baby to term. Testimonials and [...]
While many Canadians were celebrating Mother’s Day on May 10, many others were preparing for a weeklong schedule of events paying tribute to LIFE: Respect for Life. From May 10 through 17, the three national pro-life organizations-Alliance for Life, Coalition for Life and Campaign Life-launched a nationwide protest against abortion, which became available on demand with the 1969 changes in the criminal [...]