Bishop Leo Maher of San Diego, California, has denied Catholic assembly woman Lucy Killea, a Democrat, the right to receive communion. Killea ran for the state Senate in a special election on December 5, 1989. She took a pro-abortion stand in her public statements and advertising. This led Bishop Maher to declare “…you are placing yourself in complete contradiction to the moral [...]
On December 9, at the national strategy meeting of Campaign Life Coalition in Ste. Anne de Beaupré, Quebec, Dan McCash of Liberals for Life made a strong plea to the ninety delegates from across Canada for pro-life supporters to join the Liberal Party, no matter what their political allegiances. The next six months, he said, are crucial because the Liberal Convention in [...]
On December 2 Canada’s New Democratic Party, known from 1932 to 1971 as the CCF (Cooperative Commonwealth Federation) changed leaders. Out went former political science professor Ed Broadbent, 53, from Canada’s car manufacturing centre, Oshawa, Ontario. In came social worker Audrey McLaughlin, 53, formerly of Toronto, more recently from the sparsely populated tundra of the Yukon. “I stand for change,” she told [...]
Yesterday, December 11, I called to The Interim office as I was in Toronto. I found Father de Valk and Michael Otis in deep and concerned conversation. When they saw me they asked in one voice, “Have you got your article?” I said, “Er. What article?” They replied in unison, “The one for the January Interim.” I said, “When do you want [...]
The government abortion bill C-43 has passed second reading and been sent to committee. The vote, 164 in favour and 114 against, does not represent the feeling of MPs on the legislation. Many pro-life MPs voted in favour of the legislation hoping that it would be amended before third and final reading. The prospects for any pro-life amendments, however, are thought to [...]
When a bill concerning homosexual “rights” was introduced into the Ontario Legislature in 1986, its supporters were led by the most influential member of the Cabinet next to Premier Peterson – Attorney-General Ian Scott. They maintained that all they were trying to do was put an end to unfair discrimination. But the bill was part of a “Gay Drive” – an international [...]
NDP: the future is the past Anthony Hawkins On December 2 Canada’s New Democratic Party, known from 1932 to 1971 as the CCF (Cooperative Commonwealth Federation) changed leaders. Out went former political science professor Ed Broadbent, 53, from Canada’s car manufacturing centre, Oshawa, Ontario. In came social worker Audrey McLaughlin, 53, formerly of Toronto, more recently from the sparsely populated tundra of [...]