Fighting provincial government policies that are skewed in favour of mothers working outside the home is a major preoccupation of a newly formed group in British Columbia. West Coast Women for Family Values are established recently to “promote laws and policies promoting family life,” says one of the foundress, Kathleen Higgins of Delta, B.C. “The work of mothers at home really needed [...]
The following questionnaire was given to Grade 10 students at Notre Dame High School in Welland, Ontario. On December 10, 1990, the school nurse first explained various contraceptive devices. She then invited the children to come up and inspect them and learn how they are to be used. The children were told that some time later, in the year someone would come [...]
The following story first appeared in the September 24, 1990 issue of the Brandon Sun, under the headline “Natural mother makes unique sacrifice by giving up her child.” It’s reprinted here with permission. I remember that it was a sunny morning, a nice one to sit on the front steps of my parents home and think about the future. I was my [...]
Queen’s Park, Toronto Ontario Premier Bob Rae’s office claimed they had never seen the letter from the Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops (OCCB), urging the NDP government to reconsider its new policy of providing easier access to killing of the unborn. The letter from the president of the OCCB, Bishop John O’Mara, was dated November 19, 1990. It was reported in a [...]