What luck for rulers that men do not think. Adolf Hitler Many Canadians, including Werner Schmidt, MP for Okanagan Centre (B.C.), did a double take when local Jewish community leader Anita Nadler reacted to the above quote Which appeared in Schmidt’s constituency newsletter. According to his local executive assistant, the quote was meant to serve as a warning that citizens must monitor [...]
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Pro-life groups across Canada have called for Svend Robinson to resign as a Member of Parliament, following his involvement in the euthanasia death of Sue Rodriguez on February 12. In addition, the groups believe that Robinson should be charged with aiding and abetting a suicide and obstructing justice. Robinson has admitted that he was actively involved in helping Ms. Rodriguez plan her [...]
A government paper is causing a storm within Canadian university circles as critics say that the fundamental rights of free speech and inquiry are being banned in the very places where they should thrive. The Framework Regarding Prevention of Harrassment and Discrimination in Ontario Universities was issued through the Ministry of Education and Training without any debate in the legislature. The document [...]
A team of students will travel Canada in May and June presenting a radical message of chastity to their peers. The Challenge Team, which will make stops at centres across the country talking to groups of students their own age, will try to show the importance of “saved sex not safe sex.” They plan to use personal stories, statistics, skits and music [...]
The Rivard family knows first hand that abortion isn’t the easy safe procedure it’s supposed to be. They still mourn for their daughter who died tragically as a result of complications arising from an abortion last year. Through an interpreter, Karine Rivard’s father, Jean-Claude, says he is seeking justice from the Sherbrooke hospital where his 18-year-old daughter died July 25, 1992. They [...]
The New Democratic parties of B.C. and Ontario have both decided to expand the abortion facilities in their own provinces. This continues the recent trend in both provinces to promote abortion services at the expense of legitimate and crucial health care needs. The Comprehensive Abortion and Reproductive Education (CARE) centre in Vancouver will perform abortions in place of the Shaughnessy Hospital, which [...]
Eleven pro-life university students from Canada made their presence felt in Washington recently. With 35,000 others, they marched from the White House to the Supreme Court to commemorate the infamous 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion and the deaths of more than 30 million unborn babies. The motto of the Canadian contingent was “Same problem, different country.” During the annual [...]
On Feb. 4, seven vans, four buses, and three cars, jam-packed with a total of 270 excited teenagers made their way to our nation’s capital for a weekend of positive pro-life activism. The Skate for Life is an annual fund raising event hosted by Ontario Students for Life. This year’s skaters gathered an extraordinary total of $11,993 in pledges, our biggest total [...]
At the height of the Lillehammer Olympics, pro-lifers grabbed international attention with the theft of Edvard Munch’s “The Scream,” a priceless Norvegian masterpiece. A pro-life Lutheran minister told the media the painting would “emerge again” if the national TV station runs The Silent Scream, a pro-life movie made by Dr. Bernard Nathanson. So far Rev. Borre Knudsen has been cautious about revealing [...]
At his earliest opportunity following the death of Sue Rodriguez. MP Svemd Robinson introduced a bill in the House of Commons to legalize physician assisted suicide. Bill C-215 would amend s.241 of the Criminal code to read: “No qualified medical practitioner commits an offence where the practitioner aids a terminally ill person to commit suicide a) at the request of and with [...]
In December 1993, The American Medical Association adopted five strong policy statements against the practice of physician assisted suicide. “Physician assisted suicide is fundamentally inconsistent with the physician’s professional role.” “It’s critical that the medical profession redouble its efforts to ensure that dying patients are provided optimal treatment for their pain and other discomfort. The use of more aggressive comfort care measures, [...]
Toronto. It’s not yet Christmas time, but the Ontario NDP government is in a very giving mood. An investigative reporter in Toronto estimates that the government of Ontario has spent over a million dollars of taxpayers’ dollars in legal fees in its attempt to ban all pro-life activism. The court case which was concluded at the end of August involved months of [...]