Monthly Archives: July 2001

Poll shows eugenic attitudes

An anti-euthanasia group says poll results from a survey they commissioned earlier this year illustrate there is no way to provide safeguards to protect those vulnerable to euthanasia and that many Canadians have a eugenic attitude when it comes to people with disabilities. In April, the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) collaborated with the Environics Research Group on the Focus Canada Omnibus Survey [...]

2010-07-19T08:35:19-04:00July 19, 2001|Euthanasia, Paul Tuns|

Euthanasia expert lays out pro-life battle plan

Wesley Smith is optimistic about resisting euthanasia, but only if pro-lifers get more active In an exclusive 75-minute interview with The Interim following the day program at the Euthanasia Symposium in London, Ontario, April 28, Wesley Smith outlined what the average person can do to fight euthanasia and bring about a "genuine culture of life." Smith, the author of Culture of Death: [...]

2010-07-19T08:35:23-04:00July 19, 2001|Euthanasia, Paul Tuns|

Lejeune bio an inspiring tribute to a pro-life giant

Life is a Blessing: A Biography of Jérôme Lejeune by Clara Lejeune (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2000), tr. by Michael J. Miller from the original French, La Vie est un bonheur: Jérôme Lejeune, mon père, 156 pp. $12 USD, $18 CAD, ISBN 2-7413-0163-8. The name Jérôme Lejeune is well known to Canadian pro-lifers. The distinguished geneticist crossed the Atlantic several times to [...]

2010-07-19T08:35:30-04:00July 19, 2001|Book Review, Donald DeMarco|

Democracy now seen as freedom without limits

William Gairdner offers a sobering diagnosis of our dangerously corrupt political culture The Trouble with Democracy: A Citizen Speaks Out by William Gairdner (Stoddart, $50, 534 pages)William Gairdner, author of The Trouble with Canada and The War Against the Family, now takes aim at the problems with democracy in The Trouble with Democracy: A Citizen Speaks Out. According to Gairdner, Canada and [...]

2010-07-19T08:35:36-04:00July 19, 2001|Book Review, Paul Tuns|

If only Trudeau had appeared in a wetsuit

My wife has warned me about writing about Stockwell Day when The Interim comes out - feeling Stock may be a footnote in the pages of Canadian history by then. But, Stock, if you're gone by the time this paper comes out think Napoleon and his miraculous return from Elba to victory. Remember Stock, it's 'Napoleon!' 'Napoleon' 'Napoleon!' not 'Diefenbaker'! 'Diefenbaker!' 'Diefenbaker!' [...]

2010-07-19T08:35:41-04:00July 19, 2001|Editorials, Politics|
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