In a 1995 opinion article for Saturday Night magazine, conservative columnist David Frum argued that gay and lesbian weddings would destroy the institution of marriage. "To revitalize marriage, we must constantly remind people of how much society honours it," wrote Frum. "Nothing could be better calculated to diminish marriage in people's eyes than an elite insistence on uni-sexing it. Gay marriage will [...]
Responding to public pressure organized by supporters of Robert Latimer to have the federal government grant a royal prerogative of mercy negating his mandatory 10-year sentence for the murder of his daughter Tracy, a Nova Scotia MP presented a private member's bill opposing the granting of leniency to killers of people with disabilities. Wendy Lill (NDP, Dartmouth) presented Bill M-372 on Oct. [...]
The Interim had the opportunity to interview keynote speaker Wesley J. Smith following his address during the recent Ontario pro-life conference in Richmond Hill, Ont. An edited version of that interview follows. Smith practised law from 1976-1985, during which time he was a partner in his own law firm and served on several bar committees. He left the full-time practice of law [...]
Lost in the wake of Sept. 11 was the announcement that an unidentified Canadian woman had died following a gangrene infection during clinical trials of RU-486. While the mainstream media ignored this issue, the National Catholic Register's Celeste McGovern did some digging and found that Vancouver abortionist and clinical trial overseer Ellen Wiebe failed to inform participants of the dangers of the [...]
Miracles do happen at a busy downtown abortuary - at least once a week. The lives of babies are saved because their distressed mothers are offered help by front-line pro-lifers who run a referral and refuge centre called Aid to Women in Toronto. Counsellors Joanne and Robert estimate that over the last decade some 1,000 babies have survived because someone was on [...]
It probably is unseemly for pro-lifers to tell Canada, "we told you so," but we did. After years of lies and misrepresentations from the abortion lobby and their willing accomplices - pro-abortion politicians, many in the media, some academics - the truth is finally out: abortions are committed for convenience's sake, not because they are medically necessary. On Oct. 31, the Canadian [...]
The latest word on Parliament Hill is that the three contenders for the leadership of the Canadian Alliance are Larry, Curly and Moe. Sources say that if there's a tie vote, the party's position on populist decision-making may have to move to a new level. If not, the best reports indicate that the losers will then enter the leadership race for the [...]
The ongoing terrorist concern has eclipsed every other issue on Parliament Hill in recent weeks, so there isn't a lot to report from the federal scene in terms of developments on the life issues. It would be a good time to remind you of the various private members, bills and motions that have been introduced and could be drawn for debate at [...]
Lifesite Daily News, which keeps us informed of what is happening in the moral spheres of the world both good and bad, had some sad news in a recent issue regarding my beloved land of Kenya. Herewith is the relevant quote: "Nairobi. Oct. 4, 2001. A government report suggests the legalization of abortion in Kenya. A team appointed by the Health Standards [...]
The National Post had a great cartoon recently that revealed Canada's unpreparedness for war. A private in the Canadian Army said to another private: "The Canadian Army ranked 17th." The other private said: "17th! Say that's pretty good... who ranked 16th?" The first private said: "The Salvation Army." Canadians have always considered war an aberration or a luxury item we couldn't afford. [...]
Goodness me, I've never been a particular fan of many of the foreign and domestic policies of the United States. I've said this, written this, broadcast this. I've taken a few blows for it as well. But there is a time and a place for everything. And at this time and in this place I say just three words. God Bless America. [...]
Jeepers, creepers where'd ya get them peepers Jeepers, creepers where'd ya get those eyes Gosh oh, git up how'd they get so lit up Gosh oh, gee oh how'd they get that size (Al Donohue and Johnny Mercer) I've been wondering if Preston Manning, former head of the Reform and Canadian Alliance parties, was whistling this catchy tune in the halls of [...]
At the federal government-funded ($80,000) "Women's Resistance: From Victimization to Criminalization" conference in Ottawa, Oct. 1, Sunera Thobani, a women's studies professor at the University of British Columbia, and former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NACSOW), declared that, "From Chile to El Salvador to Nicaragua to Iraq, the path of U.S. foreign policy is soaked in [...]
Fetal pain study LONDON, England - A British study suggests that an unborn child might feel pain as early as 20 weeks. The head of the government-appointed Medical Research Council at Edinburgh University in the United Kingdom said an unborn child was absolutely aware of pain by 24 weeks and perhaps as early as 20 weeks - earlier than the previously accepted [...]
New Physicians for Life president VANCOUVER - Dr. Will Johnston has succeeded Dr. Robert Pankratz as president of Canadian Physicians for Life. Johnston, co-chair of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition of B.C., heads the organization of 3,000 members who are committed to the Hippocratic Oath and the principle, "first, do no harm." Recently, PFL wrote Health Minister Allan Rock urging a dialogue on [...]