Government control not necessary to ensure good schools Independent schools are now part of the educational landscape. The Equity in Education Tax Credit provides a tax credit against tuition paid for parents who send their children to one of the approximately 730 independent schools in the province. This tax credit legislation does two very important things for Ontario: First it establishes the [...]
Hamilton pro-family group helps parents know their rights The recent lobbying by the Ontario public teachers union to introduce homosexuality-oriented books into schools has prompted heightened parent interest in a Declaration of Family Rights document that seeks to protect children from negative moral influences at school. The Hamilton-Wentworth Family Action Council created the document in November 1999 mainly as a response to [...]
September is the month of new beginnings for children across Canada who are going to public or private schools as well as the 100,000 students who, according to a recent issue of Time, will be staying home to school. The idea of educating children at home raises familiar questions such as, "Why would a person want to homeschool? What are the reasons [...]
What does the current debate over stem cells have to do with the concentration camps at places like Auschwitz and Dachau? More than you might think. When Allied troops liberated the few remaining prisoners of the Nazi concentration camps, they made some horrific discoveries. Among the records that survived of the gassings, burnings and shootings of millions of 'undesirables,' were graphic descriptions [...]
Ask the average person, "What do you think of embryonic stem cell research?" He may answer with certainty and a profound conviction that what he is saying is most obvious: "Look, anything that can cure Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or diabetes is incredibly good. Yes, I know that there's some controversy - you're not going to try to tell me those embryonic cells are [...]
In an era of politicians lacking principles - and ones who outright sellout to the culture of death - Julius Yankowsky is a refreshing departure. Indeed, he's been lauded as a man who "will do anything" to further the pro-life cause, and his actions prove that those are more than just empty words. Yankowsky, 63, is a married father of two and [...]
As one passes from childhood to adulthood, the summer, which was once a time for rest and relaxation, turns into a time for gainful employment. And so, in early July, I embarked upon my second summer working at Campaign Life Coalition. Since I come from a solidly pro-life family and had taken a great course on moral issues from another solid pro-lifer [...]
One hundred and forty obstetricians and gynecologists, as well as lawyers, ethicists, midwives, theologians and leaders of pro-life groups from 40 countries, met in Rome June 17-20 to discuss "The Future of Obstetrics and Gynecology: The Fundamental Human Right to Practise and be Trained According to Conscience." The intensive three-day workshop was organized by the World Federation of Catholic Medical Associations (FIAMC) [...]
20,000 to be killed by years end In the wake of its being awarded the 2008 Olympic Games, China is ordering one of its remote, poverty-stricken regions to commit at least 20,000 abortions by the end of this year. Chinese authorities are reported to have issued the order because their official one-child-per-family policy is being routinely ignored in Huaiji region, where 2000 [...]
Police dismiss journalist's complaints of alleged police misconduct Linda Gibbons was released from prison July 7, after serving her latest term for violating a "bubble zone" court injunction at the Scott Clinic abortuary in Toronto last Feb. 13. Gibbons had received a six-month sentence (including time served) and two years' probation upon her conviction in provincial court on April 13. She had [...]
A Moncton newspaper has determined that the federal government has threatened fines against New Brunswick if the province continues its principled refusal to pay for abortions at Henry Morgentaler's private abortuary in Fredericton. Canadian Press reported on August 7 that Federal Health Minister Allan Rock had threatened to fine the province, a fact revealed after the Moncton Times and Transcript obtained documents [...]
The author of legislation that legalized abortion in Canada will be the chair of the annual Toronto Cardinal's Dinner on Oct. 18. Former Prime Minister John Turner, as Pierre Trudeau's Justice Minister, wrote and guided through the House of Commons the Omnibus Bill that led to the legalization of abortion and homosexuality in 1969. Catholic pro-lifers are scandalized that for the second [...]
Former Reform Party leader Preston Manning abandoned his pro-life position with his endorsement of embryonic stem cell research (ESCR). Manning, science and technology critic for the Canadian Alliance was joined by Alliance health critic Diane Ablonczy in his annoucnement which also called for a ban on the creation of embryos for the purpose of research. Pro-lifers were disturbed that the critics urged [...]
Scott Brockie's legal challenge to an Ontario Human Rights Commission ruling against him has received a significant boost with the announcement that an inter-faith coalition of groups has been formed to intervene in support of his case. The Canadian Religious Freedom Alliance, comprised of the Christian Legal Fellowship, the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada and the Catholic Civil Rights League, filed a factum [...]
Canadian-made 'Exit Bag' goes global The Right to Die Society of Canada has moved into the domain of recklessly breaking the law for the sake of its macabre cause. Wesley Smith, internationally known anti-euthanasia activist and author of the award winning book The Culture of Death - The Assault on Medical Ethics in America, has uncovered the unsavoury activities of the Right [...]