On Nov. 6-8, pro-lifers from across Canada gathered in Edmonton for the Canadian national pro-life conference, Life 2003. Co-sponsored by Life Canada, Campaign Life Coalition and the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, and hosted by the Alberta Pro-Life Alliance, the conference had representation from both the political and educational arms of the pro-life movement in every province. A notable aspect of the conference was [...]
While the media were proclaiming that Paul Martin - poised to become the prime minister after winning the leadership of the Liberals Nov. 18 - would lead the party in a new direction, there are many who wonder if he is really all that different from Jean Chretien, especially if one considers the elaborate web of political and business connections that both [...]
After the recent passing of Bill C-13 in the House of Commons and all the controversy that went along with it, human cloning has been a prominent issue on the minds of Canadians for the past year. The government of Canada has also had to discuss cloning at the international level, since France and Germany put the topic on the General Assembly [...]
As the sixth committee of the UN General Assembly vote on cloning approached, support for a Costa Rican resolution for a comprehensive ban on all forms of human cloning swelled to over 60 official co-sponsors, as compared to only 13 co-sponsors of a Belgian resolution for a partial ban on reproductive cloning only. Victory seemed nearer with every new pledge of support [...]
The pro-life movement is constantly reminded of the importance of being vigilant in monitoring what is put before our children in the name of education. A new threat is coming from Canada's largest university on the topic of embryonic stem cell research, just as we see the fall of Bill C-13. The Joint Centre for Bioethics at the University of Toronto has [...]
But future of bill is in doubt as Senate prorogues On Oct. 28, the House of Commons passed Bill C-13, the federal government's long-delayed and fundamentally flawed reproductive and experimental technologies legislation, by a vote of 149-109. Liberal backbencher Paul Szabo (Mississauga South), who spearheaded efforts to stop the bill and who has studied the issue probably more than any other elected [...]
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In a move that surprised even his fellow conservatives, Terry Buckle, bishop of the Yukon, withdrew his oversight of 11 conservative parishes in New Westminster. The churches, known as the Anglican Communion in New Westminster (ACiNW), had sought Buckle's care after their own bishop, Michael Ingham, agreed to bless gay relationships. In a letter dated Nov. 7, Buckle wrote to the ACiNW, [...]
Almost a week before liberal bishops consecrated the first openly gay bishop in New Hampshire, conservative bishops from Canada and the U.S. met privately in Toronto to forge a new alliance. While they prayed fervently that Gene Robinson would repent and refuse the rite, they knew they had to have a plan in place if he was consecrated. They felt too many [...]
His male partner and two daughters from a failed marriage offered Gene Robinson his golden mitre before 3,000 people in a hockey arena at the University of New Hampshire. But the Nov. 2 consecration of the first openly gay bishop in the Anglican communion was not without protest and is causing shock waves throughout the communion. When presiding Bishop Frank Griswold asked [...]
On Nov. 19, in a 4-3 split decision, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the highest state court, has ruled that denial of marriage to homosexual persons violates the state's constitution. It has given the legislature 180 days to alter its legislation to reflect the court's decision. The case was a ploy by homosexual activists in the U.S. copying the maneuvers of homosexual [...]
Aid to Women, the Toronto pro-life crisis pregnancy centre that assists women facing unwanted or difficult pregnancies by providing material, emotional and spiritual support, is facing a crisis of its own: not being able to fully support the women they serve. When the Toronto Catholic District School Board booted out UNICEF in the late 1990s, it permitted three other charities to distribute [...]
Recently, Amelia was travelling on a streetcar in downtown Toronto, when she passed the Aid to Women office. Immediately, she had a flashback. It was here, nine years ago, that her life took a turn for the better. With her twin boys beside her, she quickly exited the streetcar, telling them that they were going to visit good friends who lived nearby. [...]
Editor's Note: These are comments by U.S. President George W. Bush, made during a ceremony marking the signing of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington D.C., Nov. 5, 2003. Thank you very much. Good afternoon. I'm pleased that all of you have joined us as the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 becomes [...]
Let Terri die! No doubt, you find this exclamation surprising. It certainly surprised me when I first read it as the subject heading of an e-mail I received. Along with my wife who was nine months pregnant at the time, our family had spent the past week at a prayer vigil for Terri Schindler-Schiavo. What particularly shocked us was that this e-mail [...]