Increasing attention is being paid south of the border to Tim Gill, considered to be the biggest gay donor in the U.S. His stealthy and out-of-the-box political strategies are said to be reshaping public policy on marriage, the family and gay rights. Having made millions as the founder of publishing giant Quark, Gill tries to target young, up-and-coming political conservatives and knock them out [...]
Awit once said: “Only God can unscramble an egg.” This was similar to the problem that faced Canadians in the recent federal election, when all major parties totally ignored the life issues. The Conservatives won with an increased minority, the Liberals dropped a pile of seats, the NDP picked up a few seats and the Greens were shut out. None of them [...]
A letter to the prime minister, who has announced that he has no plans to define and protect marriage as what it is - the union of one man and one woman. Dear Mr. Harper: I have wonderful news and I'd like to share it with you and the government. I'm going to marry myself. There, I've said it. The [...]
Let us be frank: This year's federal election campaign marked another severe setback for the pro-life movement. The lowest point came on Sept. 29, when Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe reiterated the time-worn canard that the Harper Conservatives harbour a secret agenda. Specifically, he charged: "There is every reason to believe that a Harper majority government would reopen wide the [...]
In Canada, freedom of speech has become a topic unfit for polite company. For a country that talks endlessly about its Charter of Rights and its values, it is sad that some rights are now less popular - and less protected - than others. While all Canadians enjoy human rights, not all rights are created equal. And, while Christians are overtly being [...]
In the 1990s, Canada was ruled by the Liberal party that, despite the efforts of its many courageous pro-life members, actively promoted a radical social agenda. There was no real alternative to this party; the other side of the aisle was split between regional interests and Red Tories. Stephen Harper promised to "unite the right" and, although he showed no personal interest [...]
Canada The British Columbia Supreme Court has ruled against two University of B.C. Okanagan campus students seeking to overturn a provincial human rights tribunal decision that dismissed their complaint that their university’s student union discriminated against them by denying official status to a pro-life club. Justice Randall S.K. Wong cited the use of offensive material, including the Genocide Awareness Project, as a [...]
A leading Canadian academic, Olympic athlete, businessman, poet and author, having composed books including The Trouble With Canada, The War Against the Family and Constitutional Crack-Up, William Gairdner was also managing editor of a landmark historical book, Canada?s Founding Debates. As a track and field athlete, he represented Canada in the men's 400-metre hurdles and the men's decathlon at the 1964 Summer [...]
Voters urged to consider views of individual candidates On Sept. 8, Prime Minister Stephen Harper went to the Governor General and asked that an election be called for Oct. 14. The opposition criticized the move considering that by law an election was scheduled for October 2009. Pundits said the Tories were taking advantage of the Liberals poor polling numbers. Pro-life leaders were [...]
Duceppe attacks Opus Dei candidate Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe attacked Nicole Charbonneau Barron, who is the Conservative candidate in the South Shore Montreal riding of St. Bruno-St. Hubert, and a member of the Catholic group Opus Dei. Duceppe said Barron?s candidacy and membership in Opus Dei proves that Prime Minister Stephen Harper is a ?right -wing ideologue? and that the Conservative [...]
Some pro-lifers might think that a candidate belonging to a certain party is unworthy of support, even if that candidate has a solid pro-life record, because the party as a whole is anti-life. Well-deserved criticism of the Liberal and Tory records, for example, might lead people to dismiss individual candidates out of hand. It is important to remember, however, that in the [...]
If you take away the life issues, the Conservative Party and its leader Stephen Harper is the clear choice for social conservative voters. While the Conservative government has actively avoided dealing with life issues, it has addressed other issues dear to social conservatives. The most significant was a signature item of their 2006 election platform: the Universal Childcare Plan that gives $100 [...]
The media consortium in charge of the leader’s debate has once again excluded Ron Gray, leader of the Christian Heritage Party (CHP), from the national leaders’ debates on October 1 and 2. The exclusion came after a major outcry forced Canada’s television networks to reverse their initial decision to exclude Green Party Leader Elizabeth May. Thus the leader of Canada’s fifth-largest political [...]
This election will be Ron Gray?s last as leader of the Christian Heritage Party. After 13 years of leading Canada?s only pro-life federal political party, he is stepping down on Nov. 6 at the party?s national convention in London, Ont. The 75-year-old had already announced his intention to retire and called for a leadership race, when the Parliament dissolved and the Oct. [...]
Lawyer argues against obstruction charges On Sept. 11, Linda Gibbons’s lawyer put forth a unique argument during the first day of her Provincial Court trial on a charge of obstructing a peace officer in connection with events outside the Scott “Clinic” abortuary in downtown Toronto last July 31. The diminutive grandmother has spent approximately five of her past 14 years in prison [...]