From our editorial "Vote on C-384" in the February issue of The Interim, which concludes: Often proponents of change will call for an open discussion and a free vote to start the debate. We are calling for an affirmation of the current strictures against euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide to end debate. The House of Commons should vote on C-384 – and defeat [...]
From the February issue of The Interim: "Pro-life implications of the Haiti disaster." The story offers news briefs on a number of pro-life angles including what the pro-abortion groups are doing, some support-worthy organizations, and concerns about human trafficking. Speaking of which, this Sunday night, Paul Tuns, editor of The Interim, will be on Behind the Story on CTS, discussing, among other topics, adopting children [...]
On Dec. 30, Prime Minister Stephen Harper asked Governor General Michaelle Jean to prorogue Parliament, shutting it down until March 3. When Parliament prorogues, all unfinished government legislation dies, but private members bills do not. This means that C-384, the private members bill of Francine Lalonde that would legalize euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide, will still be voted on when the new session [...]
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, and though the mountains tremble at its swelling” (Psalm 46:1-3) On Jan. 12, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale rocked Haiti, [...]
Campaign Life Coalition issued this press release today: Liberal Party Leader Pushes His Pro-Abortion Agenda Regarding Maternal Health Initiative for Women in Developing Countries Liberal Leader, Michael Ignatieff, stated in his media release February 2, 2010 that “Liberal MPs are calling on Stephen Harper to assure Canadians that he won’t change Canada’s long-standing tradition of recognizing women’s reproductive rights, [such as abortion] and [...]
Ezra Levant has a very good post with a picture of a young black child from disaster-stricken Haiti under the headline: "What's the first thing you think of when you see all those poor Haitian kids?" After noting what the Conservative government has done (provide immediate humanitarian relief, host a Haiti relief conference, challenge the G8 to do more for maternal health and [...]
I was going to call this post: "Zerb gets it wrong (no surprise)." But that would be lowering The Interim to Antonia Zerbisias' level. For those who don't know her, Zerbisias is a Toronto Star columnist and today she has a column in the "Entertainment" section -- not the op-ed page, but the "Entertainment" pages, perhaps because her columns are often good for a laugh -- [...]
Michael Ignatieff is clearly moving his Liberal Party to the left on social issues. On Monday, he announced support for a universal daycare plan. Yesterday, he called upon Stephen Harper's Conservative government to make abortion a key component of their efforts to improve maternal health and decrease infant mortality (see the Toronto Star, National Post, Globe and Mail, LifeSiteNews, and the Canadian Press stories). According to [...]
Michael Ignatieff is talking up education and a key component of his agenda is a universal daycare scheme. The Toronto Star reports: A national child-care program will be put in place by a future Liberal government, no matter how bare the fiscal cupboard may be, leader Michael Ignatieff has promised. "We will find the money, because it seems to me an excellent [...]
Last week I noted Prime Minister Stephen Harper's call to action to reduce maternal and infant mortality in the developing world and how the agenda of authentic assistance to the world's most vulnerable people might be hijacked by a pro-abortion agenda of groups like Action Canada for Population Development. Brian Lilley has a good column at MercatorNet.com about this in which he [...]
The Los Angeles Times has a snotty column by Timothy Rutten about the Tebow Super Bowl ad controversy which includes this paragraph: Both mother and son are vocal opponents of abortion, though there's a curious aspect to the story she's told in numerous interviews. Pam has repeatedly said that all this happened in the Philippines, where she delivered Tim in 1987. But as a [...]
There is a lot to be said about this Washington Post column about the Tim Tebow/Focus on the Family Super Bowl ad, written by Frances Kissling, former president of Catholics for Choice, and Kate Michelman, former president of Naral Pro-Choice America, but their conclusion is what I want to focus on: So here's our Super Bowl strategy for the choice movement. We'd [...]
Former Planned Parenthood loses 99 per cent of federal funding An Interim investigation has found that over the past half decade, the Canadian Federation for Sexual Health has had its federal government grants cut by more than 99 per cent. The federation, formerly the Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada and still the Canadian member of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, has charitable [...]
Scott Roeder was found guilty of the first degree murder of abortionist George Tiller. The jury deliberations were brief (37 minutes) after Roeder admitted during his testimony yesterday that he shot Tiller to stop the killing of unborn babies through abortion. It is sad that someone who purportedly holds pro-life views resorted to death as answer to the problem of abortion. To fall [...]
By now everyone knows about the Focus on the Family ad that will air during the Super Bowl February 7th. You know, the commercial featuring collegiate football star Tim Tebow's mother talking about her choice to keep her unborn baby 20 years ago. This has caused a furor among feminists and pro-aborts. Kierra Johnson, executive director of Choice USA, like many abortion advocates (including [...]