Monthly Archives: December 2011

Supreme Court continues to usurp Parliament in Insite ruling

Philip Slayton, former dean of law at the University of Western Ontario, is not now and never has been a consistent advocate of judicial restraint, but at least he displays some belated concern over the excesses of judicial activism in his latest book aptly entitled Mighty Judgment, How the Supreme Court of Canada Runs Your Life. As examples of judicial legislation, [...]

2011-12-12T12:21:29-05:00December 12, 2011|Columnist, Rory Leishman|

Great expectations

“All who would win joy, must share it; happiness was born a twin.” -- George Gordon Lord Byron Birth, as it is often said, is a miracle. A baby is born, a living, breathing, honest-to-goodness baby that you can hold in your arms. Just prior to delivery, it was something parents were expecting, but whose reality was still concealed. It was something [...]

2011-12-12T12:17:23-05:00December 12, 2011|Columnist, Donald DeMarco, Marriage and Family|

Freedom of religion, speech in hands of Supreme Court

On Oct. 12, the case of Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission v. William Whatcott was heard by the Supreme Court of Canada. The case stems from events in 2001 and 2002 when Whatcott, a former member of the editorial advisory board of The Interim (1998-1999), as a part of the Christian Truth Activists, distributed flyers against homosexual acts to homes in Regina and [...]

2011-12-12T12:13:02-05:00December 12, 2011|Politics, Religion|

Two reports renew debate on end-of-life care

Parliamentary committee says improve care, Royal Society of Canada calls for legalization of assisted death Just days apart in mid-November two reports dealing with end-of-life care came to diametrically opposed conclusions with a Royal Society of Canada panel calling for full legalization of euthanasia and assisted-suicide while the Parliamentary Committee on Palliative and Compassionate Care made recommendations to improve palliative and end-of-life [...]

2011-12-13T08:04:38-05:00December 12, 2011|Palliative Care, Politics|

Artists to raise money for Aid to Women

Aid to Women is the only pro-life crisis pregnancy counseling center located directly beside an abortion facility in Canada. Located beside the Cabbagetown Women’s Clinic on Gerrard Street in downtown Toronto, more than two decades Aid to Women has saved babies and mothers from the horrors of abortion by providing life-affirming counseling and material support to expectant mothers considering abortion. The staff [...]

2011-12-06T08:48:26-05:00December 5, 2011|Announcements, Events, Features|

7 billion people

Our December cover story offers a Cornucopean take on the world's 7 billion people. There is no such thing as overpopulation -- just more people, and as editor Paul Tuns notes in the article: Whether by abortion or contraception, population control fanatics think the solution to the problem of famine, global warming, or war is fewer people. But why eliminate the babies. [...]

2011-12-05T10:00:30-05:00December 5, 2011|Soconvivium|

Happy 7 billion

Population pessimists have been braying about overpopulation for more than two centuries, but the doomsayers notwithstanding, life is getting better all the time. On Oct. 31, the 7 billionth person was born. Maybe. Well, probably not. Sometime between last Summer and next Summer the 7 billionth person was added to the global population, depending who you believe and how accurate the statistics [...]

2011-12-19T06:49:34-05:00December 1, 2011|Announcements, Features, Society & Culture|
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