Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth’s motion M-312 calling upon Parliament to debate whether an unborn child is a human being and the human rights implications of those findings, is scheduled for debate on April 26. The Kitchener Center MP introduced his motion in early February and in the first week of March the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs’ subcommittee on [...]
The Conservative government is creating an Office of Religious Freedom to shine a light on religious persecution abroad with the hope of defending religious minorities. Before looking abroad though, the Canadian government would do well to attend to the country’s own problems in enshrining freedom of relgion, conscience, and expression for Christians at home. Perhaps the most obvious threat to the [...]
The Youth Conference occurring in Ottawa the day after the National March for Life promises to be a valuable experience for young people interested in learning about pro-life issues and becoming more involved in the pro-life movement. According to the Campaign Life Coalition website, the youth conference will take the form of “an intensive workshop for young people, designed to arm youth [...]
At the Youth Banquet during the National March for Life, young people will have the opportunity to listen to keynote speaker Rev. Patrick Mahoney, a prominent member of the American pro-life movement. Rev. Mahoney is the president of the Christian Defense Coalition, a national ministry challenging Christians to live out their faith in the public square. Rev. Mahoney is an ordained [...]
The National March for Life in Ottawa is always an excellent opportunity to listen to distinguished pro-life speakers. This year Steven Mosher, the president of the Population Research Institute (PRI), will be the keynote speaker at the Rose Dinner on May 10. He will also give an address on the steps of Parliament Hill before the March earlier that day and [...]
In many ways, the Canadian government promotes policies that dissuade responsible parenting and in some cases, encourage irresponsible parenting. In general, the Canadian tax code works against the traditional two-parent family. Income splitting between spouses is still a far-off dream. Also, there is the Canadian Child Tax Benefit which effectively pays parents progressively more the higher their degree of financial irresponsibility. The [...]
Prime Minister scrubs WeWantTheDebate links from Facebook page Six months have passed since the launch of a campaign challenging the myth that Canadians do not want a debate about abortion. The “We Want the Debate Campaign” began on October 18, 2011 with the goal of challenging the pro-abortion side to an open and fair debate about the issue. The group had planned [...]
Here is an interesting video of Ezra Levant talking to Russell Browne and Peter Boushy about the case of pro-life activist Mary Wagner and how the judge, Justice S. Ford Clements, told her "Your God is wrong." Boushy, who is leading the appeal, says the judge was excessive in sentencing Wagner to a punishment that was greater than the prosecutor and defense attorneys agreed [...]
Presents scientific facts about HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) has launched a new website presenting scientific evidence for the fact that human life begins, and should be protected, from the time of conception to natural death. IAmaHumanBeing.ca was established in the wake of Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth’s (Kitchener-Centre) introduction of motion M-312. The motion calls on Parliament to establish a committee [...]
When Canada de-criminalized abortion in 1969, technology did not exist to let the world see inside the womb. Thanks to modern microscopic imaging and video technology, we can now see the newly created human being inside the Day 1 – Fertilization The life of each individual member of a species begins at conception/fertilization. That is when a genetically new and genetically complete [...]
A group of concerned parents and parental rights groups held a press conference at Queen's Park yesterday to discuss the Liberal government's Bill 13 (concerns about the bill were addressed on this blog yesterday). The Toronto Sun and Sun News were the only media to cover the event. The Toronto Sun reported: Kim Galvao, chair of Concerned Catholic Parents of Ontario, said people of [...]
Tomorrow (March 29) there will be a rally at Queen's Park to protest the Ontario Liberal government's Bill 13, the so-called anti-bullying bill that is a Trojan horse to normalize homosexuality and attack parental rights and religious freedom. It lasts from 2pm to 3pm so drop in and support the cause for at least some portion of it. In recent months, The Interim has [...]
We'll have our own take tomorrow on the Ontario Court of Appeal decision which appears to have legalized brothels but not solicitation. (The decision can be found here). Here's news coverage of the decision by justices Doherty, Rosenberg, and Feldman. Our coverage of the case early on in the process can be found here and here. Also, the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada responds. Below is a Christian Legal Fellowship press release [...]
Elusive Destiny: The Political Vocation of John Napier Turner by Paul Litt (UBC Press, $39.95, 494 pages) When I first heard that there was a biography of John Turner being published, my reaction was simple: why? Turner was prime minister for the summer of 1984 (Parliament never sat while he was in office) and he did not seem to leave much of [...]
The campaign to scrap Canada’s ‘hate speech’ clause moved one step closer to victory Feb. 15 as the House of Commons voted 158-131 to send it to committee. Of those MPs who voted, the bill was unanimously supported by the majority Conservative government and opposed by all opposition members, except Newfoundland MP Scott Simms (Liberal, Bonavista-Gander-Grand Falls-Windsor). After consideration by the Standing [...]