June 2015 - Page 2 of 2

Civil liberties group defends free speech rights of pro-lifers

NCLN's Rebecca Richmond welcomed Ontario Civil Liberties Association paper on free speech being denied to pro-lifers. The Ontario Civil Liberties Association (OCLA) released a position paper commenting on “the evident statutory and institutional bias that exists in Ontario against the free-expression rights of pro-life campaigners.” Violations of these rights include “university-campus suppressions of student pro-life events, and an unconstitutional statute [...]

Paul Tuns2015-06-08T11:40:12-04:00June 8, 2015|Announcements, Features, Human rights, Pro-Life, Society & Culture, Youth Activism|

CLC-endorsed Patrick Brown wins Ontario Tory leadership

Patrick Brown at the PC leadership convention. Following the defeat of Tim Hudak in last year’s Ontario election, the provincial Progressive Conservative Party began a nearly nine-month leadership campaign. Christine Elliott, the widow of former finance minister Jim Flaherty and a social liberal, was widely seen as the prohibitive frontrunner. She had been the co-frontrunner in 2009 when the Tories [...]

Paul Tuns2015-06-08T11:31:40-04:00June 8, 2015|Announcements, Features, Politics|

Two cheers for Patrick Brown

Before the last of the confetti had fallen on Patrick Brown’s victory celebration, political reporters had already filed their stories: another moral Neanderthal had ascended to the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario’s top spot. To judge from their reports, one might conclude that Brown, and his erstwhile rival, Monte McNaughton, spoke incessantly (and insensitively) about social conservative issues, with members of the [...]

Paul Tuns2015-06-08T11:44:16-04:00June 6, 2015|Editorials, Politics|

Free speech victory at Mount Royal

A court action was settled in favour of a pro-life activist apprehended for distributing pro-life literature on campus. Nicholas McLeod of the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform was ordered to stop handing out the pamphlets at Mount Royal University (MRU) on Feb. 19, 2013, by a security guard, who found it “offensive.” McLeod refused, citing R. v. Whatcott, an Alberta ruling which [...]

Paul Tuns2015-06-08T11:39:16-04:00June 6, 2015|Pro-Life, Society & Culture|

NDP win majority in Alberta, Wildrose also makes gains

After more than four decades in power, on May 5, the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party was reduced to third-party status with just 10 seats as the pro-abortion NDP won a 53-seat majority and the Wildrose Party surged to second place with 21 MLAs. Jim Prentice, who was both pro-abortion and pro-gay rights, was selected PC leader last fall and became the province’s [...]

Paul Tuns2015-06-08T11:33:13-04:00June 6, 2015|Politics|

Fathers of aborted children need to be acknowledged, too

Pro-life advocates are all too aware of the damage abortion can do. Besides killing preborn children, their mothers often face unimaginable physical and emotional consequences. These complications may not be traced back to their abortion experience until years later. Yet Alliance for Life Ontario (AFLO) knows there is another demographic whose pain is often unacknowledged: the fathers of aborted children. AFLO executive [...]

Paul Tuns2015-06-01T11:30:01-04:00June 1, 2015|Announcements, Events, Features, Marriage and Family, Pro-Life|