February 2024 - Page 2 of 2

Continued discrimination against Christian employers for summer student program

Paul Tuns: Last month, Blacklock’s Reporter revealed that both the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) and Canadian Centre for Christian Charities expressed concerns to the House of Commons human resources committee that the Department of Employment and Social Development continues to discriminate against faith-based employers applying to the summer job grants program. In 2016, the Trudeau government mandated that employers sign an [...]

admin2024-02-09T10:28:22-05:00February 9, 2024|Abortion, Politics, Religion|

Board decision on Josh Alexander’s suspension shrouded in secrecy

Interim Staff: Renfrew County Catholic District School Board (RCCDSB) has upheld the suspension and expulsion of student activist Josh Alexander, 17, from St. Joseph’s Catholic High School in Renfrew, Ont. The decision means Alexander will not be able to graduate from high school. A publication ban prevents the reporting of the proceedings or the reasons for their decision. Alexander was suspended in [...]

admin2024-02-08T15:02:27-05:00February 8, 2024|Society & Culture|

Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons backs down on limiting conscience rights

Paul Tuns: Following pressure to not change its medical standards that would severely restrict the conscience rights of doctors, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) backed down from a proposal to require doctors to make an “effective referral.” Currently, doctors and nurses are not required to participate in or be complicit in abortion, euthanasia, birth control, or so-called gender-affirming [...]

admin2024-02-08T14:58:01-05:00February 8, 2024|Abortion, Euthanasia, Religion, Society & Culture|

U.S. Supreme Court to hear abortion pill case

Oswald Clark: In December, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will review the Food and Drug Administration’s 2000 approval of the abortion drug mifepristone and subsequent liberalization of regulations by the Biden administration. In 2000, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under pressure from the Clinton administration and abortion advocates, allowed the two-pill abortion drug regimen (mifepristone and misoprostol) then known as [...]

admin2024-02-07T10:26:12-05:00February 7, 2024|Abortion|

Leslyn Lewis promotes anti-UN petition

Paul Tuns: Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis endorsed a petition calling on Canada to leave the United Nations and the World Health Organization (WHO) because the organizations undermine national sovereignty and the personal autonomy of its citizens. The petition was launched in October and was signed by nearly 19,000 Canadians in its first month. The petition explains that the UN’s Agenda 2030’s SDGs [...]

admin2024-02-08T14:51:12-05:00February 7, 2024|Abortion, Marriage and Family, Politics|

Department of Defence defends menstrual products for men

Interim Staff: The Department of National Defence said it will not tolerate members of the Canadian Armed Forces vandalizing or removing feminine hygiene products in the mens’ washrooms of its facilities. True North reports that it has received first-hand accounts and photographs of damaged or removed tampon dispensers and disposal units in male washrooms following an edict last year that went into [...]

admin2024-02-06T12:30:10-05:00February 6, 2024|Society & Culture|

Milei denounces ‘bloody abortion agenda’ at World Economic Forum

Paul Tuns: At the World Economic Forum’s Davos summit on Jan. 18, Argentina's president, Javier Milei, condemned the global elite who are promoting population control and its concomitant “bloody abortion agenda” because human beings “damage the planet.” The WEF meets annually at Davos, Switzerland, bringing together world leaders, cabinet ministers, top business executives, and the heads of non-governmental organizations to discuss world [...]

admin2024-02-06T12:25:17-05:00February 6, 2024|Abortion, Demography, Politics|

Pope Francis calls for ban on surrogacy

Paul Tuns: During his annual address to diplomats in January, Pope Francis called surrogacy “a grave violation of the dignity of the women and the child” as he called for global ban on the practice of surrogacy. Pope Francis said a child’s life should not be “suppressed or turned into an object of trafficking" and called on the global community “to prohibit [...]

admin2024-02-05T13:20:55-05:00February 5, 2024|Bioethics, Marriage and Family, Religion|

Abortion is leading cause of death globally

Paul Tuns: According to the Worldometer, a real-time measure of vital international statistics, abortion was the leading cause of death in the world in 2023 with more than 44.6 million abortions committed globally. The Worldometer does not record abortions as deaths, of which there were 60.6 million in 2023. As the Christian Post reported, “If abortions were counted as deaths in the [...]

admin2024-02-05T13:16:49-05:00February 5, 2024|Abortion|

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