Mary Zwicker: Prince Albert II of Monaco has vetoed a bill permitting elective abortions up to 12 weeks gestation. A European monarch has vetoed proposed pro-abortion legislation on the grounds that it violates his country’s Catholic foundations. Prince Albert II of Monaco has refused to sign into law a bill that proposed to legalize abortion up to 12 weeks of [...]
Paul Tuns: Conservative MP Jamil Jivani criticized the Liberal-Bloc plan to remove good faith religious exemption from hate crime law. The Liberals have agreed to a Bloc Quebecois amendment to Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, that would eliminate the religious exemption from Canada’s hate crime laws. Current law permits sincerely held religious views do not violate federal hate crime [...]
Paul Tuns: In October, Quebec Premier François Legault and Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette introduced Bill 1, a proposed constitution for the province which would constitutionally guarantee access to abortion and euthanasia. The bill, if passed, “enacts the Constitution of Québec, the Act respecting the constitutional autonomy of Québec and the Act respecting the Conseil constitutionnel,” and it would have “primacy over any [...]
6. Alberta protects kids, women from transgender ideology Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has shown leadership in not only requiring parents be notified when their children want to socially transition to the opposite sex at school by using a different name or pronoun, ban minors from receiving hormones that stunt their natural growth, and protect women from competing against imposter “transgender” women, she [...]