Bill C-41, an Act to amend the Criminal Code with respect to sentencing, introduced June 13, 1994, has become a very contentious bill. This bill, according to the Department of Justice, would provide more options to the courts to distinguish between serious violent crimes and less violent crimes, and would allow greater scope for sentencing. It would also allow more severe punishments [...]
For centuries the family has been accepted by people of all nations as the foundation of human society. “The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world” is one of the old adages which have defied the ravages of time and is as true today as it was when first spoken. But, unfortunately, the hand that rocks the cradle in our time [...]
I read a write-up in the paper recently about elderly people in Holland who are now wearing buttons saying: ‘Please don’t kill me’. I expect that we pro-lifers may soon be parading up and down in front of hospitals with signs reading: ‘Euthanasia kills old people’ and ‘Please don’t kill my granny’ and ‘Don’t drink that orange juice, mother, it ain’t what [...]
Charlottetown. A panel of young people from different schools spoke during the provincial Realwomen convention in late September, about their efforts to make the world a better place. Sadd Sixteen-year-old Angela Large, a Grade 11 student, represented Students Against Drinking and Driving (SADD), the largest and most active group in her school. They use positive peer pressure to counter teen use of [...]
A major U.S. cancer centre has confirmed that women who obtain induced abortions are up to 50% more likely to develop breast cancer. This study confirms earlier findings which put the figure anywhere between 25-50% (Interim, April, 1994). The Journal of the National Cancer Institute conducted the study on women at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Centre in Seattle. Though researchers claim the [...]
Last year’s federal election produced plenty of surprises – none bigger than the tremendous success enjoyed by the Reform Party. Many voters, wary of a return to a Trudeau form of red Liberalism, opted for the Reform style of populism and fiscal restraint. Reform rode this wave all the way to Ottawa where they came within one seat of the official opposition [...]
Before the Shooting Begins: Searching for Democracy in America’s Culture War, by James Davison Hunter (Toronto: Free Press, 1994). Reviewed by John Cavanaugh-O’Keefe Associate Director, Research Policy and Development, American Life League, Stafford, VA. Alas, not enough people are studying sociology at the University of Virginia, where Professor Hunter teaches sociology. I doubt any writer in the 20th century uses the word [...]
Every ten years, the UN sponsors a global conference on women. In 1985 it was held in Nairobi; next year it will take place in Beijing. Delegates from around the world report to each other on what steps their countries have taken to implement equality for women. In Nairobi, there was a distinct clash between the goals of the radical feminists from [...]
Contrary to what the Toronto Star would have its readers believe, the Netherlands’ experiment with euthanasia has been an outright failure. The situation in Holland is now so bad that the Dutch Minister of Health is proposing that doctors who refuse to euthanize their patients should lose their licences. Dr. Karl Gunning, former assistant secretary of the Royal Dutch Medical Association and [...]
Were abortions performed in hospitals before the law was changed in 1969? If so, were there many? What were the reasons? What effects did the law have? A.S. Mississauga. I believe that a case study of one large teaching hospital will give a clearer picture than a general survey. The following statistics from the twelve years, 1954-65 inclusive, are from a study [...]
The following is a condensation of reflections by George Gilmore, President of New Brunswick Right to Life, as told to Interim writer Doreen Beagan. The comments came following a disappointing provincial effort to block Henry Morgentaler from opening an abortuary in Fredericton. Frank McKenna’s Liberal government has since decided to appeal the ruling and the courts have granted Gilmore’s group intervenor status. [...]
Ottawa. A pretty downtown section of Ottawa will never be the same – Henry Morgentaler has moved into the neighbourhood. Bank and Sparks Streets, a popular Ottawa tourist spot replete with boutiques, restaurants and cafes, now has its own Morgentaler franchise. On October 13, in a move which surprised few, Morgentaler and the government of Ontario announced the site of his new [...]
Rose: Welland County Catholic School Board. For refusing to collect money for UNICEF this Halloween. Acting on information sent to them by Campaign Life Coalition, the board decided to withdraw funding to the organization which promotes family planning through abortion in the Third World. The board directed its money to other charities which do not promote abortion. Thorn: Population Council. In October, [...]
As The Interim goes to press on the day after Vancouver abortionist Gary Romalis was shot, facts are few and assumptions many. The mainstream media, for example, never wait for the facts. In their view, the situation is simple: a man is shot, he is an abortionist, therefore it has to be a pro-lifer pulling the trigger. It wasn’t so many years [...]
“They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old, age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.” “Lest we forget – we shall remember them.” Vancouver, B.C. While thinking of Remembrance Day, it occurs to me that all those who fought in the World Wars gave their lives, one way or another. For those who returned home to [...]