Editor’s Note: These are the prepared remarks for MP Stella Ambler’s (Conservative, Mississauga South) address at the National March for Life May 10. Thank you for marching for life. For the babies whose lives were ended prematurely and for babies yet to be born. And, for their mothers. I am a mother. Being my son’s and my daughter’s mom has been [...]
Don Hutchinson Activate blog HERE Editor’s Note: Don Hutchinson is vice president and general legal counsel for the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. This is the prayer he offered on May 10 at the National March for Life on Parliament Hill. Father, we stand together in awe and wonder at the miracle of life. Science may speculate about the origins of life, but [...]
WBO welterweight boxing champion and member of the Philippines House of Representatives Manny Pacquiao caused a storm of controversy when he said he opposed same-sex “marriage” and Examiner.com reporter Granville Ampong added a quote from Leviticus 20:13 (“If a man lies with a man… they must be put to death”) which the boxer did not utter. Immediately there were petitions [...]
Every year since it started in 1997, the National March for Life has grown. In the past three years, it has nearly doubled, from just over 10,000 to 19,500. Organizers say next year, for the first time, they could smash through the 20,000 ceiling and some youth said afterward they want to see 25,000 people on the Hill next year. Yet, Campaign [...]
The Ontario Liberal government’s Bill 13 passed second reading on May 3 after it was fast-tracked by Liberal House Leader John Milloy. Bill 13, the Accepting Schools Act, forces high schools to establish homosexual clubs and promotes tougher penalties against bullying, including expulsion. The Progressive Conservatives were accused of stalling debate on the anti-bullying bill by frequently ringing legislative [...]
Canada In the Alberta provincial election campaign, PC Premier Alison Redford attacked the Wildrose Party for having opponents of homosexualiy run as candidates and condemned leader Danielle Smith for being open to enacting laws to protect the conscience rights for medical workers and marriage commissioners ... Toronto Mayor Rob Ford said that once again he will not be attending the city’s Pride [...]
A new report recommending the installation of three “safe-injection sites” in Toronto and two in Ottawa is setting off a public debate. The findings of the four-year study, Toronto and Ottawa Supervised Consumption Assessment, were released on April 11 by researchers Ahmed Bayoumi (at St. Michael’s Hospital’s Centre for Research on Inner City Health) and Carol Strike (at the University of Toronto’s [...]
After a year-long absence from the streets of Toronto, 40 Days for Life returned to Canada’s largest city, home to more abortion facilities than any other municipality in the country. Once again, 40 Days was set up across from a medical offices building where the Women’s Care Clinic is located. Christina Alaimo, a University of Toronto languages student, was co-organizer for 40 [...]
On March 19, over 2,000 people joined the protest in front of the Alberta legislature in Edmonton regarding the Progressive Conservative government’s proposed Alberta Education Act (Bill 2), which is now shelved due to the election. Albertans, including homeschooling families and Christians, were concerned about the provision in Section 16 of the bill requiring all instructional materials in schools, including private and [...]
Charles W. Colson, the Watergate felon who went on to become the voice of faith and reason for millions and to revolutionize prison ministry following his conversion to Christianity, died April 21 following a brain hemorrhage. Colson, 80, died at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Virginia one week after emergency surgery for bleeding in the brain. For many of the baby boomer generation, [...]
Another tax season has come and gone. There is no other time of the year where I reveal my number-crunching-nerd-self to the world more than during tax-time. My goal as the stay-at-home wife is to read up on taxes and file them to maximize our benefits as a family. Unfortunately for my finances (although not for my family), the thing stopping my [...]
The Alberta Tories’ 41-year reign appeared to be coming to an end with the April 24 election (held after we went to press). The upstart and more conservative Wildrose Party was leading in the polls. While Wildrose is not a pro-life party, it did have numerous socially conservative candidates run under its banner. Wildrose leader Danielle Smith ran for the leadership in [...]
“Class come to attention now! Let’s get down to business. Phillip, do you think Ontario Premier McGuinty is an elected despot?” “Sir, I don’t think McGuinty’s important enough to be considered a despot. You have to be more of a worldwide figure to fit in that category.” “I agree with Phillip,” said Anna, “it’s a bit of a stretch” “Sir, I think [...]
Oh, I knew that we had a lot to answer for. But until he enlightened me, I didn’t grasp how much. “Look at our aboriginals,” he said. I looked at them. “We took their lands,” he continued, “and tried to replace their culture with ours. Thanks to our policies, they’re poor today and likely to be poor tomorrow.” “What [...]
The premise of the documentary The Other F Word is that there’s something outlandish, even implausible, in the spectacle of a man who’s made his living and his name as a punk rock musician taking on the role of a father. It’s an idea made visible by the image on the film’s poster and DVD packaging, of Lars Frederiksen from the punk [...]