Josie Luetke: In the Spring, a Quebec Superior Court judge ruled that the province must legally recognize multi-parent families. The plaintiffs were La Coalition des familles LGBT+ and three families—a man and two women and their four kids; a lesbian couple and the sperm donor who wants to be a part of his child’s life; and an infertile woman, her husband, and [...]
Josie Luetke: The mistake was in believing Pierre Poilievre was our political saviour. From the sense of crushing disappointment amongst friends and family members in the wake of the 2025 federal election, you’d almost think the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada is pro-life. Almost. April 28 was disappointing to me for another reason. At the Waterloo Catholic District School Board [...]
Josie Luetke: Interim writer, Josie Luetke, Talk Turkey Viability has long been the line in the sand drawn by many abortion apologists so that they can tell themselves they aren’t monsters who are okay with killing – like -- real babies. Before it was overturned, Roe v. Wade, for instance, permitted states to prohibit abortion only after fetal viability, describing [...]
Josie Luetke: Interim writer, Josie Luetke, Talk Turkey In 2021, the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board (DPCDSB), the second largest Catholic school board in Ontario—encompassing Mississauga, Brampton, Caledon, and the surrounding area—voted to fly the Pride flag outside its Catholic Education Centre and a couple of other buildings. Not even four years later, not only did the board re-affirm its [...]
Interim writer, Josie Luetke, Talk Turkey I came across an Instagram reel of a massive centipede-like creature in the desert and the only reason I thought it was generated by artificial intelligence (AI) is because I have never—in my over 28 years on this planet—seen anything like it before, which made me wonder if, had I been younger, I would [...]
Josie Luetke: Interim writer, Josie Luetke, Talk Turkey Quebec “legalized” euthanasia in 2014, even though the federal prohibition wouldn’t be struck down by the Supreme Court until a year later, and the new parameters for the procedure not passed until a year after that. In 2019, a Quebec Superior Court ruling declared unconstitutional the requirement that one’s natural death be [...]
Josie Luetke: Interim writer, Josie Luetke, Talk Turkey The Liberals and NDP are locking metaphorical horns over which party loves baby-killing more. The NDP calls for improved access to abortion, slams Conservatives for their “anti-choice” sympathies, and criticizes Liberals for insufficient action. The Liberals respond by going after ever-threatening and odious “crisis pregnancy centres,” which audaciously venture to help women [...]
Josie Luetke: Interim writer, Josie Luetke, Talk Turkey Pro-lifers are normally preoccupied with the challenge of making other people pro-life. We aren’t as focused on keeping the ones we already have … we shouldn’t have to be, right? However, multiple times now, I’ve been posed the question: Why do people not stay pro-life? Many stalwarts in the movement have been [...]
The World Wildlife Fund released its annual “Living Planet Report” subtitled “A system in peril.” The report states that “nature is being lost – with huge implications for us all,” asserting “biodiversity sustains human life and underpins our society.” We cannot help but wonder why there are no international organizations or agencies releasing similar reports decrying the systemic extermination of preborn children [...]
Interim writer, Josie Luetke, Talk Turkey Josie Luetke: Linda Gibbons and Mary Wagner have long been personal heroines of mine. When I was still just a high school student I was personally challenged by their witness and seriously wrestled with the dilemma of whether I—and the rest of the pro-life movement—should be so committed to the defense of the pre-born [...]
Josie Luetke: Interim writer, Josie Luetke, Talk Turkey Houston, you have a problem. This past May, one of your own, “strongly pro-life” Texas senators Ted Cruz (R) co-sponsored a bill to protect access to IVF. Actually, Houston, we have a lot of problems, because Cruz is far from the only big “pro-life” name to come out in support of in [...]
Josie Luetke: Interim writer, Josie Luetke, Talk Turkey Last year, the only pro-life MP to attend the National March for Life was Arnold Viersen (CPC, Peace River—Westlock). Bill C-311, the Violence Against Pregnant Women Act, tabled by MP Cathay Wagantall (CPC, Yorkton—Melville), was being debated at the time, and the mainstream media and leftist politicians were taking pains to paint [...]
Josie Luetke: Interim writer, Josie Luetke, Talk Turkey As British politician Lord Acton once remarked, “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” And for some reason, a bunch of lowly municipal politicians in Canada have become convinced they possess absolute power. I do not exaggerate. The Corporate Services Committee for Niagara Region (that you’ve likely never heard of [...]
Josie Luetke: Interim writer, Josie Luetke, Talk Turkey Canada’s fertility rate is now 1.3 children per woman, its lowest in recorded history. Replacement level fertility, by comparison, is 2.1 children per woman. Several years ago, Statistics Canada cautioned, “If the country’s fertility continues to decline further in the coming years, Canada could join the countries with the ‘lowest-low’ fertility rates [...]
Josie Leutke: Interim writer, Josie Luetke, Talk Turkey The end of January brought a disorienting amount of good news for the pro-life and pro-family movement. The expansion of euthanasia to those suffering solely from mental illness would be pushed back until at least 2027. Clinic 554, the private abortion facility in Fredericton, New Brunswick, finally closed its doors. Alberta’s Premier [...]