When the editor of this paper asked me to address this question, I knew it would be presumptuous to expect all pro-lifers to agree with me. Over the last 20 years, the purists and the pragmatists among us have had our differences, and I know that there will be as many sincere, dedicated warriors who disagree with me as there are those [...]
Since the first abortion law passed in this country in 1969, Canada has not had a pro-life federal political leader in politics. A generation of politicians has come and gone, many of whom claimed to be pro-life, and yet we have virtually abortion on demand. And now another election approaches this fall and members of the pro-life movement ask themselves what the [...]
“We now turn away from the checkered spectacle of so much glory and so much shame.” ….Lord Macaulay Fifty one years ago on August 19, 1942, the Battle of Dieppe, the most tragic single day in Canada’s military history, sparked a controversy which has still not been resolved. On that fateful day, the Allied Force, which included approximately 5,000 Canadians, attacked the [...]
The Ontario NDP government has finally decided to get tough with the province’s surging $17 billion debt. Most recently, Premier Bob Rae has taken aim at trimming the welfare system which has long needed substantial reform. However, these latest rounds of proposed cuts have left many single parents, who depend on social assistance to care for their children, uncertain about their future. [...]
The large majority of Canadians are against abortion on demand, a recent Gallup Poll has found. The poll, released August 2, showed that almost seven out of every ten Canadians (66 per cent with three per cent undecided) think that abortion should be illegal under certain circumstances. The poll was based on interviews with 1,001 Canadian adults between June 22 and July [...]
Elaine and Walter Schachtschneider, of Hamilton, are married with children. But if they had decided to live together without getting married they would have saved up to $1,200 a year in taxes. It’s part of the inequities built into the Canadian tax system which rewards couples for remaining unmarried. Elaine took the case to the courts saying the laws were discriminatory against [...]
Debbie Mahaffy speaks out for victim’s rights [Interim correspondent Sue Careless interviewed Debbie Mahaffy shortly before the trial of Karla Homolka. Homolka was on trial for the murder of Debbie Mahaffy’s daughter Leslie and was eventually given a 12-year sentence.] Leslie Mahaffy would be proud of her mother. The Burlington 14 year-old was brutally slain and dismembered two years ago, but her [...]
What prompted me to write this column on fathers was a very insightful pamphlet called “10 Ways to Be a Better Father” by Crawford W. Loritts. The first point Loritts makes is the importance of how the husband treats his wife. The most important area of life for which you prepare your children is marriage and family living and their best preparation [...]
Seamless Garment Network gives those who feel alienated from mainstream pro-life a place to call home A coalition of liberal groups and individuals has made a splash in the U.S. with an ad calling for a consistent life ethic. The ad, which ran in The New Republic and was sponsored by a group called the Seamless Garment Network, was signed by such [...]
Lawyers were in court recently as preliminary details regarding the proposed injunction against pro-life activity in Ontario were settled. The Provincial Attorney General Marion Boyd has presented eight volumes of evidence which she plans to use against the 18 pro-lifers named in the lawsuit. The province is launching a lawsuit for $500,000 against the 18, and is applying for an injunction at [...]
I am looking for a quotation from a speech by Henry Hyde in which he described the way in which aborted babies will speak up for pro-life workers when they die and stand before God. Where can I find it? L.M., Ottawa. There is one speech reported in Hyde’s “For Every Idle Silence.” He has used this in other talks. “I believe, [...]
Please be cautioned that the following article contains explicit descriptions of sexual practices which the Ontario Film Review Board refuses to censor. The content will, no doubt, be offensive to many readers. We, too, find it distasteful. Nevertheless, we feel that our readers have the right to know precisely what is currently being allowed by the OFRB. Editor In a closed meeting [...]
The pro-life movement has begun an intense education campaign to train its leaders of tomorrow. It is being billed as the most extensive program designed for the express purpose of educating pro-lifers, leaders and political activists. The correspondence course, called “Life Issues, What You Need to Know about Abortion,” was developed and is administered by Campaign Life Coalition. Retired high school teacher [...]
Taxpayers to foot the half million a year bill Ottawa will be the site of Ontario’s newest free-standing abortion facility and Henry Morgentaler will in all probability be its operator. The news comes as no surprise to Eastern Ontario pro-lifers who have been fighting the establishment of an abortion clinic there for nearly two years. Ontario Health Minister Ruth Grieg announced July [...]
Full-time mothers, like everyone else, have global concerns, but focus of their energy is by definition the home-front and meeting the basic needs of their families. For women whose primary concern is their families, it may be difficult to achieve representation I government. I was intrigued by a story several months ago about a group of women in Hungary which has formed [...]