A few months ago, when visiting Edmonton, I was interviewed by a young lady from the Western Catholic Reporter. She plied me with the usual questions about my background and my involvement with the pro-life movement. Then she shot this question at me, “How do you feel about being considered a radical?” Like a seasoned rugby player, I [...]
Pro-abortion politicians can’t escape pro-life protests Pro-life people in record numbers were out picketing pro-abortion politicians last year. Ontario’s Premier David Peterson and his Attorney General Ian Scott were the objects of special attention for their willingness to pervert the justice system in Ontario in order to allow the continued operation of the illegal abortuaries in the province. At times, [...]
Assault-rape pregnancy – the worst of the hard cases. Except for the cases where a pregnancy threatens the life of the mother, more people would allow induced abortion for this reason than for any other; approximately 75 per cent of the public is permissive for this reason. Also, a significant number of legislators also would carve out an exception for [...]
Pro-life political parties formed Three new political parties, each with a staunchly pro-life platform, were launched in 1986 and have begun to organize across the country. The Christian Heritage Party of Canada based in British Columbia, is a party with policies based on fundamental Biblical principles. One of these principles is the recognition that the right to life is given [...]
“History is bunk,” so said Henry Ford. A much wiser man warned that those who refuse to learn from the experience of history are doomed to repeat it, and two recent publications bear witness to the bitter truth of this warning. The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide by Robert Jay Lifton traces the steps by [...]
Campaign Life has issued a second formal complaint against the Globe and Mail. It has also complained about the conduct of Council secretary, Fraser MacDougall, whose personal intervention affected the Globe’s publication of the recent adjudication in Campaign Life’s facour. As a member of the Press Council the Globe was required to publish the Council’s adjudication of Campaign [...]
Clergymen stand up for life It was the year that three clergymen stood up for life – even at the risk of going to jail. It was the year that three clergymen with padlocks were vindicated by the courts. Pastor Fred Vaughan, and Fathers Ted Colleton and Alphonse De Valk were charged with mischief for having padlocked the back [...]
Ottawa – Campaign Life and Coalition for the Protection of Human Life announce their intention to consolidate their year-old policy of close co-operation. The two national political groups will bring unification plans before their members early in 1987.
Just two days after the Immaculate Conception of Mary, people from all over Ontario gathered for an anniversary vigil in Toronto. On December 10, they came to 85 Harbord Street, two years to the day on which the abortuary opened its door for business. On my way to the 24-hour prayer vigil. The word “morgue,” as in Morgentaler, kept cropping up in [...]
I talked to a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament the other day who found it passing strange, if not downright incredible, that during the 1984 election he was met at doors across his riding with enthusiasm and encouragement for his pro-life stand, yet was turned away with the admonition “we’ve always voted NDP, and will continue to do so. This was riding [...]
Father Bill and I were sharing a tent but he was having a meeting with some of the organizers to plan for tomorrow. So I slipped quietly into our tent to get ready for “bed.” It was quite dark but I found the red sleeping bag and unzipped it. It was very cold by this time so I decided to keep on [...]
The third meeting of National pro-life groups was held in Winnipeg on October 5, concurrent to the Campaign Life annual directors meeting. The Presidents of Alliance for Life, Campaign Life and Coalition for the Protection of Human Life continued discussions aimed at further unifying the movement and solidifying pro-life support. Following a recommendation from the directors of Campaign Life, it was decided [...]
The following statement was issued by Ontario’s 20 Catholic Bishops on October 1, 1986. The Catholic Bishops of Ontario gathered in plenary session in Toronto (September 29-October 1) are opposed to the present form of omnibus Bill 7 now before the Provincial Legislature. Much in this Bill is good and quite acceptable. However, section 18, nos. 105, to amend the Human Rights [...]
In the past, Campaign Life Saskatchewan has had a single election strategy: identify pro-life candidates to inform pro-life voters. Last spring it was decided that our campaign for this provincial election must have two distinct parts: one to identify pro-life candidates and a separate campaign directed specifically to the voters. In previous campaigns, we have used short advertisements on radio and television [...]
London, England. Buried in the English countryside of Kent there is a roughly-built stone house, with a wartime shelter in the garden, which houses one of the most important listening posts for events behind the Iron Curtain. This is Keston College, founded by Rev. Michael Bordeaux, an Anglican priest, who is helping to bring to light the fate of thousands of Christians [...]