Peter Stock The Interim In late September, when the Paul Martin Liberals defeated yet another effort in Parliament by Conservative MPs to raise the age of sexual consent from 14 years to 16, it came as little surprise to battle-weary child-protection advocates. Despite repeated demands and growing pressure from the attorney-generals of every province, numerous police associations, anti-child prostitution advocates and pro-family [...]
As we put the November issue to bed, we have learned that there is a move afoot among his fellow scribes to have The Interim’s Queen’s Park columnist, Frank Kennedy, removed from the press gallery of the Ontario legislature. The complaint against Frank, who has held an associate (part-time) membership since 1990, is that he distributed pro-life literature through the mailboxes of [...]
It is too-common, although understandable, that many pro-lifers are suffering from abortion or same-sex “marriage” fatigue. Informed social conservatives and people of faith have been barraged by news, debates and other information about redefining marriage to include homosexual couples over the past few years. Many pro-lifers have been reading not only The Interim, but our daily online service, LifeSiteNews.com, and other pro-life [...]
Tony Gosgnach The Interim Des Burge has held a number of positions within the church and other Canadian institutions. A graduate of St. Dunstan’s University in P.E.I., he worked for awhile as a reporter and night editor at the Charlottetown Guardian newspaper. He then joined the RCAF and spent seven years with the air force, mainly in public relations, before becoming director [...]
Tony Gosgnach The Interim U.S. conservatives can’t seem to decide whether Supreme Court nominee John Roberts is with them, against them or somewhere in between. But one thing’s for sure – if his position can be assessed by the enemies he has, they have nothing to worry about. Leftist, liberal and pro-abortion groups jumped on Roberts as soon as his nomination as [...]
Natalie Hudson The Interim There is a new movement afoot in the world of pro-life advocacy that is leaving the last leg of the pro-abortion position very shaky, indeed. The movement began in the United States and is called the Silent No More Awareness Campaign (SNMAC). All across North America, women are speaking out about their experiences with abortion. And women whom [...]
Eric Mason The Interim Thomas Jefferson once wrote that, “The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” These inspiring words hold a special significance today in Canada, where the culture of death and its destructive vision of humanity permeates the political sphere. This Jeffersonian aphorism has become an empty [...]
John-Henry Westen The Interim By all accounts, World Youth Day, held this year in Cologne, Germany, was a phenomenal success and one during which young Catholics and the world were exhorted to rise above the fray, respect orthodoxy and defend the sanctity of life. During his homily for the closing Mass of World Youth Day, Pope Benedict XVI encouraged the youth to [...]
Interim Staff Campagne Quebec Vie president Luc Gagnon says the annual National Pro-life Conference his organization is hosting in Montreal Nov. 17-19 presents an excellent opportunity for English and French Canada to reflect on shared values, as the two cultures look into the future at the cultural, political and spiritual battles ahead. Noting that the last pro-life conference held in Montreal was [...]
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Interim Staff Two recent polls indicate that Americans in general favour specific pro-life measures and that women are becoming more pro-life. In a national poll, the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute found that 70 per cent of repsondents favored “a 24-hour waiting period for women seeking an abortion before the abortion could take place,” compared to just 24 per cent opposed the idea. [...]
Tony Gosgnach The Interim The idea grew out of discussions between two U.S. Catholic musicians who wanted to find a way to provide a fundraising opportunity for pro-life groups, and/or their charities, by staging positive, uplifting and life-affirming programs consisting of personal testimonies and music. And so, what is now known as Concerts for Life was born. Originally given the name Rock [...]
Peter Gerretsen directed 20 feature films and captured more than 30 awards of merit Paul Tuns The Interim Peter Gerretsen, a film producer, Ryerson University instructor and a longtime pro-life supporter, died August 16 after losing a battle with lung cancer. Born in the Netherlands in 1939, Peter emigrated to Canada as a teen. He later married Patricia, whom he met in [...]
Dina Kok The Interim In early August, a group of young Americans presented a petition to movie executives in Hollywood, Ca., signed by thousands of young people, asking the executives to make cleaner movies. The petition, drafted by a teen member of the Youth Advisory Council of the Abstinence Clearinghouse, was part of the “Light, Camera, NO Action” conference that was held [...]
Fatima Boutaleb The Interim This is a story that happened to me while I was pregnant with my twins. It happened while I was studying computers at a private institute. My husband wasn’t working at the time. We had three kids together. We had been in Canada for three years. It was very hard for us to start a new life in [...]