Speakers outline some encouraging developments Although many challenges persist on life issues, the focus was on the positive when the Ontario Provincial Pro-Life Conference 2004, hosted by Alliance for Life Ontario and Campaign Life Coalition Ontario, took place in Hamilton April 16 and 17. An example of the positive emphasis was the Third Annual Gala Dinner in support of the Reaching Minds [...]
On April 19, Statistics Canada revealed that the 2002 birth rate in Canada fell for the 11th time in 12 years and that the fertility rate - 1.5 children per woman of child-bearing age (15-49) - is one quarter under the replacement level of 2.1. The birthrate of 10.5 live births per 1,000 population is the lowest since statistics keeping track of [...]
A Catholic priest who was a prominent figure on the Canadian pro-life scene since even before abortion was legalized in this country has passed away at the age of 93. Father John Mole, a Missionary Oblate of Mary Immaculate, died peacefully at the Oblate residence in Ottawa on Feb. 14. Born in England and ordained a priest in 1947, he soon developed [...]
Pregnant? Alone? Scared? Require unconditional support? Birthright provides advocacy in a non-judgmental, compassionate, and active listening environment. It is a confidential crisis pregnancy service in Canada, which provides free counselling, resources and referrals to women seeking an alternative to abortion. Birthright's objective: "It is the right of every pregnant woman to give birth, the right of every child to be born." Birthright [...]
With a federal election just around the corner, Canada's political parties are busy churning out new slogans. If past elections are any indication, we'll soon be called to "Make Our Voice Heard" "For A Positive Future" since now is "A Time For Change." While the slogans will all be different, you can be sure they'll all be similarly meaningless. But what if [...]
By Interim staffAfter dragging the matter on for a year, the Ontario Press Council has decided to not even a consider a complaint into an article and two columns by the Globe and Mail's Heather Mallick, which, among other things, urged that Henry Morgentaler be given the Order of Canada, incorrectly described a 12-week-old fetus as a "dot," labelled pro-life members of [...]
Interim StaffPro-lifers got a dose of encouragement recently in Toronto. Speaking at a prestigious private school conference with anti-life activists, pro-life speakers found that students, on the whole, favoured the pro-life position. The World Affairs Conference in Toronto, a symposium sponsored by Upper Canada College and Branksome Hall, two local private schools, featured several life issues as part of its 2004 event: [...]
LifeSite NewsQuebec pro-lifers have for years warned that the French-speaking population of that province is in danger of contracepting and aborting itself into oblivion. Since the so-called "Quiet Revolution" of the 1960s, which saw a catastrophic collapse of the overwhelmingly Catholic culture of Quebec, abortion rates have soared along with non-Francophone immigration. Demographers fear that the French-Canadian culture is becoming extinct along [...]
Campaign Life Coalition British Columbia president John Hof placed the file on the desk at the B.C. Corporate Registry office in Victoria. Checking the financial status reports of various pro-abortion organizations has become an annual trek for pro-lifers, much as it is for those in the abortion industry who check out pro-life groups. But Hof never guessed he would come across so [...]
By Samantha Singson The InterimAs the gavel came down and ended the annual two-week Commission on the Status of Women meeting, pro-life and pro-family advocates were able to smile and breathe a sigh of relief. Things seemed bleak at the beginning of negotiations, when the UN released a draft document that was filled with language that might be used to promote a [...]
The Genocide Awareness Project is the brainchild of Gregg Cunningham, the executive director and founder of the Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform (CBR). CBR was founded in 1990 as a non-profit educational corporation, operating on the principle that abortion represents an evil so inexpressible that words cannot be effective to describe its horror. "Until abortion is seen, it will never be understood," Cunningham [...]
In recent weeks, there have been numerous nomination meetings across the country and we are both surprised and pleased with the number of pro-life candidates who are winning their respective party's nominations. We are pleased for obvious reasons: the more pro-life candidates there are, the greater the chance of electing more pro-life MPs, and the more pro-life MPs there are in Parliament, [...]
By Gillian Long The InterimPro-life leaders can be assured there are some young pro-life activists stepping up to the plate to reinvigorate the movement. On March 17, students at the University of British Columbia, University College of the Cariboo, University of Alberta, University of Manitoba, University of Toronto, and Carleton University in Ottawa, working in conjunction with the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical [...]
Anyone who has spent any amount of time in our movement knows how hard it can be to keep the batteries charged. I am, of course, talking about the many defeats we seem to experience - even though our cause is a righteous cause. After all, are we not trying to be a voice for the voiceless? None of us garner anything [...]
I have often wondered on what hill Canadian Christians would finally take a stand as our culture becomes increasingly dark. It appears to me that we have largely caved on abortion, we are in process of caving on the sinfulness of homosexuality, and the so-called mercy killing of the sick and aged is fast approaching as a new threat. I wish I [...]