Jean Chretien - Liberal Mr. Chretien "in his main address to the Liberal Party convention on March 17, told 2,600 delegates that 'Canadians do not want a right-wing party in this country. They do not want a party that does not support women's right to choose.'" (LifeSite News, July 11, 2000) Speaking in Winnipeg, he said, "We Liberals believe in a woman's [...]
In an article on the front page of the Toronto Star of August 30, 2000, under the title, "Fiery Chretien hammers Day," the Prime Minister is quoted as accusing Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day of "trying to rob Canadian women of their right to choose an abortion." He continues, "We Liberals support a woman's right to choose, but he wants a divisive [...]
Did you see that amazing story several weeks ago about how new Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day refused to join other MPs in standing to applaud as strident homosexual Member of Parliament Svend Robinson was introduced in the House of Commons? He said it had something to do with the New Democrat MP spending his entire parliamentary career advocating values inimical to [...]
By Catherine Fournier In my last article for The Interim, I mused about how foreign the idea of pilgrimage is to the North American mind. We want to get there, and the sooner the better. Patience just isn't a cultural trait on this continent. Over the years though, the pro-life movement has learned that their battle will not be won overnight. The hearts, [...]
Fr. Ben Hermann OMI - a big man who cast a giant shadow By Margaret Purcell The Interim Those who keep archives will say that Fr. Bernard Michael Hermann was born on Oct. 21, 1922 in Odessa, Sask. In 1940 he entered the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate novitiate at St. Charles, Man. He professed his first vows on Sept. 15, 1941. [...]
By Mary Ellen Douglas The Interim The pro-life movement lost a valiant warrior and a great leader when God called Niel Slykerman of Winnipeg home on Sept. 26, 2000. We extend our love and prayers to his grieving family; his wife Maria and his children Carol, Cory and Lisa. Campaign Life Coalition leaders learned of Niel's death during a national conference call [...]
By Bill Whatcott The Interim Mexican pro-lifers have had quite a fight on their hands these days. The PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) has recently lost a national election, and after 70 years of power, patronage and corruption, they have to hand over power to the relatively conservative PAN (National Action Party). While the PAN leader Vicente Fox looks promising, Mexican pro-lifers are [...]
Media commentary by Paul Tuns The Interim The Huang family of the village Caidian in the Chinese province of Hubei already had three children when local family planning officials heard about Mrs. Huang's pregnancy. The officials tried but failed to induce an abortion by injecting Huang with salt water. The baby survived the botched abortion attempt and the officials visited the family [...]
By Paul Tuns The Interim Pro-life, pro-family groups in four provinces are urging citizens who hold traditional values to get involved in local politics. Municipal (city council) and school board elections will be held in Nova Scotia Oct. 21, in Saskatchewan Oct. 25 and in Ontario Nov. 14. Municipal elections will be held in Prince Edward Island Nov. 6. Campaign Life Coalition [...]
The media, meanwhile wring their hands over the rise of the 'religious right' By Paul Tuns The Interim The ascendancy of Stockwell Day in Canadian politics has focused attention on the role of pro-life and pro-family organizations and citizens in the political arena, leading the political Left to worry about the rise of a so-called Religious Right in Canada. Maclean's Sept. 11 [...]
Charges against Anti-Racist Action members stayed due to unusual 'institutional delay' Interim staff A recent court decision to drop all charges against 11 Anti-Racist Action (ARA) members who violently disrupted a Show the Truth demonstration in Toronto two years ago has left pro-life supporters again wondering about the capricious nature of Ontario's legal system. Mr. Justice Robert Bigelow of the Ontario court [...]
London's Bishop Sherlock denounces misrepresentation of his endorsment The Interim One of the feared outcomes of the support by Catholic leaders of the pro-abortion World March of Women 2000 has been realized. Abortion advocates are implying in their literature that Canada's Catholic bishops are fully in support of the march without reservations. The Toronto Organizing Committee of the World March of Women [...]
By Michael Coren The Interim Merle Terlesky used to kick people. And push them, scream at them and tread on their hands. Why? Because she was a pro-choice activist and for five years was at the centre of the Canadian campaign to defend and extend abortion. His victims were pro-lifers. But after an encounter with cancer and a radical change of life this [...]
The Interim As the October issue of The Interim went to press the United States Food and Drug administration announced it has given final approval to the abortion pill RU-486, which pro-lifers call a "human pesticide." The approval process was begun by President Bill Clinton, as one of his first acts in office in 1993. "Campaign Life Coalition is shocked that a dangerous [...]
In the days following the death of Pierre Trudeau, a memorial Mass for the former prime minister was held at the Roman Catholic cathedral in a major Canadian city. A young woman, known to us here at The Interim, attended the Mass to pray for Trudeau, and to try to come to terms with his legacy from the perspective of her faith. [...]