The Ontario Knights of Columbus, a fraternal organization supporting the Catholic Church and various charities, have approved a resolution not to fund any provincial hospitals that commit abortion. The motion was put forward by North York Council 4393 during the Knights’ state convention in mid-May. The resolution reads: “Whereas hospitals that do abortions are guilty of a heinous crime, the Ontario Knights [...]
Campaign Life Coalition official shave reiterated the need for social policies which emphasize childbirth and strengthen the family unit as a prelude to safeguarding the rights of the unborn in Canada. The call comes in light of a study published in the U.S. Family Planning Perspectives showing a rising abortion rate in Canada. The study, using data collected by Statistics Canada, indicates [...]
While an incumbent MP would naturally encourage pro-life voters to support his or her party in the upcoming federal election some pro-life Liberal Members cannot in conscience support their own party. When it comes to life and family issues selected Liberal backbenchers oppose the anti-family stand taken by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and the Liberal cabinet. This can prove problematic for pro-life [...]
Campaign Life Coalition has nominated Aid to Women executive director Joanne Dieleman for the Governor General’s award in commemoration or the Persons Case. The award was instituted in 1979 to salute individuals who have promoted the equality and advancement of women in Canada. The award recalls the 1929 judicial decision, which granted women constitutional status as “persons.” A native of Schiedam, The [...]
I am sure that every reader of The Interim knows who Linda Gibbons is and some of the details of her recent history. Briefly it is this; Linda Gibbons, a grandmother of four, is a political prisoner of the Ontario government. She has been in jail for almost three years and on April 28th, she was condemned to another six months behind [...]
OTTAWA – REAL Women has sent a letter to Vince Carlin head of Newsworld Network, requesting the opportunity to participate with the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC) in the one-hour debate on women’s issues which was scheduled for broadcast May 26, 1997. Alternatively, REAL Women of Canada has requested the opportunity to participate in a separate broadcast on [...]
Interim Staff A veteran adoption counsellor says couples looking to adopt should follow up all possible leads in bringing a new son or daughter to their homes. Margaret Kelly of Barrie, Ontario is the former director of the M.M. Kelly Counselling and Adoption Agency. Although she passed the agency on to colleague Marie McCallum two years ago, Margaret maintains a close watch [...]
The purpose of this article is to point out certain factors in plea-bargaining, which rescuers are not using; they are probably unaware of them. The first thing that must be understood is that 97 per cent of the criminal cases in the United States are disposed of by one kind of agreement or another. Very few cases go to trial and for [...]
Interim Special NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – More than 200 pro-life supporters from southern Ontario and western New York state took part in the annual Mother’s Day Walk for Life May 11 at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls. This year marked the 20th anniversary of the popular pro-life event. Walkers converged at the center of the bridge for official ceremonies, which included [...]
Fourteen-year-old Emilia Klepacka refused to accept a junior school award for modern languages from the guest of honor who is a pro-choice candidate. She boycotted the awarding ceremony in November 1996 at John Henry Newman School in Stevanage, England. The prize was a 20-pound book token. Invited guest of honor Barbara Follett, local candidate of the Labour Party, was a found of [...]
For the last couple of weeks, The Interim has received a number of telephone calls and letters criticizing our decision to allow sitting MPs to write articles describing how their particular party might best represent pro-life, pro-family Canadians. Mississauga MP Albina Guarnieri, whose article appeared in the March issue, has been especially singled out for attack by some readers (see first two [...]
Interim Special In her keynote address May 3 at the REAL Women annual conference in North Bay, Ontario, Liberal Senator Anne Cools documented the alarming incidence of neonaticide – the killing of newborns – by mothers in our society. Among other serious concerns connected with this issue, Senator Cools noted, “The perpetrators of domestic violence are not exclusively men.” In his talk, [...]
By Interim Staff A coalition of pro-life, pro-family voices has come together to provide a fresh perspective on issues effecting women in Ontario. The impetus for the coalition comes from the mainstream media’s tendency to present the feminist/pro-abortion view as representative of the majority of women. This was especially evident in press reports of a March 26 media conference at which Judy [...]
Interim Staff Debate over the treatment of private members’ bills continued to divide Members of Parliament as the House broke for the June election. Several members, inkling some pro-life MP’s, have called for changes in the way private members’ bills or motions are selected for further action. Under the existing system, members submit bills or motions, which are then made into a [...]
Interim Staff Campaign Life Coalition Ontario is planning a fund-raising dinner next spring to mark the 20th anniversary of the following of the pro-life organization. This was tone of the items approved April 18-20 at a provincial strategy meeting in Toronto. The dinner is to be the first of annual fund-raisers to help the provincial body continue its work to promote the [...]