Fifty years after the liberation of Europe from the Nazis, the struggle to protect life continues unabated. In the victorious democracies, Judeo-Christian based morality has been subverted by a specious amorality based on reason. Individual responsibility has been expropriated by relentless increase of government control over all aspects of human life: in who will be born, and whether someone’s quality of life [...]
The Canadian point of view at a recent UN meeting preparing for the Beijing Women’s Conference held that men, in particular, are responsible for all violence, injustices and oppression against women In 1924, The Department of Health for the Dominion of Canada published The Canadian Mother’s Book. Consider the high esteem in which the government used to regard the family: “The greatest [...]
It was, for all intents and purposes, a hit list and had it not targeted pro-lifers, they wouldn’t have gotten away with it. In April, a free “entertainment” paper available on the streets of Montreal called the Mirror, (similar to Now Magazine in Toronto) printed an article with the banner headline “HLI’s top 10 extremists.” The article was an attempt to discredit [...]
I would now like to say a special word to women who have had an abortion. The Church is aware of the many factors which may have influenced your decision, and she does not doubt that in many cases it was a painful and even shattering decision. The wound in your heart may not yet have healed. Certainly what happened was and [...]
The main question about Pope John Paul II’s newest encyclical, The Gospel of Life, is what are we going to do about it? Do not be mistaken. This is not just another papal document on some religious aspect or other such as Laborem exercens (1981), on the dignity of work, or Familiaris consortio (1981), on the family, or any of the other [...]
Today’s youth are exposed to so many issues. They get involved in things which sometimes lead to unbearable and uncontrollable problems. Constantly required to make decisions, their choices are not often the best. How do we help teens with the problems they face? If we ignore them, we make the problem worse. One of the biggest issues that teens face is pregnancy. [...]
Providence center’s Dr. Ian Ferguson ensures that depression does not affect an elderly patient’s treatment Looking more like a funky film animator then a psychiatrist, Dr Ian Ferguson appears too boyish, even at 45, to be specializing in geriatrics. With his own lively mind, he treats patient suffering from dementia. Even though many of his clients display some behaviors that are ‘disinhibited,’ [...]
Several dozen demonstrators lined the walkway of the church where hundreds of pro-lifers were gathered to pray for an end to abortion. As I walked the gauntlet, their unison chant, “bring back the lions” hit me and bounced off. Safely inside, the full significance of their refrain sunk in. A little later, I spoke candidly on the radio, admitting that when I [...]
In December, 1992, the Ontario Legislature passed the Consent to Treatment Act [CTA] and the Substitute Decision Act [SDA], both of which are now expected to be proclaimed in force on April 3, 1995. In general terms, the CTA sets out the legal conditions under which “health practitioners” [“HPs”] are permitted to administer “treatment” to patients. HPs are prohibited from administering a [...]
In the last couple of months, I’ve been too busy to contribute to The Interim. My excuse is that I bought a new computer to make my pro-life work more efficient. If I were to admit exactly how many hours I’ve spent in front of a screen, wrestling to learn a new system, hook up a modem and step onto the so-called [...]
Anti-Semitic claims “preposterous” maintains HLI president Montreal – Despite a storm of accusations, all things are go for Human Life International’s “You are the Light of the World” conference, set for Montreal in April. The controversy began in January when Stephen Scheinberg, vice-president B’nai B’rith Canada, accused world-wide pro-life group Human Life International and its founder, Rev. Paul Marx, of being anti-Semitic. [...]
In Alberta, the Committee to End Tax-Funded Abortions is working to stop the Alberta government from forcing its taxpayers to pay for abortions. Meanwhile, in Ontario, Henry Morgentaler is trying to convince the provincial NDP government to give him more money due to an increase in demand at his Ottawa clinic. This year alone, Canadian governments will pay out $30 million of [...]
Floundering at the polls and desperate to enact popular legislation, the NDP has released its Royal Commission Report on Learning. The Interim’s education specialist takes a look at the underlying agenda of what could be Ontario’s last experience with Rae-inspired dogma Enough time has passed now for the Royal Commission Report on Learning to have had a chance to filter through the [...]
Volunteer-based groups which provide in-home service for the disabled and elderly question whether bureaucratic centralization will save money or pave the way to healthcare rationing. Ontario has a long history of community-based, volunteer-supported agencies helping the disabled and elderly to remain in their homes. All of this tradition was erased last December when the provincial government passed Bill 173. What were the [...]
The American pro-life movement is hailing the Republican landslide in the November elections as a tremendous victory. For the first time since the fifties, the Republicans now control both House of Congress. I think that any serious look at the Republican Party platform will reveal that pro-lifers have nothing to cheer about. What the Republicans intend to do will dramatically increase the [...]