Dr. Dobson’s speech wows 4,000 at Toronto’s Convention Centre Several thousand people, cordially greeted by 100 volunteers poured into the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on December 5 to spend an “Evening In December” with Dr. James Dobson, founder and President of the non-profit Christian organization Focus on the Family. The excellent 20 minute video on the history of Focus on the Family [...]
Liberal proposals to drop the Child Tax Benefits will especially hurt single-income families Human Resources Development Canada (Lloyd Axworthy’s Ministry) has recently released a new booklet called Have Your Say. It’s available at local postal outlets. In it, Canadians are invited to give their comments about the future of social programs in Canada. The booklet covers many topics from Unemployment Insurance to [...]
My mother recently gave me some papers circulating in her community – a document titled “A Power of Attorney.” She told me that “everyone in the condo” was signing it. They had heard that the rules about what happens to the financial affairs of people who become mentally incompetent had changed, and that it was smart to sign such a form. I [...]
For centuries the family has been accepted by people of all nations as the foundation of human society. “The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world” is one of the old adages which have defied the ravages of time and is as true today as it was when first spoken. But, unfortunately, the hand that rocks the cradle in our time [...]
Were abortions performed in hospitals before the law was changed in 1969? If so, were there many? What were the reasons? What effects did the law have? A.S. Mississauga. I believe that a case study of one large teaching hospital will give a clearer picture than a general survey. The following statistics from the twelve years, 1954-65 inclusive, are from a study [...]
Paul Hill has a month to wait before he finds out whether he will pay for his actions with his life. Hill has already told friends he is willing to die for the shooting deaths of abortionist John Baynard Britton and his bodyguard. A jury of six men and six women deliberated for only 20 minutes before they found the ex-Presbyterian minister [...]
Once considered one of the best in the world, the Canadian educational system has, over the past 20 years, lost some of its luster. Increasingly, parents are pulling their children from the traditional institutions and educating them at home or in alternative schools. The Interim has asked some of these parents to defend the choices they have made concerning their child’s education. [...]
The Cairo International Conference on Population and Development has the well-documented aim of limiting the world’s population. This “anti-natalist” movement is not new but it has never seen such widespread support from both governments and intellectuals. In this article, Winifride Prestwich traces the history of the anti-population movement from its origin with Darwin up to the first United Nations’ conference on world [...]
“To educate in mind and not morals is to educate a menace to society.” Theodore Roosevelt Surprise! Surprise! Raising kids is society’s job – not the sole responsibility of parents, according to Sandra Griffin, assistant co-ordinator of child-care research at the University of Victoria and co-chair of the “Stronger Children – Stronger Families” conference which took place earlier this summer. It’s all [...]
It was the best of times and the worst of times all contained within a few short days. Over fifty thousand fans gathered in downtown Vancouver to celebrate with pride the accomplishments of their hockey team. The series was tied and the Stanley Cup was within reach. It was a peaceful, happy, family-oriented event. There was no trouble, and the police commended [...]
This September, delegates from one hundred and eighty-three countries will gather in Cairo for the United Nations-sponsored International Conference on Population and Development. If the proposals listed in the final draft paper are any indication, the Cairo conference will see a massive push for population reduction – through birth control, sterilization and abortion. The most alarming proposal is UN’s push to impose [...]
Getting whipped up about the rising tide of “crime” appears to be all the rage in Canada these days. The media is filled with stories and opinion pieces which are intended to convince us that our streets have become a brewing cauldron of violence. There are now major newspaper and radio and television stations for whom news broadcasts have become little more [...]
Well, the ignoramuses were let loose in Montreal recently and when they were done, two-year-old Jessica Dos Santos was expelled from daycare. Never mind that she has HIV, the virus believed to cause AIDS, or that her mother did not inform the daycare workers of her illness. What business is it of theirs? The nervy owner of Les Petits Lutins daycare asked [...]
It took only 10 hours for jurors to find suicide doctor Jack Kevorkian not guilty of violating Michigan’s ban on assisted suicide. Kevorkian, 65, had been charged with helping Thomas Hyde of Novi, Michigan to commit suicide last August. Kevorkian said he was “elated” by the May 2 decision. The verdict was seen as a watershed for euthanasia supporters while an anti-euthanasia [...]
Lost among the problems of drug use and violence, abortion claims the lives of a thousand black children a day . Black politicians, community leaders and people from the entertainment industry met last year for an anti-violence summit meeting in Washington D.C. They were there to discuss the growing violence and despair in their community and search for ways to rediscover the [...]