The Southern Ontario riding of Durham won’t have a pro-life Liberal candidate. Organizers are saying pro-lifers have only themselves to blame. Rosemary Connell mounted an impressive campaign, had a broad range of policies, and uses her roots in the area to create an organized machine. But in the end she came up 40 votes short. “Every single person counted,” Connell said as [...]
Despite a growing body of evidence which suggests that children of working mothers are at risk for a variety of psychological problems, the number of mothers in the workforce continues to increase. Statistics Canada census data indicates that 67.2 per cent of mothers of children under age six participated in the workforce in 1991, a significant jump from fifty per cent reported [...]
On April 21, 1993, Therese Weiler, the grandmother walking across Canada, resumed her “Venture for Life.” Therese began her mission in Newfoundland in April 1992, and reached the Ontario-Manitoba border in late October. She suspended her walk for the winter months but is now on the road again. She plans to throw the pebble she picked up in Newfoundland into the Pacific [...]
To put one’s trust in anything less than God leads to disaster. Such is my experience. With that in mind, ought we to be hopeful about the present situation in regard to abortion, infanticide and euthanasia? Yes, without s doubt! What are we to think, then, of a May 15 Ottawa Citizen article entitled, “Morgentaler On The Move: Safe in the belief [...]
The Christian Heritage Party has sorted out its leadership problems and will head into the next election with Heather Stilwell in charge. The B.C. Supreme Court has dismissed an application by former leader Charles Cavilla to have a convention in June in Southern Ontario. The court also decided May 18 to set aside an injunction by Cavilla preventing the CHP from saying [...]
“There is scarcely any less bother in the running of a family than in that of an entire state. And domestic business is no less importunate For being less important.” Montaigne (1533-15920 It’s that time of year again. May marries June and hope springs eternal, or does it? Celebrating Mother’s and Father’s day usually presents us with the opportunity to reflect on [...]
Pro-life activists in Nova Scotia are shedding no tears at the defeat of Tory Premier Don Cameron and his government in the provincial election held at the end of May. Leader John Savage swept his Liberals into power and CLC spokesperson Cynthia Haughn said there are “some hopeful things” about his victory. “Maybe John Savage will at least look at the issue,” [...]
In a column in the May issue of Thornhill Month, John Stephens asked, “Must it be a matter of either job or conscience?” Until now, he wrote, the Birthplace Unit at the Markham-Stouffville Hospital has been used as the name implies. Now, nurses in the unit who abhor abortions are being told either to assist at these procedures or accept transfer to [...]
The case of Sue Rodriguez, a British Columbia woman seeking a legal physician-assisted suicide, was heard before the Supreme Court of Canada on May 20. Following the televised hearing the Court reserved judgment, but is expected to respond quickly in consideration of Ms. Rodriguez’s deteriorating health. Ms. Rodriguez, who suffers from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, petitioned the British Columbia [...]
Edmonton – Henry Morgentaler has finally lost a court case. In what could be a crucial decision for the pro-life movement, a judge has partially ruled against an injunction in front of an abortion facility run by Henry Morgentaler in Edmonton. Representatives of Campaign Life Coalition made the application, arguing that the language of the injunction was excessively broad and an intrusion [...]
The Ontario government’s plan to gag pro-life activity has met with stiff opposition and pro-life organizers are saying it’s not over yet. “We plan to keep the pressure up until every single recommendation of the Task Group report is scrapped,” said Louis Di Rocco, of Campaign Life Coalition. Di Rocco led a campaign which collected more than 50,000 petition cards demanding that [...]
Fetal tissue Deal A research clinic in Santa Barbara, California has signed a deal to obtain fetal tissue from Russia. Though the ban on fetal tissue experimentation has been lifted, researchers note that it will take 3 or 4 years before there is a tissue-bank to draw from in the U.S. This deal will obviously be a big money-maker for both sides. [...]
In 1966 the controversy concerning UNICEF’s collaboration in population control threa-tened to split apart not only that organization but the United Nations itself. As a com-promise solution, the UN created a new fund especially for population-control activities, but one to which nations contributed only if they wished. In 1967 General U Thant an-nounced the creation United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA). [...]
A teacher, a mother of eight and pro-life activist – Connell might become a Liberal candidate Rosemary Connell says there are neither saints nor martyrs in her family, just ordinary people. Still, one has to wonder. In the last decade, this energetic 41 year-old wife, mother of eight children (four adopted), who is also a teacher in Port Perry (north of Toronto), [...]
The results of the elections are in and Ontario voters have made it overwhelmingly clear that they want the NDP out. After the dust had cleared from the April 1 provincial by-elections, Liberal lawyer Tim Murphy was the winner in the downtown Toronto riding of St. George-St. David and Conservative Dave Johnson easily took the Toronto-area riding of Don Mills. The Family [...]