Lakehead student union erects strict club restrictions THUNDER BAY, Ont. -- On Nov. 28, the board of directors of the Lakehead University Student Union voted to adopt an amendment to the student union constitution adding a broad range of restrictions applying only to religious and political clubs. The restrictions include: "Campaigns must be positive in nature and cannot slander the opposing stance [...]
UN honours abortion, gay-rights activists NEW YORK - UN General Assembly president Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann announced the 2008 winners of the UN Prize in the Field of Human Rights, an award for "outstanding contribution to the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms," and they included former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour and Human Rights Watch, both [...]
Canada Rod Bruinooge (C, Winnipeg South) is the new chair of the multi-party Parliamentary Pro-life Caucus, replacing Maurice Vellacott (C, Saskatoon-Wanuskewin). Bruinooge said in a press release, "I am honored to chair a caucus that doesn't shy away from this vital issue." He said that pro-life Canadians' "concerns need to be represented" ... Brian Finnemore, a retired B.C. physician and a [...]
Canada After earlier asserting that infertility is not an illness, Quebec Premier Jean Charest said if his Liberal government is re-elected, it will pay for in-vitro fertilization treatments. Under his plan to bring IVF under public funding, the first two rounds of treatment would be fully covered and after that, couples could count on a 50 per cent tax credit. A cycle of [...]
N.B. appeals Morgentaler standing FREDERICTON ? The New Brunswick government is appealing a court ruling giving abortionist Henry Morgentaler standing in a case that will test the province?s ability to restrict taxpayer funding for abortions to government-run hospitals. Justice Paulette Gannett of the Court of Queen?s Bench decided on Aug. 1 that Morgentaler could have standing, because he represented the public interest [...]
Canada The British Columbia Supreme Court has ruled against two University of B.C. Okanagan campus students seeking to overturn a provincial human rights tribunal decision that dismissed their complaint that their university’s student union discriminated against them by denying official status to a pro-life club. Justice Randall S.K. Wong cited the use of offensive material, including the Genocide Awareness Project, as a [...]
Duceppe attacks Opus Dei candidate Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe attacked Nicole Charbonneau Barron, who is the Conservative candidate in the South Shore Montreal riding of St. Bruno-St. Hubert, and a member of the Catholic group Opus Dei. Duceppe said Barron?s candidacy and membership in Opus Dei proves that Prime Minister Stephen Harper is a ?right -wing ideologue? and that the Conservative [...]
Canada Campaign Life Coalition polled every Member of Parliament on the question of whether abortionist Henry Morgentaler should have received the Order of Canada. About a third (103) stated they opposed giving Morgentaler the honour, while just 35 publicly stated they supported it. See CLC’s advertisement on page six for a complete list of those opposing the award … The National Post reported that [...]
New pro-abortion UN human rights chief TURTLE BAY – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon named abortion advocate Navanethem “Navi” Pillay of South Africa as the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights. The New York Times reported that the United States privately raised concerns about Pillay’s nomination to the top human rights post because of her strong support for abortion. Pillay is a founding [...]
Canada Justice Minister Rob Nicholson announced the government would introduce legislation that would consider a victim’s pregnancy as an aggravating factor when sentencing violent offenders. The ramifications or intentions of this bill are unclear, because the wording of such legislation was not available at press time … MP Ken Epp (Conservative, Edmonton-Sherwood Park) issued a 31-page report countering the claims of abortion advocates who [...]
Canada Andrew Coyne in Maclean’s on the significance of granting abortionist Henry Morgentalerthe Order of Canada: “It is about whether we are allowed to disagree; whether dissent on a contentious issue is respected or even recognized.” Coyne, in the same article, on the need to debate abortion within the political sphere: “Maybe, just maybe, if we start talking about it again, we might also [...]
One-child policy relaxed in disaster area CHENGDU, China - Local officials announced that China’s one-child policy will be relaxed for parents whose only child was killed or severely injured in a May 12 earthquake. It is estimated that nearly 7,000 classrooms were destroyed during the quake that struck at 2:28 p.m. on a school day, resulting in the deaths of an estimated [...]
Couple posts online ad to sell baby VANCOUVER – The parents of the 7-day-old baby put up for sale on Craigslist, an online community that lists classified advertisements, have been released from police custody. Jeremy Pete, 26, posted an ad for $10,000 for his and 23-year-old Bethany Granholm’s newborn daughter. The child was listed as “very cute,” “healthy” and “unexpected.” On the [...]
Canada On May 8, the same day as the National March for Life in Ottawa, Fr. Thomas Lynch was named the new director of Priests for Life Canada. Fr. James Whalen, who died in February, had been the organization’s director since its founding in 1995. While in his new position, Lynch will remain pastor of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Douro, Ont. … TheGlobe and [...]
Canada The Catholic Organization for Life and Family has issued a letter urging Canadians to do whatever is possible to support Bill C-484, the Unborn Victims of Crime Act, which is currently awaiting justice and human rights committee hearings after passing Second Reading in early March. COLF says: “Bill C-484 is a welcome development, because it recognizes, at least in the case of violent [...]