Shopping St. John, N.B. In November 1991, R.C. Bishop Edward Troy wrote premier Frank McKenna deploring the sudden and arbitrary decision to permit Sunday shopping on a temporary basis. It opens the door to the exploitation of workers and the erosion of family values, he said. In early December, Bishop Troy wrote an open letter to Dan Cameron, leader of the CoR [...]
In June, 1991, Mike Farnan, former Ontario Solicitor General, MPP for Cambridge, and a Catholic, handed a statement on abortion to a member of the Galt Council, Knights of Columbus. (see sidebar) It is another exhibit in the continuing saga of Catholic politicians taking wrong stands on the abortion issue. It is a good example of the kind of self-deception which pro-life [...]
Winnipeg, MB A Manitoba driver runs a stop sign at 90 kilometers an hour, hitting a woman who is eight months pregnant. The woman survives and regains her health. Her baby dies. The driver is fined $54 for running a stop sign. The judge rules that no one died, since the child is not a “person.” He bases his argument on the [...]
On her first day in office after her election as the new leader of the Ontario Liberal Party on February 9, 1992, Lyn McLeod (MPP, Fort William) vowed tough opposition to Bob Rae’s current NDP regime. But it’s unlikely it will amount to much. Audrey McLaughlin For one thing, Mrs. McLeod, 49, resembles too closely the NDP’s leader at the federal level, [...]
MP John Nunziata (York South-Weston) has charged that Liberals for Life are subverting the democratic process in the party and using the pro-life issue to further their own political ambitions. He has accused them of blackmailing prospective candidates for party positions and riding nominations. Mr. Nunziata also demanded that Liberal Leader John Chrétien should stop “accommodating the group within the party. If [...]
Judy Anderson, national president of REAL Women of Canada has accused Joe Clark, Minister of Constitutional Affairs, of excluding from the constitutional Affairs, of excluding from the constitutional process the organization which represents some 50,000 Canadian women. Mr. Clark is defrauding the Canadian public by stacking the constitutional conferences now under way with feminists, Mrs. Anderson stated in Toronto in early February. [...]
Are there any arguments against euthanasia that are not based on religion or the sanctity of life argument – ideas that an atheist might accept? L.J., Willowdale, Ontario The well-known British medical journal The Lancet published an article on this topic, December 1989. Amongst the most important arguments is that euthanasia destroys the doctor-patient relationship, as is evident in Holland. Throughout history [...]
Euthanasia bill dies Ottawa: Robert Wenman’s euthanasia bill died in Committee on February 18. The bill, described as “dangerous” because of much vague wording allowing multiple interpretations, was sponsored by Robert Wenman, Conservative MP for Fraser Valley West, BC. Black Out Ottawa: NDP Dawn Black’s Motion asking for more federal funding for Planned Parenthood was defeated in the House of Commons 95 [...]
At its annual strategy meeting in Halifax, N.S., in November 1991 Campaign Life Coalition asked all Canadians to reject the appeal of Mr. Ed Broadbent for a ‘penny per Canadian’ to raise $250,000 for the International Centre for Human Rights in Montreal. “CLC Canada condemns the Centre’s plan to provide funds for pro-abortion propaganda in Poland, as announced in the Centre’s press [...]
• A Commons committee holds hearings on the Robert Wenman bill (intended to protect doctors who might have hastened the deaths of terminally ill patients); • The State of Washington holds a referendum on legalized euthanasia (it lost, but in a very close vote, 54 to 46 per cent); • Derek Humphrey’s suicide book Final Exit, is a bestseller. (A Montreal woman [...]
The Family Coalition Party of Ontario held its fourth annual convention in London, Ontario, November 1-2, 1991. Much of the convention was taken up with the further refining and formulation of principles and policies, a necessary task handled magnificently by Executive Vice-President Giuseppe Gori. Eighty delegates heard Marcy Edward at lunch on Friday speak about Seniors and the need to honour our [...]
Georgette Gagnon and Dan Rath’s excellent, recently published book, Not Without Cause, chronicles former Ontario Premier David Peterson’s fall from grace. This is a polite way of describing how in the 1990 Ontario election the Liberals crash-dived 57 seats – from 83 to 36. How was it possible a government that enjoyed 50 per cent voter approval 37 days before the election [...]
On October 21, Saskatchewan voters said “No’ to provincial funding of abortion. The question “Should the government of Saskatchewan pay for abortion procedures?” was answered in the following way: 311,987 opposed, or 62.7 per cent 185,624 in favour, or 37.3 per cent 497,611 (out of some 530,000 voters) At the same time, voters swept aside the nine-year-old PC government of Premier Grant [...]
B.C. New Democrats under rookie leader Mike Harcourt won a solid majority government October 17, gaining three-quarters of the province’s ridings, while the governing Social Credit Party under Premier Rita Johnston plummeted from 41 to 7 seats. Much agonizing over this election had gone on in the ranks of Christian voters. The newly-formed Family Coalition Party (FCP) of B.C., had candidates in [...]
Another political ruling Vancouver – The BC Supreme Court has ruled that the province can no longer exclude same-sex partners from its Medicare definition of spouses. The decision means homosexual couples will be entitled to the same medical coverage as any other couple. The Supreme Court’s ruling came in response to a court action launched by Timothy Knodel, a Vancouver male nurse. [...]