The New Brunswick election has come and gone and pro-lifers are none the wiser. Abortion and other moral issues were being ignored, the New Brunswick Right to Life Association stated a few days before the September 23 election. Frank McKenna’s ruling Liberal party swept to another smashing victory, winning 46 of 58 seats and with 47 per cent of the vote. The [...]
The recent U.S. Senate hearing which preceded the confirmation of Judge Clarence Thomas as a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, left the nation reeling. In one of the most vicious inquisitions witnessed by Americans, much of the brotherhood which was previously spread from sea to shining sea was drowned in the muddy waters of indiscriminate character assassination. As a result of [...]
Vancouver Jack Clarke, columnist for the Vancouver daily, The Province, commenting on the nomination of Judge Clarence Thomas for the U.S. Supreme Court, considered with some horror that the Court might overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion-on-demand ruling. Apparently he has just now discovered that the Supreme Court “has set itself above political opinion.” “We want nothing like this in Canada,” [...]
Vancouver – The Family Coalition Party (FCP) of British Columbia got off to a good start with a fundraising dinner on September 4 with dinner on September 4 with the former B.C. Premier Bill Vander Zalm as guest speaker. Although the former Premier said he would not abandon the Social Credit Party, he nevertheless endorsed Kathleen Toth, a FCP candidate in the [...]
Prominent U.S. pro-life activist John Cavanagh O’Keefe often expressed the opinion that no conference was complete unless the speeches and workshops were followed by action. Taking this to heart, almost eighty conference delegates carrying signs participated in an early morning picket of Women’s Hospital, where over 2,000 preborn babies are killed each year. While security guards and hospital staff were surprised by [...]
If variety is indeed the spice of life, the 1991 annual conference, sponsored by Campaign Life Coalition and Alliance for Life, was a feast. Hosted by Winnipeg League for Life, the conference which carried the theme :Life is Irreplaceable,” offered workshops on almost every facet of pro-life education and activism and involved an impressive slate of speakers from home and abroad. During [...]
The Family Coalition Party of British Columbia, under the leadership of Kathleen Toth, was granted registration as a political party on June 17. The new provincial party, founded on the same principles as its Ontario counterpart, was formed to provide a place for pro-life voters to register their support for traditional family values – values which recognize parents as the prime educators [...]
May 29, 1991 Dear Mr. Campbell, I carefully read your letter of endorsement and commitment to the Reform Party and its leader Preston Manning. Since you call yourself “A non-partisan voice for Christ and His Church in Canadian public life,” I assumed that in light of this profound statement you had pondered your decision to join the Reform Party carefully and prayerfully. [...]
Campaign Life Coalition has never endorsed a federal political party. As a national pro-life organization it has steadfastly worked towards enshrining in law, the right to life of every human being, from conception onwards. This has involved educating Canadians politically and campaigning for the election of a pro-life Parliament. CLC has, from its very beginning, carefully and conscientiously researched every political candidate [...]
The proposed Ontario Substitute Decision Act is said to promote death with dignity (Living Wills legislation tabled by NDP – May 28). That cleverly conceived vocabulary for passive euthanasia is a mischievous use of language. Human life is not a conditional value. Being alive is a good in and of itself – no conditions attached. While there are unfortunate situations of illness [...]
NDP MP Chris Axworthy (Saskatoon-Clark’s Crossing) has introduced a Private Member’s Bill to “legalize the administration of euthanasia under certain conditions to persons who request it and are suffering from an irremediable condition.” Bill C-261, which received First Reading in the House of Commons on June 19, would amend the Criminal Code to make it lawful for a qualified medical practitioner who [...]
In his classic novel, A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens wrote, “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” For those needing health care, there is no ambiguity. These are critical times. Confronted with Ontario’s exploding health care crisis, NDP Premier Bob Rae’s smug response was that in a recession, “We can all be expected to tighten [...]
The position of the Progressive Conservative Party on human life was made abundantly clear at its national convention in Toronto from August 6 to 10. While nothing was spared I party or media hype concerning the economy, national unity and the distinct nature of Quebec, the preborn child and those facing terminal illness were very quickly expelled to the realms of the [...]
Ontario Federal Liberals have given pro-life policies high priority in their submission to a National Policy Convention to be held in Hull, Quebec next February. Over 900 delegates attended the Ontario wing of the party’s Annual General Meeting and Policy Rally at McMaster University June 14-16. From 120 policy statements presented to the delegates, only twelve were selected to be sent on [...]
The funding was communicated privately by telephone to the four Toronto independent abortuaries on June 13. It might never have been made public if it weren’t for the fact that Henry Morgentaler and CARAL (Canadian Abortion Rights Action League) decided to honour, with a press conference on June 18, what they thought was “a historic occasion.” Ontario then learned that the NDP [...]