NDP: the future is the past Anthony Hawkins On December 2 Canada’s New Democratic Party, known from 1932 to 1971 as the CCF (Cooperative Commonwealth Federation) changed leaders. Out went former political science professor Ed Broadbent, 53, from Canada’s car manufacturing centre, Oshawa, Ontario. In came social worker Audrey McLaughlin, 53, formerly of Toronto, more recently from the sparsely populated tundra of [...]
On Saturday, October 28, a group of 100 delegates assembled in Peterborough, Ontario, for the second annual meeting of the Family Coalition Party (FCP) of Ontario. Delegates came from all corners of the provinces to evaluate the Party’s progress, to set new goals, to discuss and ratify new policy and to elect the Provincial Executive for the coming year. Enthusiasm and a [...]
Toronto. Catholics Active for Life have rebuked Prime Minister Brian Mulroney Minister Don Mazankowski, and External Affairs Minister Joe Clark as Catholics unworthy of the name. Their support of the new abortion-for-any-reason bill introduced in the House of Commons on November 3, is utterly shameful and a disgrace to all Canadian Catholics, said Father Alphonse de Valk, president of Catholics Active for [...]
The Future “Access to abortions would be easier and quicker under this bill.” Globe and Mail editorial, November 4. “We’re baffled by Lewis’ explanation that there could be criminal penalties for both women and doctors who knowingly break the law.” Toronto Sun editorial, November 4. “It would restrict auto-mechanics and plumbers from performing an abortion, but otherwise there are no real restrictions [...]
“Bill C-43 is a proposal to kill unborn children,” says a Campaign Life Coalition tabloid sized flyer issued in an English edition of 250.000 copies on November 10. “Pro-life leaders from across Canada have studied the legislation and consulted with each other. From coast to coast pro-life groups are united in calling for the defeat of the legislation,” says a front-page statement. [...]
When abortion bill C-43 was introduced, Prime Minister Mulroney commended it: It’s a reasonable bill. It takes a moderate position for a modern country.” In fact he defended and recommended a law surrounded by cynicism, hypocrisy and lies. What is more, he ordered his cabinet members to vote for it—even against their own consciences. Let us look at three lies: That abortion [...]
Members of parliament have no choice but to vote for a law which protects life from the time of conception till natural death, and this for two reasons. The first is the feeble, nay hopeless position of the so-called pro-choice faction. Disguised as true liberty and progress, the feminist “solution” to individual and communal concerns is nihilistic, as killing new life must [...]
On August 11, following the court rulings on the Barbara Dodd and Chantal Daigle cases, the President of the Canadian Catholic Conference of Bishops, James Hayes, Archbishop of Halifax, sent the following one-liner to Prime Minister Mulroney: “The events of the summer demonstrate clearly that the federal government must assume its responsibility and introduce legislation which will effectively protect the right to [...]
What is meant by “wrongful birth”? E.M.P. North York In a court action for “wrongful birth” physicians are sued because they did not determine (e.g. by amniocentesis) that a pre-born child would be born with a disability, or because they did not inform the parents so that the child could be aborted. The parents need only claim they would have been told [...]
The Ontario government is determined to make abortions legally available in every Ontario city in separate “clinics.” Some 20 “clinics” exist already. A new bill-called the Independent Health Facilities Act-envisages total government control and total government funding for dozens of free-standing clinics “for proper women’s services.” as they are called. But providing and legalizing existing and new facilities at public expense for [...]
Nova Scotia has become the newest abortion battleground in Canada. A threat by Henry Morgentaler to open an abortuary here in Halifax has forced the once silent issue out into the open. The media can no longer ignore the issue of abortion. No longer can government hide from public view the fact that over 1700 abortions take place yearly in Nova Scotia [...]
Many Ontario MPPs claim to be Christian. But few of them stand up for the values which must underlie any decent society. None of them have protested against the Peterson-Caplan abortion policies and only one of them Hans Daigeler (Nepean) who absented himself, lifted a finger to prevent the passage of the Sunday shopping bill, which went ahead despite the massive evidence [...]
Following the Supreme Court judgment of March 9, the two national pro-life bodies, Alliance for Life (educational) and Campaign Life Coalition (political) demanded, 0“Parliament exercise its obligation and pass a law protecting all unborn children.” At press conferences in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver, pro-life representatives called for Canadian law to catch up with science and recognize and protect “the unmistakable humanity of [...]
The Ontario Legislature voted 82 to 35 on February 7, to approve two bills allowing municipalities to choose whether or not to permit open Sunday shopping. It is expected that over a period of time wide open Sundays will prevail even in communities opposed to them. Once a municipality opts for Sunday shopping, the neighboring municipalities will likely follow suit, fearing of [...]
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has chosen a hard line pro-abortionist as federal Justice Minister in his post-election cabinet shuffle. Doug Lewis, the former government house leader, was appointed to replace the defeated Ray Hnatyshyn. One of the principal duties of the justice Minister is the coming year will be to draft and guide through Parliament a new abortion law. Mr. Lewis is [...]