Pro-life leaders from across Canada met in Sharon, just north of Toronto from December 2-4, 1988, for Campaign Life Coalition’s Annual Strategy Meeting. There were representatives from eight of the ten provinces. With a large contingent from Nova Scotia; only Newfoundland and New Brunswick were missing. The meeting was a golden opportunity for “reckoning and learning” for it was held in the [...]
Both Alliance for Life and Campaign Life Coalition have hired new Ottawa staff members to continue a pro-life presence in Ottawa. Nancy Jahn, Alliance for Life’s new Federal Liaison Officer was vice-president of the pro-life group in Arnprior, just west of Ottawa. She has several years’ experience on Parliament Hill as both secretary and assistant to Members of Parliament. The liaison officer [...]
The media’s campaign against B.C. Premier Bill Vander Zalm continues unabated. For two years now reporters and columnists have been predicting his downfall, always hoping that their columns might help bring it about. At first amused, then annoyed at a politician who actually believes that his Christian faith ought to inspire his public actions, the Toronto media people became alarmed and even [...]
The problem of giving witness counter to one’s beliefs is as old as mankind. Each generation has to choose between expediency and principle according to the circumstances in which it finds itself. History seems to show that most people incline towards expediency and compromise, leaving the defence of principle to the few. Yet unless the few manage to garner enough support at [...]
If political conventions have acquired a reputation for being sources of hot air, there was one in Toronto on November 3, 4 and 5, 1988, which was a generator of fresh air. The Family Coalition Party of Ontario meeting at the Skyline Hotel approved its Constitution, dealt with thirty-five pages of policy resolution, and elected a new executive. The Family Coalition Party [...]
A New York Times headline, November 10, 1988, read “3 State Referendums Give New Impetus to Anti-Abortion Efforts,” and the journalist commented on speculations by political analysts whether these three pro-life victories indicate “the shift in public attitudes towards abortion.” At present, federal law in the United States prohibits Medicaid funds to be used for abortion, except when the mother’s life is [...]
Bernardette Michael, running as an independent in Don Valley North in the forthcoming federal election, doesn’t have to be convinced of the necessity of protecting the unborn from the moment of conception – it just makes common sense to her. She said recently in an interview: “When I was pregnant with any of my ten children – I never said that I [...]
On October 18, the Toronto Star revealed that John Turner was about to announce a “new” abortion policy: unrestricted abortions up to 22 weeks, and some restrictions thereafter. The “new” policy was leaked by an aide, apparently upset (please note) at the restrictions to be applied after 22 weeks. Statistics show that 90 per cent of abortions in Canada are done up [...]
Introduction The following is a record of where candidates stand on the abortion issue. The list has five columns: 1. Voted for protection of unborn life on July 18, 1988 (This column applies only to incumbent MPs) 2. Spike publicly on behalf of unborn life. (Evidence is based on Hansard for sitting MPs, newspaper clippings, or reliable witnesses present at public occasions [...]
Brian Mulroney did not attend debate or vote on July 28, 1988. On August 2, 1988, reading from a prepared statement on an open line radio show in Vernon, B.C., Prime Minister Brian Mulroney declared: “I do not favour abortion on demand. I have recognized that, as the former statute specifies, abortions could be obtained in certain circumstances.” Mr. Mulroney did not [...]
Members of Parliament struggle daily to untangle the problems and catastrophes that various bureaucracies have inflicted upon their constituents. In between times they try to ensure that legislation in Canada is unfolding as it should. Only rarely do they have the chance to make life’s dreams come true. But, less than 24 hours before Mother Teresa’s visit to Parliament Hill as a [...]
I am writing this article on a lazy, hazy, humid afternoon. It is August 3, to be precise. It will not appear in print for several weeks but the principles will still be valid. Three things roused me to write on this sultry day. The first was the announcement this morning that “Prime Minister Mulroney has at last broken his silence on [...]
The outcome of the November 1988 elections in the United States will have a profound effect on the pro-life struggle, and it is likely that the repercussions will be felt far beyond the U.S. national boundaries. The lives of untold millions of pre-born babies will depend on both the philosophy and policies of the next President (especially with his power to nominate [...]
Christian Heritage Party (CHP) Fields 51 Candidates The Christian Heritage Party has announced that the party will field at least 51 candidates. Federal rules require 50 candidates as a minimum for recognition as a federal party. The following ridings have nominated candidates (Information as of September 6, 1988). CHP Candidates Nominated British Columbia Fraser Valley West Ed Vanwoudenberg Prince George Bert [...]
“My government takes the position that we can in no way be a party to open abortion on demand. The court has spoken. We cannot stop abortions, but we can speak out on behalf of humanity, on behalf of those babies and in support of morality. We can respond to the many thousands of British Columbians who also are vehemently opposed and [...]