It has been customary for the NDP, just as it has been for the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League, to deny that the movement is “pro-abortion.” On December 23, 1984, Toronto Sun columnist Claire Hoy discussed Morgentaler and the NDP. He first refuted a Toronto Star editorial of December 21, which had argued that Morgentaler should not have been re-charged. This, Hoy [...]
With the coming election and campaign to vote life, there will undoubtedly be the usual criticisms levied against our single issue voting. Criticisms like those published in an editorial entitles “Taste and Ethics” in the Catholic weekly, The Prairie Messenger. That 1982 editorial contended: But it is not sound reasoning to base one’s ballot decision on any single issue…Surely no one is [...]
During an election swing through Metropolitan Toronto, David Peterson stepped on to a subway train and found that abortion had become an election issue. Just as the Premier boarded the train, so did some 15 pro-lifers who joined him holding placards protesting the Premier’s abortion policies. On Thursday, September 10, Ontario voters go to the polls and pro-life groups are using all [...]
The latest pornography legislation introduced by the Progressive Conservative government omits a vital clause which until now has prevented abortionists from advertising their services. Bill C-54 introduced by Justice Minister Ray Hnatyshyn in May, is the second attempt by the present government to revise Canadian pornography laws. This time around, several sections of the existing legislation have not been rewritten, but instead [...]
Now that the Ontario Provincial Election is over and the Liberals have been swept to an overwhelming victory, it might be wise to reflect a little on the outcome. Two years ago, an organizer for the Ontario Liberal Party sketched plans for a Liberal Majority Government which included wooing the feminist vote while maintaining bedrock support from the Roman Catholic community. “The [...]
The pro-abortion government of David Peterson was voted back into power September 10, gaining one of the largest majorities in Ontario history. Despite this, pro-life leaders in the province have found some reason to be happy about the election results. In 36 ridings across the province, candidates ran under the pro-family, pro-life Family Coalition Party banner. Party leaders are pleased with the [...]
July 1985 Premier Peterson, speaking in the Ontario Legislature, confirms that the new Liberal/NDP government will seek “methods of having fair and even access across the province for regularly constituted abortion clinics.” Verbal violence of the media (Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, television and radio) against pro-life picketers continues to accelerate (“Anti-choice fanatics…”, anti-choice extremists…”, dangerous lunatic fringe…”, Pro-life terrorists…”, deranged minority…”, [...]
January 1981 Bob Rae, (MPP, York South-Weston), while still federal MP for Broadview-Greenwood, circulates a personal statement on abortion which contains the following sentences: “I do not support abortion on demand. Neither does the NDP…I think the question as to whether a woman should have an abortion is essentially a matter of conscience between the woman and her doctor.” (NDP Circular on [...]
It has been customary for the NDP, just as it has been for the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League, to deny that the movement is “pro-abortion.” On December 23, 1984, Toronto Sun columnist Claire Hoy discussed Morgentaler and the NDP. He first refuted a Toronto Star editorial of December 21, which had argued that Morgentaler should not have been re-charged. This, Hoy [...]
With the coming election and campaign to vote life, there will undoubtedly be the usual criticisms levied against our single issue voting. Criticisms like those published in an editorial entitles “Taste and Ethics” in the Catholic weekly, The Prairie Messenger. That 1982 editorial contended: But it is not sound reasoning to base one’s ballot decision on any single issue…Surely no one is [...]
During an election swing through Metropolitan Toronto, David Peterson stepped on to a subway train and found that abortion had become an election issue. Just as the Premier boarded the train, so did some 15 pro-lifers who joined him holding placards protesting the Premier’s abortion policies. On Thursday, September 10, Ontario voters go to the polls and pro-life groups are using all [...]
PROVINCIAL SCENE Ontario Tories, October 1984 The Ontario Tory leadership race is under way. Candidate Dennis Timbrell declares that he accepts the federal law on abortion (Section 251 of the Criminal Code). However, he opposed abortion on demand and any further liberalization of the abortion law. December 1984 The Attorney General Roy McMurtry, appeals the November 1984 jury acquittal of Morgentaler, but [...]
(A synopsis of who has said what on pro-life, pro-family issues in Parliament) Abortion (debates): During the final hour of debate on Mitges’ Motion, Paul Gagnon, John Nunziata and Vince Dantzer spoke in favor of the motion, while Doug Lewis, Pauline Jewett, Lise Bourgault and Jean-Guy Hudon spoke against it (for a summary of the vote on the motion see article elsewhere). [...]
The report of the Standing Committee on Secretary of State regarding the Women’s Program of the Secretary of State Department and its funding practices was tabled in the House of Commons on June 16. The report followed seven months of investigation and hearings by the Committee during which 144 organizations and 265 individuals submitted briefs and testimony. The 22-page report contains recommendations [...]
Mary-Ellen Douglas, president of Campaign Life Ontario, lead the discussion entitled, “Politics – who is pro-life?” at the Life and Family Conference recently held in Toronto. The main focus of the workshop was the identification and targeting of pro-life and pro-abortion political candidates. Many suggestions were offered in the course of the discussion, the most interesting of which dealt with using a [...]