Shown below are the Articles from the Convention which are of particular interest to Interim readers, plus the legislation that has been put in place to bring Canada in line with the Convention and the excerpts from the 1983 Report. Many more examples of women’s rights legislation are available than are listed here. We have confined our examples to those [...]
Abortion is definitely an issue in the Ontario election called for May 2. Ontario’s 8 ½ million people constitute one third of Canada’s population. The April 11 issue of the Toronto Star carried a long article entitled “Morgentaler’s clinic fuels abortion issue.” “Clarifying statements by all three leaders,” the reporter noted, “have boosted the spirits of pro-choice contingent [...]
In 1981 the Federal government ratified a United Nations Convention which, if fully integrated into Canadian legislation, stands to change the family both in its legal rights and in its social patterns. Ostensibly this document, The United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women, is an international agreement to help guarantee equal rights [...]
Manitoba licensing On March 8, the registrar of the Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dr. James Morison, announced that Henry Morgentaler has been re-licensed to practice medicine in the province. Pro-Life spokesman, Pat Soenen denounced the decision. Morison pointed out that the license does not permit Morgentaler to perform abortions at his Winnipeg clinic, which is his announced [...]
Private Member’s bills usually attract little attention, but Mr. Enoch Powell’s measure-the Unborn Children Protection Bill- is not in this category. It’s importance is underscored by the fact that, although attendance in the House of Commons is usually sparse on Fridays, an unusually large number of Members attended the Bill’s second reading on Friday February 15 1985. The [...]
A new organization, the Catholic Civil Rights League, is concerned with countering evidence of anti-religious bias in three areas: the media; the schools; and the legal-political arena. The fledgling group received its first publicity from the Catholic Register which covered its first meeting in a front page story (March 16). The editor, Larry Henderson, also devoted an [...]
In the December 1984 edition of the Presbyterian Record. Alex Calder, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Canada, called for a change in the existing abortion law. He also referred to the weakness in his church’s position on abortion. In a letter co-signed by his wife, Helen, Calder states that he believes that “babies are babies from the beginning” [...]
In seeking justice for our nation, there are limitations and governing principles to which we must strictly adhere. First, we must be content to let God handle the retributive or punitive aspects of justice. The goal of Christians in pursuing justice is to restrain evil and to protect the innocent. This, in practical terms means that [...]
The following is an edited version of the pamphlet “Action on Abortion – the Christian Witness in a Polarized Debate.” The pamphlet is available from the Committee for Contact with the Government, Council of Christian Reformed Churches in Canada, 760 Brant Street, Suite 408, P.O. Box 5070, Burlington, Ontario L7R 3Y8. …We base our discussion on the position [...]
AdeV The Canadian Armed Forces have dismissed five lesbian women who served at a top-secret submarine tracking station at Shelburne, Nova Scotia. They were considered a security risk. The new Minister of Defence Erik Nielsen brushed aside an NDP demand for changes in a policy that bars homosexual men and women from the armed forces. The Globe and Mail [...]
Mr. John Gormley (The Battlefords-Meadow Lake) moved for leave to introduce Bill C-226, an Act to amend the Criminal Code (abortion). Mr. Speaker: Shall the Hon. Member have leave to introduce the Bill? Some Hon. Members: Agreed Mr. Gormley: Mr. Speaker, every year over 65,000 abortions are performed in Canadian Hospitals. An overwhelming number [...]
On March 4, 1985, the House of Commons discussed for an hour the private Members’ bill of PC MP Gus Mitges. Also participation in the debate were MPs Svend Robinson (NDP), Mary Collions (PC) and Alen Redway (PC). The following are some extracts, together with summaries: That, in the opinion of this House, the Constitution Act, 1982, should be [...]
The Lethbridge and District Pro-Life Association suggests that income-tax-return time is a good moment to protest taxpayers’ money being used to fund abortions. Letters, such as the one printed below(but not exact copies), could be included with you income tax return. Another letter on the same subject could be sent to your Federal Member of Parliament, at the House of Commons, [...]
Alberta Calgary City council is using taxpayers’ money to fund an abortion-referral agency, says Michael Malley, co-ordinator of Calgary Coalition for Life. He charged that the city “is simply paying the salaries of pro-abortionists to spread their views.” The Calgary Birth Control Association will soon receive $156, 055 in city funding if council agrees to the recommendations made by [...]
For the past several years Quebec has been the scene of so much political turmoil, and its population has been divided over so many issues, that pro-life activists have found it difficult to make their voices heard amidst the general clamour. It is hard to convince an anglophone parent that there is any issue more important [...]