Paul Tuns On Dec. 13, it was announced that the Trudeau government may once again delay the expansion of euthanasia to people suffering solely from mental illness. In March 2021, Parliament passed Bill C-7, which expanded euthanasia to those whose natural death was not reasonably foreseeable as well as to those suffering solely from mental illness. The law’s liberalization of the euthanasia [...]
Paul Tuns A new report reveals that pregnancy resource centres (PRCs) provided nearly $360 million in services and goods in a single year, even as Democrat-controlled states reduce funding and try to restrict their operations. The “Hope for a New Generation” report covers 2022 and is a joint “collaboration of Charlotte Lozier Institute, Care Net, Heartbeat International, and National Institute of Family [...]
Paul Tuns Dec. 6 tweet from Veterans 4 Freedom According to a directive issued by Employment and Social Development Canada, beginning Dec. 15, all federally regulated workplaces, government offices, and military bases must provide menstruation products in men’s bathrooms as part of the government’s program to promote “inclusivity.” Feminists have lobbied for free feminine hygiene products to battle what they [...]
Oswald Clark Where Have All the Democrats Gone: The Soul of the Party in the Age of Extremes by John B. Judis and Ruy Teixeira (Holt, $38.99, 325 pages) More than two decades ago, John B. Judis and Ruy Teixeira wrote The Emerging Democratic Majority, predicting demographic changes would result in presidential and congressional victories for the Democrats for the foreseeable future. [...]
10. Women facing biological men in competition After the trans-identified Lia Thomas, a biological male, competed and won the 500-yard collegiate freestyle swimming competition in 2022, governing bodies of various sports have been forced to consider their policies of permitting biological males to compete against girls and women. World Athletics, formerly the International Amateur Athletic Federation, which governs track and field, began [...]
Oswald Clark: On Oct. 25, 100 pro-abortion organizations signed the 2023 Blueprint for Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice Policy Agenda (SRHRJ) calling on the Biden administration to increase abortion access in the United States and abroad. The blueprint asserts, “There is no gender equality or bodily autonomy for all without meaningful progress in reproductive justice, freedom, and liberty,” as it [...]
Ohio voters have approved a constitutional amendment adding abortion to the state constitution. Abortion advocates are calling on the Biden administration to pump ever more money and enact even more policies in support of abortion in both the U.S. and abroad. Justin Trudeau and United Nations’ agencies have been loudly promoting abortion as essential to their utopic vision. The common theme here [...]
Oswald Clark: Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin campaigned to maintain the slim Republican lead in the state house and win the state senate in order to pass a 15-week abortion ban that he vowed to sign into law. Republicans in Kentucky hoped to defeat Democrat Andy Beshear who had vetoed pro-life legislation. Neither hope materialized and the media was eager to blame abortion [...]
Oswald Clark and Paul Tuns Analysis: On Nov. 7, nearly four million citizens of Ohio voted to enshrine abortion in the state constitution, in a state that Donald Trump carried by a full eight percentage points in 2020. The vote was the seventh consecutive defeat for pro-lifers in statewide referenda since the Dobbs decision in June 2022 reversed the infamous 1973 Roe [...]
Paul Tuns, Review: Social Justice Fallacies by Thomas Sowell, 224 pages, (Basic Books, $35, 224 pages) Economist and writer Thomas Sowell’s latest book, Social Justice Fallacies, examines the incorrect assumption that different outcomes for visible minorities or women are prime facie evidence of unjust discrimination. Sowell says the notion that absent racism or sexism all groups would perform identically is fundamentally flawed. Over [...]
Paul Tuns: On Nov. 19, in the second round of presidential voting in Argentina, the second largest country in South America, the eccentric, pro-life libertarian, Javier Milei, was elected president. During his victory speech, Milei declared, “Today begins the reconstruction of Argentina. Today begins the end of Argentina's decline. The model of decadence has come to an end.” Milei is a populist [...]
Oswald Clark: On October 1, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) filled the seat left vacant senate seat following the death of long-time pro-abortion Democrat Dianne Feinstein two days earlier with an out-of-state abortion activist. Newsom vowed to fill appoint a black woman and named Laphonza Butler to fill the seat until next year’s senate election. Butler, a lesbian, was born in Mississippi and lived [...]
Oswald Clark: On Oct. 9, Robert F. Kennedy, who had been running for the Democratic presidential nomination for 2024 against President Joe Biden, announced he would instead make an independent run saying the Democratic National Committee’s rules make it impossible for any challenger to run a competitive race against the incumbent president. Kennedy is now turning his attention to qualifying to get [...]
Paul Tuns: John Rustad caused a stir in his first question in the B.C. legislature since being acclaimed leader of the Conservative Party of B.C. in March. On Oct. 3, he questioned the government about its Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) policies in schools – a move condemned by the Premier and the Education Minister. Pointing to recent pro-parental rights protests, [...]
Paul Tuns: On Sept. 28, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a statement affirming his government’s support for abortion both domestically and abroad to mark International Safe Abortion Day and tweeted his support for abortion. Trudeau tweeted, “In Canada, abortions have been a safe and legal part of health care since 1988. We’ll make sure that continues to be the case. We’ll [...]