President Clinton's recent "confession" was more like a soft-pedalling of his involvement with Monica Lewinsky. Like abortion, it was an experience he would probably want to be either unnecessary or extremely rare. And the rhetoric he employed to soften his illicit relationship with Miss Lewinsky bears a striking resemblance to the standard pro-abortion rhetoric that he and other like-minded supporters of abortion [...]
From behind a political mask of pseudo-democracy within a "global village," the definitive shape of a new "civil society" composed of national and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), community-based organizations (CBOs), and private voluntary organizations (PVOs), has been institutionalized at UN conferences. The new "civil society" substitutes for the nations' electorates through its policy-making relationship with local, national, and international governments. Neither they [...]
UN secretary general Kofi Annan called the new International Criminal Court a "gift of hope to future generations, and a giant step forward in the march towards universal human rights and the rule of law." Campaign Life Coalition fears the ICC will be a "powerful instrument of forced social change by feminist, homosexual, and other radical groups." Many pro-lifers also see the [...]
James Dobson is sick and tired of empty promises. Fed up with what he sees as the U.S. Republican party's failure to act conservatively on vital social and moral issues during the last few years (despite having a majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives), the respected founder and head of the influential Focus on the Family organization has [...]
United Nations Watch During its 50th anniversary session in December 1995, the UN General Assembly initiated a Preparatory Committee for the purpose of creating a permanent international criminal court. While it is generally understood that the finalization of the document will be completed by the delegates and 800 participating non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at the final session of the Preparatory Committee to be [...]
Most pro-life advocates are fully aware that in order to change the law on abortion, we need legislators to introduce that legislation and a sufficient number of them to vote in favor of it - in the House of Commons and in the Senate. I dare say that the lack of activity in this area since the failure of the controversial Bill [...]
New leader chosen for FOF-Canada The newly named president of the Focus on the Family (Canada) Association says social issues will continue to be an important aspect of his administration. “Certainly, from a social action perspective, my heart beats for that,” says Darrel Reid. “I want to make sure the cause of the family is represented well in all aspects of Canadian [...]
REAL Women of Canada held its national conference in conjunction with Alberta Federation of Women United for Families when 130 participants from across Canada converged on Calgary, Alberta, March 27-28. Gwen Landolt, national vice president and lawyer from Ontario said, “Something is happening in Canada,” and explained that she had read Hansard for 15 years, but in the last two years she [...]
Pro-lifers are expressing disappointment following the recent federal by-election to replace staunchly pro-life and pro-family MP Sharon Hayes in the riding of Port Moody-Coquitlam, B.C. Hayes, a member of the Reform party, was forced to resign because of her husband’s severely ill health. Liberal Lou Sekora won the riding over seven other candidates in the by-election March 30, winning 39 per cent [...]
The spectre of an activist Supreme Court of Canada that supersedes the jurisdictions of the governments of Canada - not surprisingly, in a left-liberal direction - has reared its head once again with the court’s recent ruling in the Delwin Vriend case. Groups and individuals across Canada are sounding the alarm after the court unanimously decided April 2 that legal protection must [...]
Finding the time to influence your MP I want to update you on the progress of Senator Haidasz’s conscience clause bill and draw your attention to several private members’ bills introduced recently that are a threat to the family. But first, a brief note on political “lobbying.” March 5 was an important day for me; I finally made sure that the big [...]
Pro-lifers across Canada are paying tribute to Senator Stanley Haidasz, who retired March 4 at the age of 75 after a long career marked by strong and consistent pro-life leadership. Haidasz was a refreshing departure from the norm in Canadian politics, the ranks of which have been filled with politicians either of anti-life persuasion, a “personally opposed but ...” moral stance or [...]
Dear Mister Marchi, I am writing on behalf of a broad coalition of organizations representing millions of Canadians to invite you to participate in a public debate on the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI). As you know, in the last few weeks there has been increasing demand from all sides of this critical issue for a full public hearing on the MAI. [...]
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. - For the second time in a decade, the province of P.E.I. is being pressured to protect sexual orientation. A legislative committee considering amendments to the Human Rights Act held hearings from Jan. 21 to March 12. Midway through the hearings, many Islanders were shocked to learn of the existence of a one-year-old letter from Premier Pat Binns that promised [...]
The notion of a completely impartial judiciary took another body blow with Supreme Court Chief Justice Antonio Lamer’s recent admission that public opinion plays a role in important legal decisions. Speaking at the Faculty of Law of the University of Toronto Feb. 6, Justice Lamer said popular opinion was a factor in his decision 10 years ago to overturn Canada’s former abortion [...]