Since coming to office in 1993, the Liberal Government has been engulfed in the struggle to repair Canada’s finance after a decade of complete neglect and short-sightedness.
Without the fiscal discipline spearheaded by Finance Minister Paul Martin, Canadians would not today have the means to deal with social or moral imperatives in a constructive way.
Child poverty is a renewed focus for the Liberal Government, having now earned the means to respond to continuing social injustices.
A number of members of the liberal caucus, including myself, believe the issue of child poverty grows from a sense of moral responsibility to care for and protect the most defenceless members of our society, Canada’s children.
Any genuine concern for the well-being and rights of children cannot forever ignore the rights of the unborn.
The Liberal campaign for the rights of the child will magnify the artificial distinction between a “registered” child, having full rights to care, nourishment and opportunity, and an unborn child who can be slaughtered at will.
In the coming year, the Liberal government should be given credit for its unprecedented financial responsibility and the opportunity that success has provided to deliver a future for all of Canada’s children.
(Ed. Note: this is the first of a series of election-related articles to appear in The Interim. We asked representatives from the Liberal, Reform, Progressive Conservative, NDP and Christian Heritage parties to prepare articles on what they offer to pro-life, pro-family voters. The April issue of will feature an item by Sharon Hayes of Reform.
