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CLC launches petition to pressure Trudeau

July 11, 2014|Comments Off on CLC launches petition to pressure Trudeau

On June 2, Campaign Life Coalition launched a web campaign, including petition, with the goal of repealing Trudeau’s ban on [...]

A profile in cowardice

July 3, 2014|Comments Off on A profile in cowardice

What the muse of history will sing of our age has never been in doubt. Ours is the story of [...]

Bishops speak out against Trudeau diktat

June 30, 2014|Comments Off on Bishops speak out against Trudeau diktat

Four leading Catholic bishops have spoken out against Justin Trudeau’s announcement that individuals who hold pro-life views will be banned [...]

An unchartered ‘right’

June 4, 2014|Comments Off on An unchartered ‘right’

Perhaps the most surprising detail that emerged from Justin Trudeau’s spontaneous, undemocratic pronouncement about the commitment to abortion which future [...]

Conservative MP introduces two euthanasia bills

May 30, 2014|Comments Off on Conservative MP introduces two euthanasia bills

On March 27 MP Steven Fletcher (CPC, Charleswood–St. James–Assiniboia), who is a quadriplegic, tabled a pair of private members bills, [...]

Woodworth refused consent for new motion

May 30, 2014|Comments Off on Woodworth refused consent for new motion

On April 10, Parliament refused to give unanimous consent to Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth’s Motion 476 that called on MPs [...]

Newfoundland premier took part in pro-life walks

May 30, 2014|Comments Off on Newfoundland premier took part in pro-life walks

Frank Coleman, who became leader of the governing Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador, and thus premier of the [...]

Not enough Roy McMurtry on Roy McMurtry

April 29, 2014|Comments Off on Not enough Roy McMurtry on Roy McMurtry

Memoirs and Reflections by Roy McMurtry (University of Toronto Press, $45, 562 pages) Late last year Roy McMurtry released his [...]

Dementia and public policy

March 18, 2014|Comments Off on Dementia and public policy

The aging of Canada’s population and the significant burden posed by complex conditions, such as Alzheimer’s disease, is leading to [...]

Vellacott introduces shared parenting motion

March 17, 2014|Comments Off on Vellacott introduces shared parenting motion

Maurice Vellacott Conservative MP Maurice Vellacott (Saskatoon-Wanuskewin) chose neither of his pro-life bills when it came time to [...]

Vote on Bill 52 may be scuttled by Quebec politics

March 10, 2014|Comments Off on Vote on Bill 52 may be scuttled by Quebec politics

Proposed euthanasia law is ‘unconstitutional, imprecise and lethal’: EPC Quebec premier Pauline Marois may face an election before her [...]