Politics Articles
C-384 debated for one hour
On Oct. 2, Bill C-384, Francine Lalonde’s private member’s bill to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide, received its first hour [...]
Saskatchewan Tory MP Andrew Scheer values family
At the age of 25, Andrew Scheer ran for office under the banner of the new Conservative Party [...]
Life issues permeate US health care debate
Health care reform bills introduced by Congressional Democrats and backed by the White House include federal taxpayer funding [...]
Quebec abortion mills exempt from safety, sanitation laws
In the spring, the National Assembly of Quebec passed Bill 34, a law that mandated minimum safety and sanitation requirements [...]
N.B. won’t appeal decision giving Morgentaler standing in funding case
The New Brunswick government has revealed it will not pursue a further appeal to the Supreme Court to prevent abortionist [...]
Former Supreme Court justice Gonthier showed restraint
Charles Gonthier, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, passed away recently at the age of [...]
Enigma Hudak wins Ontario PC leadership
Pro-life MPP Frank Klees finishes strong second The early frontrunner for the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership ended up winning, but [...]
Sotomayor confirmation hearings
Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama’s appointee to the Supreme Court, refused to make her opinion on abortion explicitly known [...]
Bits & Pieces
Canada Former Ontario attorney-general and chief justice Roy McMurtry has been made an officer of the Order of Canada, the [...]
CCRL honours Frank Chauvin
On June 3, the Catholic Civil Rights League honoured Frank Chauvin with its Archbishop Adam Exner Award for Catholic Excellence [...]
MP seeks to end counseling suicide over internet
MP Harold Albrecht (C, Kitchener-Conestoga) says that his recent effort to outlaw the use of the internet to [...]
UN report ignores health risks of abortion
A year and a half after the “Global ‘Safe Abortion’” conference took place in London, abortion advocate Marie Stopes International [...]
MPs who have presented the pro-life petition to Parliament
Gurbax Malhi ................................ (L, Bramalea-Gore-Malton): ................................. May 7; June 9 Paul Szabo ................................... (L, Mississauga South): ..................................... May 11; May [...]
18 MPs present pro-life petitions
NDP MP doesn’t support petition intent but still presents it after school group met in her office during March for [...]
Euthanasia bill introduced in Parliament
On May 12, Francine Lalonde (Bloc, La Pointe-de-l'Île) introduced C-484, a private members bill to legalize euthanasia in Canada. It [...]