Politics Articles

Liberal MP says family breakup key to poverty

June 19, 1999|Comments Off on Liberal MP says family breakup key to poverty

Government should respect traditional units A Liberal MP's recently released book is exposing the connection between family breakdown and poverty, [...]

Choosing a Government: Bad advice from on high

June 19, 1999|Comments Off on Choosing a Government: Bad advice from on high

Choosing a Government (CAG) was produced by the Social Affairs Commission of the Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops. It came [...]

Religion and politics

June 19, 1999|Comments Off on Religion and politics

For those of us living in Ontario and New Brunswick, the most important political concern at this time should be [...]

Ontario needs real leadership

June 19, 1999|Comments Off on Ontario needs real leadership

May 14 marked the 30th anniversary of the legalization of abortion in Canada. Did Ontario Premier Mike Harris say anything [...]

FCP: The only real pro-life option

May 19, 1999|Comments Off on FCP: The only real pro-life option

This article appeared originally as the editorial in the April issue of Catholic Insight, and is reprinted with permission. Ontario [...]

Ontario heads to the polls

May 19, 1999|Comments Off on Ontario heads to the polls

While little progress has been made on life issues since the last election, a few MPPs have stood out Just [...]

Ontario NDP has abandoned ‘the little guy’

May 19, 1999|Comments Off on Ontario NDP has abandoned ‘the little guy’

Pro-lifers say the party aggressively promotes abortion, while claiming to be ‘family-friendly' The Ontario NDP released its election agenda in [...]

Tax families fairly, opposition says

April 19, 1999|Comments Off on Tax families fairly, opposition says

Liberals promise study of discrimination against single-income families Jumping on a gaffe by a junior minister in the federal government, [...]

Several reasons to call your MP now

March 16, 1999|Comments Off on Several reasons to call your MP now

So what have our parliamentarians been up to in the last couple of months? With a controversial court ruling in [...]

MP introduces conscience bill

March 16, 1999|Comments Off on MP introduces conscience bill

Reform MP Maurice Vellacott is the House of Commons's answer to the now-retired Senator Stanley Haidasz. Pro-lifers have been trying [...]

Individual MPs to have greater say in Ottawa

March 16, 1999|Comments Off on Individual MPs to have greater say in Ottawa

Reform of private members' business may curb government's power to stifle pro-life bills If they can use the new rules [...]