Recent Canadian News

Friday April 16, 2010 Canadian Euthanasia Vote Set for Wednesday – Contact MP Now, says EPC OTTAWA, Ontario, April 16, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) is urging concerned Canadians to call or e-mail their Member of Parliament right away as Francine Lalonde (BQ-La Pointe-de-l’Île), the sponsor of Bill C-384, has announced that the vote on her bill to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide is set for Wednesday. “Yesterday, [Lalonde] had an article that was published in Le Devoir, a french language newspaper, where she explains that Bill C-384 will have its second-hour of debate on Tuesday, April […]

Monday April 19, 2010 Calgary U Students Face Expulsion for Pro-Life Display By Patrick B. Craine CALGARY, Alberta, April 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Eight pro-life students at the University of Calgary (UofC), faced with possible expulsion for their activism, gathered this morning to deliver a simple message to their university: “Do unto us whatever you desire, punish us however you wish; but our convictions shall not change, and we shall not alter our actions based on intimidation.” These words were read by Cameron Wilson, vice president of UofC’s Campus Pro-Life (CPL), at a press conference this morning in front of […]

Friday April 9, 2010 Calgary University Threatens Pro-Life Students with Arrest and Sanctions CALGARY, April 9, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two weeks after the University of Calgary defended a presentation by controversial American conservative Ann Coulter by touting its status as a haven for free speech, the university has threatened a group of pro-life students with arrest and sanctions for expressing their views on abortion. On Thursday, Campus Pro-life, the University of Calgary’s pro-life club, set up a pro-life display on campus – the Genocide Awareness Project (GAP). Last year, the university charged the pro-life students with trespassing for erecting the […]

'In Canada There is no Real Equality of Rights'

By Patrick B. Craine To sign a petition in support of Cardinal Ouellet, click here. OTTAWA, Ontario, May 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada, has emphasized the Catholic Church’s teaching that abortion is not only morally evil but that it also must be prohibited by law. According to Catholic teaching, abortion is “considered a crime, a moral crime and a legal crime, too, and the Church is asking the states to penalize the practice of abortion,” said the cardinal. Ouellet made the remarks to Deborah Gyapong of Canadian Catholic News on […]

By Patrick B. Craine BANGKOK, Thailand, May 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Thailand-based partner of the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (D&P), recently exposed for its promotion of a “reproductive health” (RH) bill in the Philippines that has been opposed by the country’s bishops, has scrubbed its site of references to the bill. At the same time, Focus on the Global South (FGS), which is based in Bangkok but operates in the Philippines and India, has left up several articles with openly pro-abortion and pro-contraception statements. The organization has admitted in the past that a significant part of its funding […]

Coulter responds by saying she will file hate speech complaint against Houle

Friday May 21, 2010 Woman Who Suffered Rape and Abortion as Teen: Thank You Cardinal Ouellet By Thaddeus M. Baklinski and John Jalsevac To sign a petition in support of Cardinal Ouellet, click here. OTTAWA, May 21, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Angelina Steenstra may seem like one of the likeliest candidates on earth to be offended by Cardinal Marc Ouellet’s much-criticized statements, made earlier this week at a pro-life conference in Quebec City, that abortion is wrong in all cases, even in the case of rape. As a teenager Steenstra was the victim of a traumatic date rape that resulted in […]

Thursday May 20, 2010 Woman Conceived in Rape Thanks Quebec Cardinal for Abortion Statements By Thaddeus M. Baklinski To sign a petition in support of Cardinal Ouellet, click here. May 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “I am extremely grateful to and proud of Cardinal Ouellet for speaking up to defend the lives of those of us conceived in rape,” says Deborah Morlani, a wife, mother of five children, pro-life speaker, Catholic writer, registered nurse and grad student working on her Master of Theology degree. Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the archbishop of Quebec City and primate of Canada, has endured condemnation and vilification […]

Wednesday May 19, 2010 From Sea to Sea – Marches For Life Occur across Canada By Thaddeus M. Baklinski May 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This year’s Canadian Marches for Life, held across the country from Victoria, British Columbia to St. John’s Newfoundland, were resoundingly successful, with high participation rates and widespread media attention. Here are some highlights from this year’s marches: VICTORIA, British Columbia – Organizers of the 3rd annual BC March for Life in Victoria on May 13 estimate that at least 2,500 people filled Centennial Square, then marched down Douglas Street to the Legislative Buildings. With the aid […]