Recent Canadian News

Editorial by John-Henry Westen April 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNew.com) – Without much public notice or debate, legislation to require Canadian Supreme Court Justices to be fully bilingual – Bill C-232 – passed the House of Commons last month and is currently being debated in the Senate.  Given the statistics on bilingualism in Canada, the requirement would appear to bias the selection of Supreme Court Justices to individuals from Quebec. Combined with statistics that indicate that Quebec is the most liberal Canadian province in many areas, including on euthanasia, abortion and same-sex ‘marriage,’ the picture that emerges is of requirement that could ideologically bias the […]

Tuesday April 20, 2010 Canadian Bishops: “Catholics for Choice” is Not Catholic By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, April 16, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) has reiterated that the group “Catholics for a Free Choice” is “not Catholic” and “does not represent the teachings or views of the Catholic Church.” The small group, originating in the United States and described as “fraudulent” by faithful Catholics, made media headlines in recent weeks by criticizing the Harper government for refusing to push abortion in the G8 maternal healthcare push. Mainstream media outlets such as Canadian Press, the Montreal Gazette, and the Toronto Sun, all […]

Tuesday April 20, 2010 Development & Peace Admits Concern over Diocese Funding Restrictions By Patrick B. Craine MONTREAL, Quebec, April 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (D&P) has admitted that they fear financial difficulties stemming from new diocesan policies that have been implemented recently by some Canadian bishops. The new policies have been developed in response to revelations over the last year that dozens of D&P partners in the developing world are engaged in promoting abortion and other questionable activities. The admission came from D&P’s executive director, Michael Casey, in an online video to D&P members. […]

Monday April 19, 2010 LifeSiteNews Awarded 2010 National Award by REAL Women of Canada NORTH BAY, ON, April 16, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Saturday, April 17, 2010 at their annual national conference, REAL Women of Canada announced LSN as the recipient of their 2010 National Award. REAL Women National President Cecilia Forsyth explained that the award signifies that the recipient individual or organization has made an exemplary contribution to society. Nominees are expected to demonstrate “honesty, integrity and responsibility; respect for the traditional family unit in society; support for the basic right to life of all human beings; and Judaeo-Christian values.” Forsyth presented the […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski Update: Since this story was published, Premier McGuinty has announced that he is indefinitely suspending plans to implement the new sex-ed curriculum across the board, due to the intense backlash that it has received. Read more here. HAMILTON, April 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board trustees gave unanimous approval last week to their controversial “gender equity policy,” moving the board closer to implementing the homosexuality and “anti-homophobia” curriculum mandated by the Ontario Ministry of Education's Equity and Inclusive Education Strategy. The Hamilton Spectator reported that the board's equity policy, “dealing with the rights and inclusion of lesbian, […]

April 21, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – What follows is the speech that Cameron Wilson, a student at the University of Calgary, gave to the media on Monday, April 19, 2010.  He read it on behalf of the team of pro-life students who were charged with non-academic misconduct, with the possibility of expulsion, for displaying the Genocide Awareness Project on campus (Read more about this story here): We of Campus Pro-Life have been told countless upon countless occasions that the Genocide Awareness Project, and the pictures contained therein, are offensive and hurtful to look at. But if an action is too terrible to […]

Tuesday April 13, 2010 Windsor Children’s Aid Society Pursuing Homosexual Foster Parents By Thaddeus M. Baklinski WINDSOR, Ontario, April 13, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Windsor branch of the Children’s Aid Society (CAS) has formed a partnership with a local homosexual advocacy group, ‘Windsor Pride,’ to encourage adoptive and foster parenting by the area’s homosexual community. The Windsor Star reports that the initiative’s first public information session, which will feature homosexuals who have already adopted or are foster parenting children, will take place on April 14 at the homosexual organization’s downtown center. “I think a lot of people in the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) […]

By Patrick B. Craine OTTAWA, Ontario, April 16, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Prime Minister Stephen Harper's spokesman, Dimitri Soudas, refused today to say whether the PM would allow a free vote in his party on the recently-tabled private members bill from Conservative MP Rod Bruinooge that seeks to protect women from coercive abortions. Asked by LifeSiteNews (LSN) whether there would be a free vote, Soudas responded that “the government's policy is that we will not initiate or support legislation that reopens the debate on abortion.” “That's been the consistent policy of this government and this Prime Minister since he took the position and since […]