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What government can do to help caregivers26 Jan 2012
A new study is calling for increased support for family caregivers in Canada. Supporting Caregivers and Caregiving in an Aging Canada by Janice Keefe of the Institute for Research on Public Policy addresses the pressing issue of how to care for an increasing elderly population as ... -- Read full story
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Child abuse scandals rock Hollywood. Or not.26 Jan 2012
Just as the sordid but ongoing saga of filmmaker and convicted pedophile Roman Polanski fades once again from the headlines, stories of child abuse in Hollywood have erupted again, with an unprecedented frequency. Of course, if you don’t know where to look for this sort of ... -- Read full story
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Bullying in the name of anti-bullying16 Jan 2012
On Nov. 30, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty introduced Bill 13, The Accepting Schools Act. This arrived on the heels of a tragic and much-publicized suicide involving Ottawa teenager, Jamie Hubley. The teen suffered with depression and happened to also be openly gay. The media dutifully painted ... -- Read full story
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There are limits to personal autonomy16 Jan 2012
In defense of the pernicious proposition that all mentally competent Canadians should have a legal right to medical assistance in committing suicide, the “expert panel” of the Royal Society of Canada on end-of-life decision making contends, in its recent report, that: “Autonomy (or the capacity for ... -- Read full story
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The year just finished and the year ahead06 Jan 2012
Politically, this past year might have been one of the busiest we ever had. Campaign Life Coalition and its provincial wings were busy with the federal election, elections in five provinces, and local elections in British Columbia (and municipal elections in Ontario near the end of 2010). ... -- Read full story
Abortion
A benign-sounding Ontario initiative could result in more abortions Few people living in Ontario have ever heard of the Fetal Alert Network (FAN). According ... (read more...)
08 Oct 2011• How much does abortion cost taxpayers?
29 Sep 2011• U.K. releases eugenic numbers
29 Aug 2011• Free the Children promotes abortion agenda
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Bioethics
Toronto scientists at Mount Sinai Hospital have discovered problems in using reprogrammed stem cells for personalized organ repair. “It looks like the reprogramming process which creates (embryonic-like) ... (read more...)
31 Mar 2011• Genetically selected embryo to save siblings
28 Feb 2011• Supreme Court rules against federal fertility law
22 Feb 2011• Pro-lifers worry about pre-natal genetic screening
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Euthanasia
In defense of the pernicious proposition that all mentally competent Canadians should have a legal right to medical ... (read more...)
14 Jan 2012• B.C. court hears arguments in euthanasia case
04 Jan 2012• What you need to know about the Carter case
27 Dec 2011• B.C. case challenges Canada euthanasia law
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Marriage and Family
There have been several inspirational cases of women who have chosen to put their children’s lives ahead of their own by continuing with their pregnancy. The Toronto Star ... (read more...)
19 Dec 2011• What others are saying
12 Dec 2011• Great expectations
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Politics
On Dec 6., the Institute for Canadian Values held a press conference at Queen’s Park condemning the Liberal government’s ... (read more...)
16 Jan 2012• Bullying in the name of anti-bullying
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Society & Culture
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) released a report on the state of freedom at universities across ... (read more...)
01 Dec 2011• Happy 7 billion
06 Nov 2011• IVF raises numerous ethical questions
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Web Exclusives
Let us begin by looking at holidays as they existed in earlier societies, and trying to distinguish between ... (read more...)
19 Aug 2010• Discussing campus free speech with John Carpay
27 Jun 2010• March for Life media coverage – thank Harper
25 Jun 2010• Obama’s SC choice raises serious concerns
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