Category: Canada

50 years after abortion legalized in Canada: Why it still matters.

By We Need a Law Ottawa, Ontario– To mark the 50th anniversary of abortion’s legalization under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, several producers have worked with a Calgary-based filmmaker in putting together The Missing Project. This is a two-part initiative that began with the release of daily short video stories on how abortion has impacted Canadians. …

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Trump and Pence versus Trudeau—Life versus Death

By Parliamentary Network for Critical Issues President Trump and Vice President Pence have strongly defended not only their belief that children in the womb and their mothers should be protected from the violence of abortion but their foreign policy seeks to fund international organizations that advance life-affirming solutions and non-violent health care services. In contrast, …

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Canada’s Maxime Bernier on abortion: “This issue is not settled”

By We Need a Law Maxime Bernier, leader of the upstart People’s Party of Canada, has issued some strong statements in support of advancing abortion regulations in Canada. In a series of tweets, Maxime Bernier responded to a report in La Presse newspaper that the Ministry of Health in Quebec was looking into ensuring late-term …

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No, Canada’s abortion debate is far from ‘settled’

By Jonathan Van Maren Let’s run a little thought experiment. Suppose I told you about a social and political issue so explosive that it brings the largest number of people each year to Parliament Hill to protest, with more than 10,000 gathering in Ottawa this year to express their discontent with the government while thousands …

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Canadian Cinemas ‘Effectively Ban’ Film ‘Unplanned’ Over ‘Pro-Life Content’

By Gabriel Hays According to its producers, the pro-life film Unplanned has been effectively “banned” in Canada due to several prominent Canadian distributors’ refusal to pick up the film because of its pro-life content. Both Landmark and Cineplex, “two of the largest distributors in Canada” have refused to run Unplanned in Canadian theaters. Writer and …

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Fifty Canadians share their abortion stories to mark 50 years of legal abortion

The Missing Project documents what Canadians miss when they ignore this issue. By We Need a Law On May 14th, 1969, Parliament legalized abortion but few films have shown the impact of this change on Canadians. The Missing Project marks the anniversary of the 1969 law, by sharing 50 stories of Canadians from across the …

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Fifty Canadians share their abortion stories to mark 50 years of legal abortion

By We Need a Law.ca This Mother’s Day, a new film project launched, documenting 50 years of legal abortion in Canada. The Missing Project documents what Canadians miss when they ignore the issue of abortion. On May 14th, 1969, Parliament legalized abortion, but few films have shown the impact of this change on Canadians. The …

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Prolifers unite for Canadian March for Life on 50th anniversary of legalized abortion

By Lianne Laurence OTTAWA, May 9, 2019 — Thousands of Canadians are in Ottawa today for the national March for Life marking 50 years of legal abortion in their country. But as well as mourning the four million unborn children killed by abortion in those five decades, pro-life advocates are looking ahead to Canada’s federal …

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Canadian woman pleads guilty to attacking two peaceful pro-life demonstrators

By Dave Andrusko Last year, a video of Jordan Hunt, a Toronto hairstylist, delivering a roundhouse kick on an unsuspecting woman at a Life Chain rally in Toronto went viral. Who would have anticipated what would happen October 1 , the very next day? Another lesser known attack—in this instance Gabriela Skwarko who in another …

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“The Missing Project”: A pro-life video project tells the impact of 50 years of legal abortion in Canada

By We Need A Law This year marks the 50th anniversary of legal abortion in Canada. The Missing Project seeks to tell the story of abortion in Canada by featuring fifty stories of Canadians whose lives have been touched by it. We are teaming up with organizations across Canada to film 50 personal testimonies showing …

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Euthanasia deaths in Quebec rising rapidly

Is death-by-doctor becoming normalised? By Michael Cook Quebec’s euthanasia law came into effect three years ago, in December 2015. Since then, 1,664 Québécois have been euthanised, according to a report tabled in the Quebec parliament. A total of 845 persons were euthanised in the nine months from July 2017 to March 2018, compared to 638 …

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Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau’s govt. modifies pro-abortion summer jobs attestation, but pro-life concerns remain

By Calvin Freiburger OTTAWA, December 6, 2018-– Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government has finally announced a change to a controversial condition of its summer jobs program, but pro-lifers say the “concession” still imperils the conscience rights and religious liberty of pro-life Canadians. The Canada Summer Jobs Program offers money to groups that hire students …

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