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80% of Canadians Want One Parent to Stay Home with Children	July 18, 2006
LifeSiteNews.com
Almost 80 percent of Canadians think it is better for their children to have one parent stay at home, reported a new survey commissioned by the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada. In a poll conducted by GPC Research (now Fleishman-Hillard Canada) of over 2000 Canadians, 77.9 percent of respondents said they would prefer to have one parent stay at home with their children. Only 20.5 percent said they would prefer to have a competent caregiver take care of the children. The percentage of Canadians in favour of one stay-at-home parent remained high across differences of gender, education, income, marital status, age or regional location. Regardless of differing factors, Canadians consistently rated a stay-at-home parent as the first choice in childcare.

Homosexuals Seek to Shut Down Canadian Pro-Family Websites	July 31, 2006
LifeSiteNews.com
Homosexual activists have denounced three Calgary based websites to the Alberta and Federal Human Rights Commissions, demanding that the sites which post information critical of homosexual behaviour be shut down. Homosexual activists in Alberta have targeted these websites run by Craig Chandler, a Canadian conservative and talk-radio host. The sites contain postings of letters, calls for action, and archived copies of a radio show called Freedom Radio Network. The radio program hosted by Chandler with co-host Erik Gregson describes itself as ?conservative without apology? and ?a breath of fresh air in a world inundated by left wing liberal media?.

Canada Unborn Victims of Violence Act Barred from Coming to a Vote in Parliament	May 31, 2006
LifeSiteNews.com
LifeSiteNews.com has learned that an unborn victims of violence act that would have seen murderers of pregnant women charged with the death of the unborn child as well as his or her mother has been deemed non-votable by a parliamentary subcommittee. The bill (C-291), proposed May 17 by Conservative MP Leon Benoit, was, according to parliamentary sources, rejected as unconstitutional by an all party committee with a Conservative MP chairing giving the Conservatives a majority on the committee. The committee is comprised of Chairman Joe Preston (Conservative), Scott Reid (Conservative), Derek Lee (Liberal), Pauline Picard (BQ), Jean Crowder (NDP).

Prime Minister Harper says Same Sex "Marriage" Vote Coming this Fall	June 2, 2006
LifeSiteNews.com
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said he will hold a free vote on re-opening the marriage debate in Canada this Fall. Carolyn Stewart-Olson, spokesman for Prime Minister Harper, told LifeSiteNews.com that when she made the announcement the Prime-Minister noted that this was a campaign promise.

Harvard Sets out to Clone Human Beings for Research	June 7, 2006
LifeSiteNews.com
The goal of the research is to produce a line of stem cells genetically matched to a living person by first creating a cloned embryo using the person?s genetic material, and then killing the embryo to extract the cellular material. If researchers succeed in cloning embryos, they will allow the tiny human beings to grow for a few days before destroying them in order to extract their cells.

Toddler missing in southern Manitoba	May. 28 2006
CTV.ca
A Manitoba toddler has been found safe after disappearing for more than 24 hours. Two-year-old Kaitlyn Waldner went missing in front of a family member's trailer near the town of Carman in southern Manitoba.

UNICEF to End Hallowe'en Box Collection in Canada	May 30, 2006
LifeSiteNews.com
The CBC reports today that UNICEF has announced that it will no longer be collecting funds with the familiar orange boxes at Hallowe'en as of this year. For fifty years, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund has been collecting the coins in Canada to fund its work in developing countries.

40,000 women 'sex trafficked' for World Cup	May 26, 2006
WorldNetDaily.com
In response to reports that 40,000 young women will be brought to Germany from Central and Eastern Europe to "sexually service" men attending the World Cup soccer championship next month, a Catholic group warns that many are desperately poor and will be "sex trafficked" against their will.

PMO muzzles MPs on wedding of gay Mounties	May. 26 2006
CTV.ca
The Prime Minister's Office has warned Conservative MPs not to comment on the marriage next month of two gay RCMP constables. The gag order went to all MPs but was aimed at "the small minority who might say something stupid,'' said one caucus member.

Canadian March for Life 2006 - 5,700 Take Part	May 15, 2006
LifeSiteNews.com
Nearly six thousand people from across Canada took part in the annual March for Life in the national capital Thursday. The perfect weather, a warm day with cloud cover to keep the burning sun at bay, was very much appreciated by the upbeat crowd made up mostly of youth, thousands of whom arrived on buses from high schools in Ontario.

Unborn Victims of Violence Bill Proposed in Canadian Parliament	May 17, 2006
LifeSiteNews.com
Conservative MP Leon Benoit introduced in Parliament today a bill to recognize unborn victims of violence. Bill C-291, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (injuring or causing the death of a child before or during its birth while committing an offence), saw first reading today.

RU486 hits a new hurdle	February 26, 2006
heraldsun.news.com.au
DESPITE one of the most emotional and historic conscience votes seen in Federal Parliament, the controversial abortion pill RU486 looks unlikely to be made widely available to Australian women.

Canadian Media Company ?gives the finger? to Catholicism in New Zealand	February 27, 2006
LifeSiteNews.com
A New Zealand Catholic organization, Family Life International, has called broadcasters to task for showing an episode of the satirical animated series, South Park, that they say is libelous and blasphemously obscene. The programme, ?Bloody Mary,? aired Wednesday Feb. 22nd and was brought to the country?s airwaves by Winnipeg, Canada-based CanWest Global Communications Corp.

A nation's new gods	February 25, 2006
WorldNetDaily.com
.....most alarmed of all is current Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin whose views on judges as the ultimate guardians of the Canadian soul read like something out of Plato. She is the most horrified of all. When a person is appointed to the bench, she has explained, he or she acquires a unique wisdom and knowledge that enables a judge to determine with certainty how Canadians must live.

Scientist Discovers Promising Alternative to Embryonic Stem Cells	February 24, 2006
Concerned Women for America
?This new discovery provides what appears to be a superior alternative to embryonic stem cells,? said Wendy Wright, President of Concerned Women for America. ?We are thankful to researchers who are diligently seeking ethical means of helping patients despite the crush of pressure to focus only on experiments using embryos.?

Ontario Liberals Propose Denying ?Working Poor? Federal Child Care Supplement	March 1, 2006
LifeSiteNews.com
Under an election promise from the federal Conservatives, $1,200 per child per year would be given to families with children under the age of six years old to offset the cost of childcare. Stephen Harper said that passing the childcare supplement bill will be a priority for his government when MPs return to the house in April, with cheques going out by July.

The Myths and Reality of Living Together Without Marriage	February 27, 2006
Concerned Women for America
In the United States, living together instead of marrying has become the norm for couples - half of young adults aged 20-40 are cohabiting instead of getting married. Cohabitation has increased nearly 1,000 percent since 1980, and the marriage rate has dropped more than 40 percent since 1960.

Woman Wins $105,000 From Doctor Who ?Failed? Abortion of Her Son	March 2, 2006
LifeSiteNews.com
A mother who sued her doctor for failing to complete the abortion of her son has been awarded $104,800, in what is believed to be a landmark ruling this week. The court?s decision to award her damages was based on her physical and psychological trauma at the time of the failed abortion in 1997, reported the Advertiser. The cost of raising her son, who is now seven years old, was also a factor in the decision.

Canada an ?International Embarrassment? on Sex Trafficking	March 2, 2006
LifeSiteNews.com
Canada and the United Kingdom have been singled out in an international study for failing to meet their obligations for the protection of victims of human trafficking, while other developed countries received praise for their efforts. The study comes at a time when the UK government is considering an overhaul of its policy in this area, and a new Conservative Government has taken power in Canada.

Florida Town to Ban Abortion, Contraception, Pornography	March 2, 2006
LifeSiteNews.com
Monaghan, the founder of America?s second-largest pizza chain, Domino?s Pizza, said his proposed town will not allow abortion. Pharmacies there would also not sell the so-called birth-control pill or condoms, and television stations will not carry pornography.

Canadian MP Again Seeks to Legalize Assisted Suicide	July 31, 2006
LifeSiteNews.com
A federal MP says she is planning to resurrect proposed legislation to legalize assisted suicide. Bloc Quebecois MP Francine Lalonde?s party-supported private member?s bill to legalize euthanasia introduced last June died on the table when the election was called in December. In April, she vowed to resurrect the measure ?sooner than later?. (See LifeSiteNews.com coverage: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/apr/06041207.html) Had Lalonde?s bill C-407 passed, the law in Canada would have allowed any individual to ?assist? someone to commit suicide with or without a doctor present. In June 2005, when the bill was pending, Ontario?s Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) warned that it would create a situation in Canada where people who do not want to be euthanized are killed by doctors.