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Michael Coren

Please join us for a fund-raising dinner on April 24, 2010 at 6 pm.   The dinner will be held in the Atlantic Ballroom of the Westin Hotel in Halifax.    The guest speaker is Michael Coren, television host, author and journalist and outspoken proponent of Christian values in the public square.  Michael is informed, controversial, committed to Catholic values, and a biographer of C.S. Lewis.

"Seasoned with Salt" Julie Culeshaw 
This is a good way to introduce Michael Coren - a man whose conversation is "seasoned with salt." 

The dinner will be held at the Atlantic Ballroom of the Westin Hotel in Halifax. 

 Tickets are $100 per person;  gasp! you say, I won't pay or can't pay $100 for a dinner!  But it is not just a dinner that you are buying.

 A fundraiser is an opportunity to make a donation to a worthy cause; and in return you are given a dinner and also given a scintillating talk by a very smart man.  So you are really doing three things with your money:  supporting a pro-life organization, getting fed and hearing an inspiring presentation.

Tickets $100 per person and can be obtained from Ellen Chesal at 861-1529 or Julie Culshaw at 455-3958.   Tables of Ten can be purchased for 850.00$. Your support will help Campaign Life Coalition to promote respect for life from conception to natural death. Proceeds will be used to promote education projects of Campaign Life NS.

NEWS and Events - March 6, 2010

1. Canadian Life Expectancy Up To 80.7 Years – February 23, 2010

Life expectancy in Canada rose to 80.7 years from 80.5 years from 2005 to 2007, Statistics Canada reported from Ottawa Tuesday. The overall gain was significant compared with an average of 78.4 years from 1995 to 1997, but was most pronounced among men, the agency said. Read full story.


2. Can The Sex Squad Save Teens? – February 22, 2010

Has the answer to the question “Who ya gonna call?” been replaced with the words “The Sex Squad”? According to a new game, yes. This month, Middlesex-London Health Unit, a Canadian public health department launched an online flash game, “The Adventures of Sex City.” Partnered with Mind your Mind, a Canadian nonprofit that focuses on youth, the game is supposed to teach young people about sexual health in an engaging way: through a graphic novel style online game. Read full story.


3. Child Pornography And Canada’s Minister Of Justice – February 22, 2010

This past weekend I attended the extremely well organized Christian Legal Fellowship National Christian Law Student Conference hosted by University of Ottawa law students. Kudos to organizers for a great event with great speakers, including Justice Minister Rob Nicholson as the keynote speaker for the opening session on Thursday night.

... Noting his personal concern for the protection of children, Nicholson was pleased to tell students that although Bill C-58, an Act respecting the mandatory reporting of Internet child pornography by persons who provide an Internet service, had died on the order paper when Parliament was prorogued, the government would be reintroducing the legislation when the next session begins in March.

People of faith can and do engage in the political process, making a difference and making good public policy motivated by the faith that inspires them. The students were impressed with Minister Nicholson’s perspective and accomplishments. And, we look forward to the re-introduced legislation in the hope that it will move quickly through House and Senate to continue to extend the protection of children that is part of the legacy of the Honourable Rob Nicholson’s career.

As I wrote on December 1, 2009, “Children deserve the right to be children, protected – not perverted – by all adults in their life.” Read full story.


4. Canadian Poll Shows 2/3 Of Canadians Support Legalizing Euthanasia – February 24, 2010

February 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Angus Reid poll last week found that approximately two-thirds of Canadians nationwide support the legalization of euthanasia. At the same time, however, a prominent anti-euthanasia activist has questioned the results, saying that “there's still an awful lot of misunderstanding” about euthanasia. Read full story.


5. UN Aging Report Warns Of Dire Effects Of Fertility Decline – March 4, 2010

C-Fam.org story By Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D.

(NEW YORK – C-FAM) A recently-released United Nations (UN) report finds that the global trend of fertility decline and population aging will have devastating economic and societal effects on the developing world, particularly on women who are now targeted by UN agencies to further reduce fertility. “World Population Ageing 2009” was published in December 2009 by the UN Population Division, a statistics research branch within the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA). Read full story.


6. Interview: My Mom's Abortion Failed, So I'm Alive To Talk About It – March 2, 2010

OTTAWA, February 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Abortion kills a living child. But this simple fact is often too easy to ignore since the victims of abortion – even when they survive – rarely ever speak about it. But one victim who did survive an abortion and who is set to address the Canadian March for Life Youth Conference this May 14 in Ottawa recently shared her thoughts about the issue with LifeSiteNews.com (LSN).

“It is the very problem of abortion, itself, which is typically shrouded in secrecy and ends the life of the very person who could share the truth with the world, that makes statistically examining abortion so difficult,” Melissa Ohden told LSN.

Ohden’s biological mother had an early induction abortion in 1977. However, Melissa was later born alive – a not uncommon occurrence in this type of abortion – and showed too many signs of life to go unnoticed by nurses attending the abortion.

According to a 2007 UK study on abortions due to diagnosed disability, babies continue to struggle for life after being forced from the womb in 1 out of 30 cases. The study said the children, sometimes gasping for breath and crying weakly, survive for an average of 80 minutes - with some clinging to life for as long as six hours. Most of the children were aborted between 20 and 24 weeks' gestation.

“The sheer number of survivors really is overwhelming,” Ohden told LSN.

During her travels speaking on the subject, Ohden said she continues “to learn of more and more children like me” who have survived an attempt on their life in the womb.

“Unfortunately, they have faced their own fair share of struggles with shame and embarrassment, limitations from disabilities, that have silenced them from sharing their stories with the world – just as I was silenced by my own shame, guilt, and embarrassment for so long,” she noted. Full Article Here.


7. Ex-Planned Parenthood Board Member Speaks The Truth – February 27, 2010

Story by Dr. La Verne Tolbert

Dr. LaVerne’s tenure as a Planned Parenthood of New York City board member from 1975-1980 resulted in her becoming an avid pro-life advocate. She is an expert in abstinence education and teen pregnancy prevention. Her latest book is “Keeping You & Your Kids Sexually Pure: A How-to Guide for Parents, Pastors, Youth Workers and Teachers.”

Dr. La Verne Tolbert knows about the issue of abortion, from both sides. From 1975-1980 she served as a Board member of Planned Parenthood in New York, giving her incredible and disturbing insight into the targeting that has been going on for decades by Planned Parenthood. Dr. Tolbert, in an effort to expose what she’s known for years, proclaims: “For decades, women in communities where blacks reside have been strategically targeted for abortions. And so have children who attend public schools! Under the guise of providing health services to the underserved and disadvantaged, school-based health centers on school grounds may encourage sexual activity. Children receive explicit sex education and are given contraception, birth-control, and abortions without parental notification or consent. I support The Radiance Foundation in creatively taking the initiative to educate parents and leaders in our communities.”

Well, we support you, too. As a prolife advocate, Dr. Tolbert offers valuable insight, extensive research, and undeniable proof that Planned Parenthood’s population control has been successfully dressed up in euphemism. People are beginning to realize, though, that the emperor has no clothes. Full story here & More on Dr. Tolbert.


8. Open Letter To Minister Bev Oda – February 26, 2010

The article by MPs Brad Trost and Maurice Vellacott, referred to in this Open Letter, can be found on Maurice Vellacott's website.

Posted by admin on February 26th, 2010 | Categorized as Press Releases

Today, Liberal MPs Carolyn Bennett, Maria Minna and Anita Neville released the following open letter to International Cooperation Minister Bev Oda:

Dear Minister Oda:

We are writing today to urge you to reconsider your ill-advised decision to not include Canada’s longstanding support for contraception and reproductive health services as part of your recently-announced maternal and infant health initiative for some of the world’s poorest countries.

By refusing to fund programs that respect women’s reproductive rights “ including contraception and reproductive health services” you are allowing ideological differences to get in the way of good health care and gender equality. Full story here.


9. Beijing + 15: A Planned Parenthood Planet – March 3, 2010

In the upcoming two weeks, government leaders, women’s rights activists, and noted population control organizations will gather in New York City. They have one main objective: to double the current spending “on family planning and maternal health programs in developing nations.” Read more.

Population 101: An introduction to the issues – March 6, 2010

Understanding Population: Basic Concepts.
High Stakes for the Future: Advanced Topics.


10. Canada To Face Labour Shortage – February 22, 2010

Canada will need to take action to address the problem of too few workers, not too few jobs, once the economy recovers from the recession, The Canadian Chamber of Commerce warned. The financial crisis has temporarily pushed up unemployment levels, diverting attention from the longer-term problem of a shortage of labour as the population ages and birth rates decline. Read full story.


11. Canadian Healthcare Crisis – January 14, 2010

Story by and Posted by James Watson, in Myopian Matters, The Premier Blog. The Canadian healthcare sector faces an uncertain future. With the demands of an aging population looming, many critics question whether the sector is up to the task. I am sure many people have heard the argument and understand its basic premise but here it is again: baby boomers & consequent aging population = healthcare crisis. An aging population will increase the demand upon the healthcare sector’s resources and the current state of the system will be unable to meet increasing demands. Changes – BIG changes – must be made to prepare and meet the challenge. Read full story.


12. NS’s NDP Government Interested In Expanding Palliative are – Feb 11, 2010

In NS the new NDP government has been reported as very interested in expanding palliative care.  It is incumbent upon us to be aware of the pitfalls experienced by others as we are an aging society.  Will good palliative care be there when we arrive?

Canada facing crisis: Senator – By Pamela Cowan, Leader

There can be joy in dying.
And it can come about if a patient "had the support that he or she required until the very end," maintains Senator Sharon Carstairs. Sadly, she says, many Canadians don't receive quality palliative care. “In an ideal world, it would mean that every single Canadian has access to the services they need, when they need them and in a place they want them delivered – including home.” But, she adds, Canada has a home-care crisis.

“We still have a sick-care system – we don't have a health-care system and when we refer to our health-care system, we're 99 per cent of the time referring to hospitals,” she says. “It's time to make that shift to recognizing that while hospitals are an extraordinarily important part of the health-care component, home care is becoming more and more important.” The palliative care crusader was in Regina Wednesday to evaluate palliative care. Her cross-country tour is a follow-up to her 2005 report Still Not There: Quality End-of Life Care: A Progress Report.

“I want to ensure that we are ready for this tsunami of aging that we're going to be facing in the next 20 years,” Carstairs says. “Quite frankly, we're holding our own and making some progress, but there's still a great deal more work that needs to be done.” When she released her 2005 report, about 15 per cent of Canadians received palliative care. “The Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association would now say that perhaps 37 per cent of Canadians have access to quality end-of-life care, which means that 63 per cent of Canadians who are dying don't,” Carstairs says. ...Read full story.


13. Bailout Mutiny Looms With Iceland’s Taxpayer Vote –
March 2, 2010

Here's a country that has an enviable demographic of 2.0 and is in financial trouble, does this hint that our current problems are exacerbated with shrinking demographics? Iceland has a population of 300,000 and a life expectancy of 80.

Commentary by Matthew Lynn
March 2 (Bloomberg) – A referendum in Iceland isn’t the kind of event that would usually attract much world attention. This time will be different. The country will vote this week on how to pay back the money it owes the U.K. and Dutch governments for bailing out the Icelandic banks that crashed during the credit crunch. On March 6, Icelandic taxpayers should send a message to the rest of the world: Can’t pay, won’t pay, so go take a hike. There is no reason why they should pay the money back.

Ordinary people didn’t run up the debts; the Dutch and British governments were guilty of regulatory incompetence; the overseas savers were stupid and greedy; and meeting the debt might well bankrupt the country for a generation. If they refuse, they will make a point that taxpayers in many other countries will sympathize with: We won’t always pick up the bill for losses made by bankers. .....Read full story.


14. Pallative Care 101 What is and some interesting dialogue.
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