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1. Ageing Population - November 11, 2006
Canada - Our Suicidal Northern Neighbor - The proportion of Canadians 65 or over will go from 13% today to 25% by 2040
By Joseph A. D'Agostino, Vice President for Communications, Population Research Institute
FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, November 10, 2006 (pop.org) - Liberals, of the sort
who just won control of Congress, like to say that the United
States should become more like Canada. So let's take a quick look at our highly
respected northern neighbor from a demographic perspective.
Experts are always analyzing all sorts of trends to judge a country's health,
yet demographics are often ignored. But how many factors affect a society long-term
more than birthrates, aging, and the like?
Canada has many good qualities, such as a low violent crime rate, lots of open space, and excellent maple syrup. She has some unfortunate ones as well, such as a socialist health care system that forces citizens to wait years for major medical procedures finished within weeks in the United States, not to mention a tendency to blame America for the world's problems. Yet at the rate she's going, Canada's qualities soon won't matter one way or another, because the liberals' second-favorite nation (France being most beloved) is committing suicide.
The United States' birthrate is 2.0, slightly below replacement level, which
is enough to cause massive aging and financial problems such as the bankruptcy
of Social Security and Medicare. Canada's birthrate is a fatal 25% less, at
1.5. Canadians are fading out. Prime Minister Stephen
Harper's conservative government is considering small measures to increase Canada's
birthrate, measures that are almost certain to be too little, too late.
Even the United Nations' overly optimistic projections say that the proportion
of Canadian 65 or over will go from 13% today to 25% by 2040, and continue to
rise from there. Imagine living in a nation where 1 of 4 people is of retirement
age. The proportion of the oldest old, 80 or over, will triple. Those between
15 and 24 will drop from 13.5% to 11%.
Who will support all these elderly Canadians, with their generous social services
so attractive to American liberals?
And Canada's birthrate continues to drop. It could easily reach 1.0 in a decade. It declined by 25% between 1992 and 2002, and its current stabilized situation is unlikely to last given underlying cultural trends. The liberal, populous provinces of Ontario and Quebec are losing babies the fastest, while the more conservative sparse areas in the west of the country are doing better - but not liberal British Columbia.
French Catholic Quebec, like Latin Catholic Italy and Spain, is imploding demographically. The denizens of Quebec may huff and puff about reserving their cultural and linguistic heritage, but they don't care enough about it to actually produce more Quebecois. The '60s hit Quebec hard: In 1959, she had the highest birthrate in Canada. By 1971, she already had the lowest, though those of Italy and Spain are even lower than hers today. Who says the '60s revolution failed?
"Not long ago, Quebec was a Catholic Christian society, whose loyalty to its faith and historic traditions seemed unswerving," wrote Ted Byfield in the Calgary Sun last month. "Now, having all but abandoned the Church, it has the lowest attendance rates in Canada - and the highest rate of cohabitation outside marriage, highest divorce and abortion rates and lowest birthrate. The cry of the Quebec separatists, who now sizably outnumber federalists, is they must leave Canada to preserve their heritage and culture. This is simply a lie. First to last, their culture and heritage is Catholic Christian, and they have forsaken it. What they want to preserve is somebody else's culture, Sweden's perhaps."
Also last month, prominent Quebec leader and former premier Lucien
Bouchard generated a lot of protest when he condemned Quebec's combination of
massive debt, low productivity, and abysmal birthrate. He pointed out that the
situation could not continue much longer.
"We don't work hard enough. We work less than Ontarians and infinitely less than Americans," he said. He said that Quebec cannot sustain her large social programs and other benefits, such as low college tuition, while working much less than Americans and having few children.
"In Quebec it's like being in a big plane," he said. "It's warm and comfortable, with no problems. But when you look out the pilot's window, you see a big mountain, and it's certain we're going to crash into it."
If current trends continue, the rest of Canada is right behind.
Joseph A. D'Agostino is Vice President for Communications at the
Population Research Institute.
2. Canadian Same-Sex 'Marriage's Real Goal Is To Abolish All Marriage Says Author - September 25, 2006
Says Canadians "being played for a bunch of fools by your legal-political elite"
September 25, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In a National Review Online article this past February, U.S. author/researcher Stanley Kurtz charged that Canadians still don't get it that the legal change to the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples is part of an overall strategy to completely abolish marriage in Canada.
The Tories promised motion to re-visit the same-sex marriage issue in Parliament is about to be introduced this October or November and yet many religious and other groups and pro-marriage Canadians are perceived by pro-family leaders as again making only weak, half-hearted efforts to support the motion. The Stanley Kurtz article may help Canadians become more aware about the severe consequences of losing the vote on that motion and the vote on any following bill to re-instate the traditional definition of marriage.
Kurtz starts his article by noting the mid-January 2006 Justice Department study that called for the decriminalization and regulation of polygamy.
With that in mind he follows: "And even that is only part of the story. Canadians, let me be brutally frank. You are being played for a bunch of fools by your legal-political elite. Your elites mumble a confusing jargon to your face to keep you from understanding what they really have in mind."
Kurtz continues with some very brief but explosive quotes from a 2001 Law Commission study, "Beyond Conjugality," that questioned whether there should even be any continued legal privileges and obligations for marriage after gay 'marriage' is legalized.
Even though the 2001 report was made public he says, "nobody got it. Everyone noticed that a government commission had backed same-sex marriage. But few recognized, grasped, or could bring themselves to take seriously, the central thrust of Beyond Conjugality: that after the legalization of same-sex marriage, Canadian marriage itself ought to be abolished."
The plan is so obvious says Kurtz. "It's like this. The way to abolish marriage, without seeming to abolish it, is to redefine the institution out of existence. If everything can be marriage, pretty soon nothing will be marriage."
The most worrisome part of all this, according to Krutz, is that despite the obvious evidence, "The Canadian public cannot bring itself to believe that the abolition of marriage is the real agenda of the country's liberal legal-political elite."
Polygamous Muslims and Mormons fit right into the strategy, says Kurtz, only to politically justify further changes, which would have as their ultimate real goal the elimination of all marriage.
See the complete Kurtz article with all his evidence and reasoning The Conspiracy to Abolish Marriage in Canada http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/sep/060925a.html
See also Stanley Kurtz's article Beyond Gay Marriage
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/002/938xpsxy.asp
3. Changing Names, Changing Perceptions - October
19, 2006
At the recent World Federation of Right to Die Societies
conference in Toronto (Sept 7 - 10) a presentation was made concerning polling
that had been done in the US concerning terminology that was considered more
acceptable by the general public.
Clearly identified in the polling data was that the term
suicide must not be used because it included negative connotations concerning
actions that many people consider morally wrong. When the term assisted suicide
was dropped for aid in dying or assisted dying the support for the same act
increased.
The following articles simply represent the fact that
the Oregon State government has been convinced that support for assisted suicide
in their state will increase on a state-wide and national basis if they simply
change the terminology.
People need to be concerned that the constant word smithing
by euthanasia advocates will result in greater support for the same act that
people have regularly voted against in plebiscites throughout the US. The idea
is that if you think that something that you perceive to be wrong is something
else then you can fool some of the people to support it.
In other words assisted suicide ceases to be assisted
suicide if you stop calling it 'assisted suicide'.
What's next?
Alex Schadenberg
Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
'Assisted-death' wording stirs debate - The Statesman
Journal, Oregon, October 17, 2006
Oregon DHS will stop referring to practice as suicide
The Oregon Department of Human Services no longer will use the phrase "physician-assisted suicide" when referring to the state's unique law.
But the new phrase "physician-assisted death" could be as controversial as the old one.
People on both sides of the debate about Oregon's Death with Dignity Act have
been arguing about what to call the practice since 1994, when voters approved
the law.
Advocates of the law and patients thinking about asking for a lethal prescription have said it is offensive to use the word "suicide."
Before her death in August, Charlene Andrews of Salem told the National Press Club, "Please do not call it suicide. That is an insult to my fight against cancer. With cancer, we know when there are no treatment options."
Andrews died without lethal medication.
Mike Gander of Salem took care of his son and mother-in-law while they were dying. He said this debate about words is similar to the one regarding abortion.
"It's like using the terminology 'choice' when it comes to abortion," he said. "No one wants to use the word 'abortion'; they want to use the word 'choice.' But the terminology - whether accurate or inaccurate - still results in the same thing. 'Physician-assisted death' is the same as suicide."
Compassion & Choices, a national group that supports patients who want to use Oregon's law, formally asked the agency to review its wording in light of statute's language.
Oregon Department of Human Services officials said the name change better reflects the agency's role as a neutral party that collects data and provides information.
The statute says, "Actions taken in accordance with (Oregon's Death With Dignity Act) shall not, for any purpose, constitute suicide, assisted suicide, mercy killing or homicide, under the law."
"This will be a sea change because how you speak of things strongly influences how you think of them," said Kathryn Tucker, the director of legal affairs for Compassion & Choices.
Gayle Atteberry, the executive director of Oregon Right to Life, said the language change is "outrageous."
"They have changed it to a euphemism to make it more palatable," she said. "Do they think it is going to make it easier for people to kill themselves?"
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5. Critical Marriage Vote In Parliament Coming Soon! -November 14, 2006
Urgent
Reminder! - Critical Marriage Vote in Parliament Coming Soon!
Dear Supporter of Marriage,
In the next few weeks we expect the long awaited vote in Parliament on reopening the marriage definition question will once again be in front of us.
To help support the Government in succeeding on this vote, it is incredibly important that we continue to build our Restore Marriage Canada Petition. Copies of this petition will be presented to each MP before the vote. More than 41,000 Canadians have already signed this petition. By getting your friends and neighbours involved we can continue to build this list. With your help we will be able to continue to put the pressure on those MPs voting against reopening the issue.
It important that these MPs understand that they will be accountable to you their voters, so we also encourage you to contact your own MP and let him or her know how you feel about restoring traditional marriage in Canada. If you are unsure how to contact them, click here. We also encourage you to get as many others to contact their MP as well.
These are the things to keep in mind. The first vote was uninformed. Little was done to study the effects on children from legalizing same sex marriage. Such a fundamental switch in our social fabric should not have been leaped at without serious consideration of all consequences. In France, for example, the French National Assembly (similar to our Parliament) sent out a 30 member multi party commission to travel to various countries reviewing all points of view.
With the information they gained their report to the French National Assembly called on their government to protect the rights of children by refusing to legalize same sex marriage or even same sex adoption. By protecting these rights they realized that society, and children in particular, benefit most when children are raised within the basic family unit, mother father and children.
The French Assembly recognized that children "must not suffer from conditions imposed upon them by adults." They concluded that the best interests of the child should be the first priority and should rank higher than adult freedoms and lifestyle choices because of that vulnerability.
Please help us continue this serious fight. We need to continue to educate people on this important issue and continue to bring pressure on Parliament to step back and thoroughly consider the impacts of legalizing same-sex marriage.
We can only do that with your continued help!
Sincerely,
The Hon. Dr. Grant Hill, P.C.
Coordinator, Restore Marriage Project
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6. Grand Parade At 1pm And Then On To Province House - Sunday November 5, 2006
Dear Friends,
" Let us not become weary in doing good for
at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." - Galatians
6:9
I want to encourage you to let your voice be heard
once again on the Sunday shopping issue. Let God hear your voice in prayer and
then please join in the demonstration of people concerned for retail workers
and their families in this Province. As Christians we know that God has commanded
us to set aside a common day for rest because we need it, not only for our personal
revitalization, but also as a society.
Please pass this message of opportunity on to others.
Your fellow servant in Christ,
Pastor Paul Francis
Spread the word:
Grand Parade at 1pm and then on to Province House for the finale. Grand Parade will feature speakers from interested parties (not all confirmed yet). These interest groups include:
Independent Food Store Association, Flea Market owner, Labour Union Representative, Green Party Member, Church representatives, etc. This list will be a lot longer as the days go by. We hope to have MLAs to argue their point as well. Of course, there will be no point in doing any of this if we do not get the support from the public.
It is imperative that the media is informed prior to the rally. This means that we ALL must contact our local and provincial papers en masse.
We must begin this activity immediately. We believe that the best way to get our message across is to capitalize on the fact that our government has betrayed Nova Scotians.
Contact everyone you know and ensure that Nova Scotians make the trip to Halifax in order for this protest/rally to have an effect. There is strength in numbers.
Brian Willdey, Tony Lohnes and Stephanie Davidson: info@saveoursundays.ca
7. Historic Declaration On Marriage Signed By Over 40 Denominations And Faith Leaders - November 15, 2006
For immediate release from The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada - November 10, 2006
Ottawa - On November 9, Bruce J. Clemenger, president of The Evangelical
Fellowship of Canada, joined Most Rev. Marcel Gervais, Roman Catholic Archbishop
of Ottawa, Very Reverend John Jillions, Dean Annunciation Orthodox Cathedral
(Ottawa), Orthodox Church of America, and Rev. Ken Bellous, executive minister
of the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, in an historic presentation
to MPs of a joint Declaration
on Marriage (French
version), signed by over 40 denominational and religious leaders.
"As different faith communities, we came together to present to Parliament
and society as a whole, our common view on marriage," said Clemenger. "The
Prime Minister, by promising to hold a vote to re-open the debate on marriage,
is giving Canadians an opportunity to have sober, second-thought on this issue.
As communities of faith, we would welcome an opportunity to participate in reasoned
and constructive public dialogue concerning the nature of marriage."
Gervais repeated what is essential for the participating faith
groups. "Our appeal is that law and public policy recognize the essential
and unique importance of marriage as the union of one man and one woman for
the security, nurturing and well-being of children. As religious leaders from
diverse faith communities, we find common ground in affirming that the best
interests of the child must prevail over adults' exercise of their liberty."
"This Declaration on Marriage is consistent with thousands of years of
reflection and practice," stated Bellous. "We seek justice for all
while valuing the importance of marriage."
The Declaration on Marriage is intended to give guidance to Parliamentarians
and to members of society as Canadians continue to debate this important issue.
The signatories represent a broad spectrum of the faith communities from across
Canada. And denominational and religious leaders are continuing to sign the
document (additional signatories will be available in the web version of this
release). "Today, several others have asked to be included," said
Clemenger. "I don't recall a time when such a broad spectrum of denominational
and religious leaders have signed a common declaration such as this. It is very
encouraging."
There are reports that the vote on the motion to reopen the marriage debate
could happen as early as December.
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For more information contact:
Gail Reid
Director, Communications
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
905 479 5885 x 227
reidg@efc-canada.com
8. Humanity Must Rediscover Source Of Hope In The Eucharist - November 11, 2006
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/
Humanity must rediscover source of hope in the Eucharist, return to Eucharistic adoration, Pope says
Vatican City, Nov. 09, 2006 (CNA http://www.catholicnewsagency.com) - Meeting with members of the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses this morning, Pope Benedict XVI said today that he hopes the practice of Eucharistic adoration "will become ever more widespread."
The Holy Father recalled, "just how beneficial the rediscovery of Eucharistic adoration by many Christians is."
"How much need modern humanity has to rediscover the source of its hope in the Sacrament of the Eucharist," the Pope said. "I thank the Lord because many parishes, alongside the devout celebration of Mass, are educating the faithful in Eucharistic adoration. And it is my hope that - also in view of the next International Eucharistic Congress - this practice will become ever more widespread."
In his address to the delegates, the Pope first recalled how they are currently
preparing the 49th International Eucharistic Congress, due to be held in Quebec,
Canada, in June 2008. Eucharistic congresses, he said, "are always a source
of spiritual renewal, an occasion to make better known the Blessed Eucharist,
which was the most valuable treasure Jesus left us. They also constitute an
encouragement for the Church to spread the love of Christ at all levels of society,
and to testify to it without hesitation."
Pope Benedict also referred to the forthcoming post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation
on the Eucharist, which will bring together the key issues that arose during
the October 2005 Synod on that Sacrament, the Pope concluded by giving assurances
that the document "will help the Church to prepare and celebrate... the
Eucharistic congress to be held in June 2008."
Copyright @ Catholic News Agency (http://www.catholicnewsagency.com)
9. Lifeissues.net Newsletter #299 - November 17, 2006
Greetings from LifeIssues.net (www.lifeissues.net)
Dear Friends for Life,
It has often been said that the pro-life cause has suffered a political setback in the United States following the results of the mid-term elections for Congress. With the Democrats now in control of Congress and the Senate, it's going to be a rough ride indeed. Was the defeat a crushing blow to the pro-life movement with a tailspin of epic loses? Not really. It can be an uphill climb for pro-life advocacy but I'd like to think that the political thump is just a good opportunity for pro-life action and change.
Any significant change in building a culture of life must continue to grow despite socio-political stress and strains. We only need to re-examine our priorities and shift gears at suitable turns. If we look at Africa, Latin America and Asia where the well-oiled peddlers of death coercively dump their death wares and flex their formidable muscles to snuff life and break families, we will see the urgent need to put our hands together and foment change. Change begins by changing our mindsets on how we look at events and by creating strategic opportunities out of these to achieve our desired goals even beyond our territories. As Albert Einstein said about the splitting of the atom at the onset of the nuclear age, everything changed except the way we think. The fight for life cause thrives when creative thoughts are translated into measurable goals and quantifiable actions to make a difference.
God bless,
Marlon Castillo Ramirez
Assistant Editor
mcr4lifeissues@gmail.com
QUOTE: "When plunder and deception becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it." - Frederic Bastiat, The Law
Lifeissues.net Newsletter #299 - November 17, 2006
Table Of Contents:
1. Surgeons Ready To Perform First Womb Transplant
2. Missouri Committee Blames Abortion For Need For Illegal Immigration
3. Doctor Ordered To Pay For Unwanted Baby
4. Right-To-Life Referendum Looms After Embryo Ruling
5. Wal-Mart Hits Teens With Gay Porn How-To Manual
6. Adult Stem Cells Offer Hope For Diabetes Treatment
7. Australian Senate Okays Embryo Cloning
8. Heavy Smoking Cuts Chances Of IVF Success
9. No One Chooses His Or Her Sex, Despite What Congress Says, Warns Spanish
Bishop
10. Church Believes In Cures That Don't Sacrifice Life
Focus: Asia
Seoul, South Korea: Hwang Woo-Suk, the South Korean scientist who claimed to
have cloned a human embryo and was dismissed from his university of his exaggerated
claims, is suing Seoul National University in a bid to be reinstated. His lawsuit
claims that his dismissal would deprive people of hope by ending Mr. Hwang's
research. View full article at TimesOnLine: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,200-2442231.html
Item #1. Surgeons Ready To Perform First Womb Transplant
Doctors are preparing to carry out what they hope will be the world's first
successful womb transplant. Giuseppe Del Priore, from Downtown Hospital in New
York, has been given permission to perform the procedure and claims to have
found a number of potential donors.
Last month Dr. Del Priore's team performed a successful womb transplant in
a rhesus monkey. The monkey was monitored for only 20 hours, and did not get
pregnant. However, its new uterus had a healthy blood supply and the drugs given
to prevent rejection by the animal's immune system appeared to work.
The first attempt to transplant a womb was made in Saudi Arabia in 2000 when
a 26-year-old woman received the womb of a woman 20 years older who had undergone
a hysterectomy. However, it had to be removed 99 days later because of clotting
in the connecting blood vessels.
If you want to see the full article, visit:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,173-2444965,00.html
Item #2. Missouri Committee Blames Abortion For
Need For Illegal Immigration
(LifeSiteNews.com) A Missouri state panel is under fire for issuing a report
that blames 33 years of legalized abortion for the United States increasing
dependence on illegal immigration. Missouri's House Special Committee on Immigration
Reform also credited "liberal social welfare policies" for discouraging
Americans from working jobs taken by illegal immigrants.
The report stated: "Suggestions for how to stop illegal hiring varied without any simple solution. The lack of traditional work ethic, combined with the effects of 30 years of abortion and expanding liberal social welfare policies have produced a shortage of workers and a lack of incentive for those who can work." The report then added, "Today's growing affinity for government dependency has created a class of potential employees who are not eager to work."
View full text at LifeSiteNews:
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/nov/06111408.html
Item #3. Doctor Ordered To Pay For Unwanted Baby
A court ruling which ordered a gynecologist to pay child support for up to 18
years as compensation for botching a contraceptive implant was condemned by
the German media as scandalous on Wednesday.
The Karlsruhe-based federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the doctor must pay his former patient, now a mother of a three-year-old boy, 600 euros ($769) a month because she became pregnant after he implanted her with a contraceptive device. "A child as a case for damages - this perverse idea has now been confirmed by one of Germany's highest courts," conservative Die Welt daily newspaper wrote in an editorial on Wednesday.
The device is meant to protect against pregnancy for up to three years, but half a year after the operation, the implant could no longer be found in the woman's body, the court said.
While it should be welcomed that a doctor can now be held to account in the same way as a shoddy plumber, the newspaper said, how could a child whose parents had sought damages for its birth ever come to terms with the situation?
"In addition to the highly private inkling that he was not wanted by his parents, he now has official confirmation that he was born by mistake," Die Welt also said. The award covers the first years of the child's life and also subsequent costs to the age of 18.
The parents, who had known each other six months at the time of the conception, were no longer together, the court said, ruling that the father should also be compensated for the maintenance he was paying toward the child.
The ruling could spark a flood of similar claims against gynecologists, Stern magazine wrote on its Web site.
The full text of the story is available at:
http://today.reuters.com/news/ArticleNews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2006-11-15T140459Z_01_N15385573_RTRUKOC_0_US-CHILD-COMPENSATION.xml
Item #4. Right-To-Life Referendum Looms After Embryo
Ruling
The country could be plunged into another divisive right-to-life referendum
after a landmark High Court ruling found embryos not yet implanted in the womb
did not enjoy the constitutional protections afforded the unborn.
As a result of the ruling, a mother-of-two seeking to become pregnant with embryos created through IVF with her now estranged husband, has been refused her request to have the embryos implanted.
Mary Roche, aged 41, from Leopardstown, Co Dublin, had asked the High Court to rule that the embryos, currently in storage in an IVF clinic, had a right to life under the Constitution that took precedence over their father's right to refuse the pregnancy attempt.
The embryos are stuck in limbo and are likely to continue to be frozen indefinitely, as there is no law to say whether they can be destroyed, donated to a couple or used for research.
View full text at Irish Examiner:
http://www.irishexaminer.com/irishexaminer/pages/story.aspx-qqqg=ireland-qqqm=ireland-qqqa=ireland-qqqid=18399-qqqx=1.asp
Item #5. Wal-Mart Hits Teens With Gay Porn How-To
Manual
(LifeSiteNews.com) - A graphic
sex-ed manual promoting lesbianism to teenage girls is now offered for sale
by Wal-Mart Canada. Called "irresponsible and obscene" and by the
Institute for Canadian Values, the material contains explicit directions for
engaging in oral/anal sexual acts. The book encourages same-sex experimentation,
telling girls that only 10 percent of the population is actually heterosexual,
while 80 percent is "mixed" or bi-sexual.
Produced by St. Stephens' Community House in Toronto, the book titled "The Little Black Book for Girlz: A Book on Healthy Sexuality" caused a storm of controversy earlier this fall when parents and pro-family groups first became aware of the books' content after it was published in September.
The manual was further condemned for using obscene and derogatory language. Examples include a section entitled "My First Time F***ing a Girl" and the statement "If you need someone to represent God The Holiness, then for me, it's a fat black dyke."
The manual contains misleading and dangerous information on "safe" sex devises, assuring teenagers that condom use is 100 percent effective in preventing the transmission of disease. That statement contradicts the World Health Organization's recent admission that condom use fails to protect against HIV/AIDS transmission up to 20 percent of the time, crucial information missing from the manual.
View full text at Life Site News:
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/nov/06111507.html
Item #6. Adult Stem Cells Offer Hope For Diabetes
Treatment
(LifeSiteNews.com) - Adult
stem cells may soon be used to treat human diabetes, after a study by U.S. researchers
showed the cells increased insulin production in mice with Type 2 diabetes,
and may also have aided in kidney repair.
Researchers at the Tulane University in New Orleans injected human stem cells,
taken from bone marrow samples obtained from adult donors, into diabetic mice
with high blood sugar levels and kidney damage.
Tests after three weeks showed the mice who received the human stem cells had
lowered blood sugar levels.
The researchers found that the stem cells had traveled to each mouse's pancreas and repaired insulin-producing tissues. The tissue produced mouse insulin, not human insulin, showing that the cells were highly adaptable to tissues in need of repair, Tulane University Magazine reported. As well, the mice also showed evidence of some kidney repair, indicating the stem cells were capable of repairing damaged kidney tissue.
'We are not certain whether the kidneys improved because the blood sugar was lower or because the human cells were helping to repair the kidneys,' Dr. Darwin Prockop lead author of the study and director of the Tulane Center for Gene Therapy, told BBC News.
See the full article at LifeSiteNews:
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/nov/06111302.html
Item #7. Australian Senate Okays Embryo Cloning
Australia's Senate narrowly voted Tuesday to lift the country's ban on cloning human embryos for stem cell research.
The bill, which was approved 34-32, would relax rules on stem cell research
and allow therapeutic cloning of embryos for medical research. The House of
Representatives still needs to pass the bill before it becomes law, but lawmakers
had expected the Senate to pose the biggest hurdle.
Scientists hope stem cell research will eventually lead to treatments or cures
for diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, as well as spinal cord injuries,
diabetes and arthritis.
The emotional debate on the legislation introduced by a former health minister, Sen. Kay Patterson, began Monday. Opponents, including Health Minister Tony Abbott, warned that therapeutic cloning is open to abuse and could create animal-human hybrids.
Parliament passed Australia's first laws on stem cell research in 2002, allowing scientists to extract stem cells from spare embryos intended for in vitro fertilization but preventing them from using them for cloning.
Should the bill pass the House, all cloned embryos would have to be destroyed
within 14 days and could not be implanted in a woman. Last minute amendments
to the bill proposed by the Australian Democrats minor opposition party, increased
from 10 to 15 years the prison sentence for flouting safeguards designed to
prevent abuse of embryonic cloning. Another amendment prevented researchers
from getting licenses for creating human-animal hybrid embryos.
View full text at Sci-Tech Today:
http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=013000QGDEJD
Item #8. Heavy Smoking Cuts Chances Of IVF Success
(Reuters) - Heavy smokers are less likely to become pregnant through IVF treatment,
even with donated eggs, fertility experts said on Thursday. They found that
smoking more than 10 cigarettes a day makes the womb less receptive to the embryo
and reduces the odds that it will implant and result in a pregnancy.
Smoking has been known to affect a woman's fertility but Dr Sergio Soares, of the IVI Clinic in Lisbon and his team believes their findings are the first to show heavy smoking has an independent impact on the uterus.
"Cigarette smoking negatively affects pregnancy probability even when the eggs come from a non-smoker," he told Reuters. "This is the first time an effect of tobacco consumption has been demonstrated on the uterus." He added that even if fertilization takes place, heavy smokers have less chance of achieving a successful pregnancy.
View full article at Reuters:
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=healthNews&storyID=2006-11-09T011352Z_01_L08131552_RTRIDST_0_HEALTH-SMOKING-DC.XML&WTmodLoc=SciHealth-C1-Headline-10
Item #9. No One Chooses His Or Her Sex, Despite
What Congress Says, Warns Spanish Bishop
Bishop Demetrio Fernandez of Tarazona said this week persons do not determine
their own sex, despite what Congress says, because in the beginning, 'God created
man, male and female He created them.'
In a letter entitled, 'God Loves Homosexuals Too,' the bishop responded to a new law approved by the Justice Committee of the Spanish Congress, which would allow people to change their names or their sex on their national identity cards, without having undergone a surgical procedure or legal process.
Bishop Fernandez warned that the law 'is against the truth of man' and is of no help to persons with homosexual tendencies. In addition, he said, 'It sows confusion in the social environment in which we live.'
The bishop noted that God 'does not have contempt for any of his creatures' and He loves homosexuals 'because they are persons, created by God for his glory.'
'There are no first-class and second-class persons. Much less throwaway persons,' he stressed.
Bishop Fernandez also stressed that 'one does not choose one's sex, no matter what Congress says. Whatever a person's inclination may be, you should accept yourself as you are and live out your sexuality in a climate of chastity, which teaches you to love freely. Human sexuality is also damaged because of sin, and it must be redeemed through an ever-growing love, which all men can attain with the grace of God.'
View entire text at CNA News:
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=8047
Item #10. Church Believes In Cures That Don't Sacrifice
Life
There is a great deal of confusion in our society about stem-cell research.
An important distinction must be made about embryonic stem-cell research that
kills innocent human life and adult stem-cell research that doesn't.
The Catholic Church opposes embryonic stem-cell research but strongly supports adult stem-cell research. Opponents of the Church have branded us as being opposed to science and indifferent to those who suffer from illnesses. But we support ethically responsible scientific research and are very committed to searching for cures, as long as it doesn't kill human life.
This is indeed a pro-life issue. We believe that there are strong ethical issues involved here. Even a small embryo is a human being. We all started out as embryonic stem cells. To harvest embryonic stem cells' even to help human life' is wrong because it kills the embryo. It means in effect using tiny human body parts for scientific purposes.
The end does not justify the means.
View entire text at ABQJournal:
http://www.abqjournal.com/opinion/guest_columns/511607opinion11-12-06.htm
Action:
1. Pray that we all may have the courage to be God's presence in
society and support those who have been deemed "unworthy of life".
2. Stay informed at Lifeissues.net website: http://www.lifeissues.net.
3. Consider participating with a financial donation to help pay travel
expenses for Fr. Jerry's Speaking Tours to poorer countries in Asia.
(Purpose: Journey for Life into the Heart of Asia. Series of lectures on "The
Family at Crossroads: Trends and Challenges".) Remaining 2006
schedule: November - China; November - Hong Kong. Thanking you in advance for
your active participation and making this missionary project possible. Kindly
send donations directly to: Fr. Jerry Novotny, OMI; LifeIssues.net, Editor;
Akebono-cho 1-15-9; Kochi City, Japan, 780-8072
4. All past issues of LifeIssues.net Newsletter available online. Click
here:
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(These newsletters are an extension of the Website.)
Contact Editor: Jerry Novotny, OMI; Akebono-cho 1-15-9; Kochi City, Japan, 780-8072; Tel/Fax: 088-843-0406; E-Mail: jerry@lifeissues.net
Websites by Editor:
English site: http://www.lifeissues.net,
Japanese site: http://www.japan-lifeissues.net,
OMI site: http://www.omijapankorea.net/index.html
10. Marriage Vote - November 6, 2006
Dear Friends:
Why are we involved in the Marriage vote and when will it happen? It has been
reported from Alberta that the matter will be opened in December with a vote
to whether or not open the debate. This will happen on the
heels of the Liberal leadership convention it seems.
We, CLC are involved because it not only involves marriage and the future of our country, but it too involves children and their wellbeing.
Note from our Ottawa office:
At the moment we need another 24 MPs to commit to voting to re-open the marriage issue. The vote has been recently reported to be in December. If you have not called or written your MP and asked him / her to vote YES to furthering the debate, NOW is the time to do it! You can write your MP and post the letter for free.
Address your letters to:
Name of MP, MP
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A OA6
Some points to consider in your letter are:
· There has not been an adequate debate on the issue.
· The last vote was unfair, because the Liberal government forced many
MPs to vote against their consciences and their constituents' wishes.
· Changing the definition of marriage, spouses and parents infringes
on the rights of children to be raised in healthy and safe environments.
· "Same-sex' marriage is already leading to a push for polygamy,
and will lead to the acceptance of further degradation of the institute of marriage.
You will, no doubt, have other points to raise. Please remember to be respectful, and stick to the issue at hand. That is the only way you may be able to change minds and hearts.
Respectfully Herm
11. Needed - The Quick Assistance Of An Architect - September 28, 2006
Dear Friends
I need the quick assistance of an Architect with an everyday working knowledge of the National Building Code.
Years ago, I was involved in such codes but the years are taking there toll. Information needed to substantiate some concerns dealing with Health and Welfare of individuals in government care.
Please if you know an Architect, that would be willing to talk on the phone, let me know if they would consider helping me. This is a pro-life matter.
Herm Wills
President, CLC NS
12. Operation Save Wal-Mart - November 15, 2006
Media advisory, Nov. 15 /Christian Newswire/ - On Friday, November 24, 2006, the busiest shopping day of the year, Christians from across the nation will bring the Gospel of Christ to the very gates of the largest retailer in the World - Wal-Mart! It will be a Gospel information explosion where brochures, preaching, praying, and witnessing will be the norm. Christianity is moving out of the closet to become biography in the streets to come to the aide of America's "favorite" store! This former "family friendly" store is bowing to, and being extorted by, the demands of the radical homosexual agenda and the abortion industry.
Here is what has happened:
o On August 21, 2006, the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce"
(NLGCC) announced a "partnership" with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
o Wal-Mart is now a corporate member" of the NGLCC.
o Wal-Mart gave a one time $25,000 gift to join the NGLCC.
o NGLCC leads efforts to abolish the definition of marriage - union of one man
and one woman.
o Wal-Mart will now prefer companies with lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered
owners.
o A Wal-Mart vice-president will serve as an advisor to NGLCC.
o Wal-Mart will now sponsor (pay for) some programs of the NGLCC.
o Wal-Mart now dispenses the "Plan B" abortion pill.
o Wal-Mart now helps kill little baby boys and girls in the privacy of American
homes.
Our schools, businesses, government, and churches are being extorted and being forced to honor things that are an abomination to God. It's time for Christians to take a stand! It's time for us to come out of the closet and allow our theology to become biography in the streets. The gates of hell cannot prevail!
We are not a protest. We are a proclamation that Jesus Christ is Lord! Wal-Mart can be saved and so can America. It begins with God's Church!
What: Operation Save Wal-Mart
Where: Wal-Mart stores across the nation (see web site for info and locations)
When: Friday, November 24, 2006 11:30 A.M.
Web: www.Savewalmart.com
or www.Operationsaveamerica.org.
Christian
Newswire To: National Desk
Contact: Rev. Flip Benham, 980-722-4920; Dr. Pat McEwen, 321-726-0444
Forward this press release to another reporter or news producer
13. Pilgrimage - Departing In May 2007 - Posted November 6, 2006
Sponsored by CLC NS.
Departing May 6th, 2007 (7 days)
Motor coach transportation (Air Conditioned). Accommodations for 6 nights, 1
dinner, 6 breakfasts and portage - Travel Insurance Available.
Triple Occupancy $529.00 / person
Twin Occupancy $629.00 / person
Single Occupancy $829.00 / person
All Taxes included.
May 6
Leave NS for Edmundston, NB with stay at the Days Inn. Lunch enroute not included.
May 7
Breakfast included. Travel to Quebec City and Beaupré. Stop at Albert
Gilles Copper Art Museum allow yourself to be seduced by "The Life of Christ"
in 50 hand wrought silver panels (15 years of labour). Check into the Basilica
Inn. Time for prayer and tour sanctuary and attend mass.
May 8
Breakfast included. Travel to Trois-Rivières, and overnight at the Madonna
Inn. Evening dinner and breakfast at the Inn are included. Evening Mass and
weather permitting, participate at the candlelight procession and the
Way of the Cross.
May 9
Morning mass. After included breakfast motor to Ottawa. Afternoon arrival at
Welome Inn. 7:30 pm Pro-life Mass at St. Theresa's followed by a Candlelight
Vigil at 9PM.
May 10
Breakfast included. Meet at Notre Dame Cathedral for 10 am Mass. Gather on Parliament
Hill for 10th Annual March for Life, which begins at 1:30 pm. Silent No More
presentation at 2:45 pm. There is a cocktail and Rose Dinner Banquet at Ottawa
congress Hall at 6 pm. Tickets are not included in package and will have to
be ordered separately. Time permitting either today or on Friday a visit to
Sts. Peter and St. Paul Melkite Church.
May 11
After breakfast included. depart for Montreal, Quebec City and with a late afternoon
arrival at Edmundston, NB at Days Inn.
May 12
Depart to NS after included breakfast. Expect late afternoon arrival in Halifax.
Contact for information and reservations, contact Herm at 1 902 864 1464 or Evangeline Tours PO Box 1149, Middleton, NS B0S 1P0 Don Kelly at Tel. 1-902-825-4506 Toll Free 1 -866-765-2725.
http://www.clcns.com/ or http://www.evangelinechartertours.com/
14. Some Encouraging Wal-Mart News - November 11, 2006
For time being I go to Zellers
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(CNSNews.com) - Wal-Mart, long pummeled by the political left, is taking additional flak from the right.
A conservative activist group is trying to recruit one million families who will refuse to shop at Wal-Mart or Sam's Club on the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving, traditionally two of the busiest shopping days of the year.
The American Family Association is furious with Wal-Mart for reaching out to homosexual advocacy groups that support same-sex marriage.
The criticism began when Wal-Mart announced it would join the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. And now Wal-Mart has made a deal with the Washington DC Center for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender People, agreeing to donate 5 percent of the sales made through the group's website to the Center.
"Every purchase made online for books, music, videos, clothing and accessories, children's clothing and toys, and electronics at the site will automatically send 5% of the sales to the CCBLBT People," the AFA said in a message to its supporters.
"The agreement is an indication that Wal-Mart is totally committed to supporting the homosexual movement," the AFA said.
The conservative advocacy group complains that Wal-Mart also gave a "generous cash donation" to the Northwest Arkansas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Community Center, helping to provide a place where homosexuals can come together to "socialize."
The AFA says Wal-Mart should have remained neutral in the cultural battle over homosexual marriage.
It says Wal-Mart made an "ideological" decision, not a business decision.
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15. Tories - Media Reaction - October 10, 2006
From our friend Tim in Ottawa: Snap shot of the media reaction and their attack on the Tories to, heaven forbid, protect religion in our country. Note the rhetoric and how religious and religion are described: "gay opponents, same-sex opponents, gay marriage opponents, etc." in a few instances the masthead line showed no bias.
It would appear as an excellent example of 'drive-by' journalism. - Herm
Harper
denies Tory plan to boost rights of gay-marriage opponents
Canada.com, Canada - 5 hours ago
Ottawa (CP) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper says his government has no
plans to draw up legislation that would protect officials and churches that
refuse to...
PM
denies plan to bolster rights of gay marriage opponents
Calgary Sun, Canada - 9 hours ago
Ottawa (CP) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he has no plans to introduce
legislation to protect officials and churches that refuse to deal with...
Tories
under fire over gay-marriage plan
Globe and Mail, Canada - 11 hours ago
Ottawa - A Conservative proposal to protect officials and churches that
refuse to cater to homosexuals is coming under fire - even from some Tories.
Tories intend to protect same-sex opponents
CTV.ca, Canada - 15 hours ago
The Conservative government is working on measures that would protect opponents of gay marriage, including ministers and justices of the peace who refuse to...
Tories
plan to protect same-sex opponents
Globe and Mail, Canada - 21 hours ago
By John Ibbitson and Bill Curry and Brian Laghi. Ottawa
- The Conservative government is planning measures, including a Defence...
Liberals
attack Tories over judicial 'patronage'
CTV.ca, Canada - Oct 2, 2006
Liberals were crying patronage in question period over a series of judicial
appointments by the Conservative government. They particularly...
Tories
Dismiss Reports About Defence of Religions Act
580 CFRA Radio, Canada - 2 hours ago
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is dismissing reports the Conservatives are considering
legislation to protect officials and churches that refuse to deal with...
Source: Canadian
Government to Protect Religion and Conscience...
Lifesite, NY - 5 hours ago
By John-Henry Westen. Ottawa, October 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - If
the current attempt to restore the traditional definition of...
Harper denies Tory plan to boost rights of gay-marriage opponents
Ottawa Citizen (subscription), Canada - 6 hours ago
Prime Minister Stephen Harper responds to questions from the Opposition in the House of Commons. Ottawa - Prime Minister Stephen...Report: Canada Preparing To Let Gay Marriage Foes Refuse Weddings
365Gay.com - 8 hours ago
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff. (Toronto, Ontario) The Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper is preparing legislation...Tories protecting opponents of gay marriage
Global National, Canada - 10 hours ago
Ottawa - A Conservative proposal to protect officials and churches that refuse to cater to homosexuals is coming under fire - even from some Tories.
National
Affairs: Minority status beginning to stall Harper's...
Brooks Bulletin, Canada - 10 hours ago
Six months into its first session in Parliament, Stephen Harper's minority government
may already have reached the limits of its short mandate.
Conservatives
Look to Protect Free Speech Rights for Same-Sex...
580 CFRA Radio, Canada - 21 hours ago
The Globe and Mail reports legislation, including a Defence of Religions Act,
could be introduced if the Federal Government loses a motion this fall to reopen...
PM
denies anti-gay initiative
Toronto Star, Canada - 5 hours ago
Ottawa - Prime Minister Stephen Harper says his government has no plans
to draw up legislation that would protect officials and churches that refuse
to deal...
Harper
denies plan to bolster rights of gay marriage opponents
Canada.com, Canada - 7 hours ago
Prime Minister Stephen Harper responds to questions from the Opposition in the
House of Commons.
Ottawa - Prime Minister Stephen...
Harper
denies plan to bolster rights of gay marriage opponents
National Post, Canada - 8 hours ago
Prime Minister Stephen Harper responds to questions from the Opposition in the
House of Commons. Ottawa - Prime Minister Stephen...
Harper
denies plan to bolster rights of gay marriage opponents
CBC News, Canada - 8 hours ago
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he has no plans to introduce legislation
to protect officials and churches that refuse to deal with homosexuals.
Tories
plan to protect same-sex opponents
Globe and Mail, Canada - 19 hours ago
By John Ibbitson, Bill Curry and Brian Laghi. Ottawa - The Conservative
government is planning measures, including a Defence of...
Liberals
attack Tories over judicial 'patronage'
CTV.ca, Canada - Oct 2, 2006
Liberals were crying patronage in question period over a series of judicial
appointments by the Conservative government. They particularly...
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denies plan to bolster rights of gay marriage opponents
Winnipeg Free Press (subscription), Canada - 2 hours ago
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denies possible Defence of Religions Act
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By Bruce Cheadle. Ottawa (CP) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper says his
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Harper
denies Tory plan to boost rights of gay-marriage opponents
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Ottawa (CP) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper says his government has no
plans to draw up legislation that would protect officials and churches that
refuse to...
Harper
denies Tory plan to boost rights of gay-marriage opponents
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Harper denies
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Harper
denies Tory plan to boost rights of gay-marriage opponents
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refuse to...
Harper
denies plan to bolster rights of gay marriage opponents
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he has no plans to introduce legislation
to protect officials and churches that refuse to deal with homosexuals.
Canada:
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Gay NZ, New Zealand - 7 hours ago
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he has no plans to introduce legislation
to protect officials and churches that refuse to deal with homosexuals.
Harper
denies plan to bolster rights of gay marriage opponents
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper responds to questions from the Opposition in the
House of Commons.
Ottawa - Prime Minister Stephen...
Harper
denies plan to bolster rights of gay marriage opponents
Victoria Times Colonist, Canada - 7 hours ago
Prime Minister Stephen Harper responds to questions from the Opposition in the
House of Commons.
Ottawa - Prime Minister Stephen...
PM
denies possible Defence of Religions Act
Canoe.ca, Canada - 9 hours ago
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legislation to protect officials and churches that refuse to deal with...
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16. UN AIDS Envoy Can't Stomach Abstinence - October 13, 2005
Hi Friends and Neighbors;
There is a petition circulating that promotes Stephen Lewis as a candidate for a Nobel Peace Prize. Please review this article from Population Research Institute before signing. You be the judge.
Herm
http://www.pop.org/main.cfm?EID=871
17. United Mothers, Fathers & Friends Newsletter - November
2, 2006
Age of Protection Bill Moving Forward!
I) 2nd Reading Success Story
II) Take Action - Provincial Attorney General
To send your 1 click letter asking your provincial Attorney
General to support Bill C-22 go to: http://www.1clicklobbyist.ca/index.php?affid=216
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Correction: In a recent newsletter I incorrectly reported that in 1987 the Mulroney government lowered the age of consent to 14. I sincerely apologize for this error.
The age of consent was first set at 14 years of age in the 1892 Canadian Criminal
Code.
http://www.realwomenca.com/newsletter/2006_jan_feb/article_7.html
I) 2nd Reading Success Story!
Dear friend of the Family,
Great news!
Following 3 hours of heated debate on Monday, October 30, Bill C-22 passed second reading and was referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, despite opposition from the NDP.
We send our profound thanks to the many thousands of you who took the time
to send letters in support of this critical child protection bill.
Parliament is listening!
To read the Hansard debate:
http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=39&Ses=1&DocId=2449784#OOB-1733963
Let's keep the momentum going!
II) Take Action - Provincial Attorney General
In 1998, 1999, and 2003 provincial Attorneys General called upon the federal Justice Minister to raise the age of consent from 14 to at least 16 to protect children from predators.
It is time for them to speak out again and help make Bill C-22 law.
TAKE ACTION: 1 Click Letter
Ask your provincial Attorney General to submit a brief to the federal Justice Committee in support of Bill C-22. In addition, ask that a representative from the provincial Attorney General's office apply to be a witness before the committee to speak in favour of raising the age of consent to at least 16.
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18. United Mothers, Fathers & Friends Newsletter - October 28, 2006
Meet the Candidates Part 2: Victor Doerksen
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I) Victor Doerksen - Alberta by Design
II) Buy an Alberta Conservative Membership Today!
III) Election Details
Dear friend of the family,
This week's action item: Sign up family & friends!
Invite family members (spouse, parents, children 16+, brothers, sisters, aunts,
uncles, and grandparents) to get a $5 Alberta Conservative membership so they
can help choose the next premier of our province.
Memberships can be purchased through any candidate's campaign headquarters,
or online with Visa or MC (Until November 8)
at: http://secure.albertapc.ab.ca/public/custom/join/step1.cfm.
Over the coming weeks we will be sharing information provided by the candidates
about their vision of Alberta. Last week we introduced Dr. Ted Morton: www.tedmorton.ca.
In our second installment…
I) Victor Doerksen - Alberta by Design
With the right vision and plan, Alberta has unlimited
potential. My policy platform, Alberta By Design, is a sustainable, financially
viable and detailed plan for moving our province ahead. I invite you to read
more about my platform, Alberta By Design, at: www.voteforvictor.ca.
Biography:
Victor Doerksen was first elected in 1993 and has served as the MLA for Red
Deer South ever since. He was appointed Minister of Innovation and Science in
2001 and again in 2004.
Prior to political life, Victor was trained as a CGA
and worked as a computer programmer/analyst and spent many years in the banking
industry.
Victor, 52, is actively involved in the community
and on a number of volunteer boards. He and his wife Doris enjoy hiking and
spending time with their family, which includes four children, one son-in-law,
and three grandchildren.
Policy Statement:
Leadership is about setting a vision and plan for
Alberta that addresses our challenges and opportunities and, most importantly,
it is about ensuring Party members have real input into government policies
for that plan. My policies reflect my commitment to those leadership principles.
These policy ideas are grouped into key focus areas:
Renewed fiscal discipline - returning the Alberta
government's focus to a sustainable financial plan. My policies include:
· A new accounting for our resource revenue.
· Creation of an infrastructure-planning program.
· Phasing out health care premiums beginning in Budget 2007.
Accountability in Health Care
- providing the direction, accountability and long term plan for an accessible
and affordable universal health care system. My policies include:
· A new $25 Billion Health Trust.
· A new health innovation and research fund for complementary medicine.
· Refreshing A Framework for Reform, the 2001 Report of the Premier's Advisory Council on Health.
Supporting Parental Roles - providing parents
with the tools and programs that support their choices for their families in
their homes and their communities. My policies for families include:
· A new $300 million Child Care Option program.
· A new sport and recreation element to the Child Health Benefit that supports participation in physical activity programs.
· Regulation of the charging of school fees.
· A 75/25 percent split in property tax revenue and sharing gaming and liquor revenue with municipalities.
· Increasing the tax credit for individuals providing unpaid elder care.
Conservation - providing the tools, protection
and policy to provide for the conservation of our natural resources, our agricultural
land base and our clean environment, with a focus on water management. My policies
include:
· Full implementation and funding of the Water for Life Strategy.
· Development of a clear economic signal for water.
· A legislated provincial Blue Box recycling program.
· Support for the Life Sciences Institute to develop new products and opportunities from agricultural and forestry feedstocks.
Meaningful Party Membership - ensuring the
ideas and input of Albertans are included, in a real way, in government policy.
My policies include:
· Regional policy conferences and enhanced use of technology for communications.
· An end to regional caucuses.
· Enhanced opportunities for Private Members Bills.
I invite you to read more about my platform, Alberta By Design, at: www.voteforvictor.ca.
Campaign office information:
2B 4909 - 48 Street
Red Deer AB T4N 1S8
Ph: 403-309-9963
Fax: 403-309-5998
Web: www.voteforvictor.ca
II) Buy an Alberta Conservative Membership Today!
How do I Purchase a $5 Membership?
If you are supporting Victor Doerksen you can purchase a membership on line using a credit card at: http://www.voteforvictor.ca/buyAMembership.cfm.
Memberships can also be purchased:
1. Through any candidate's campaign headquarters
2. Through your constituency association
3. By phone, toll free, 1-800-263-3408 with Visa or MasterCard
4. Online with Visa or MC (Until November 8) at:
http://secure.albertapc.ab.ca/public/custom/join/step1.cfm
5. At the polling station on Election Days (including advance polls)
6. Through the PCAA offices in Edmonton and Calgary
(More information available at: http://www.albertapc.ab.ca/admin/contentx/default.cfm?PageId=3)
III) Election Details
When will the election be held?
IMPORTANT: You likely will need to vote twice, so put
both dates on your calendar!
Saturday, November 25, 2006 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. (first ballot)
(Saturday, December 2, 2006 second ballot if required)
Can I vote in an advance poll?
Yes! Monday, 20 November, 2006 from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
(Wednesday, 29 November, 2006 from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. if second ballot required.)
Where do I vote?
At a polling station within your constituency. Locations are available at this
website: http://www.albertapc.ab.ca/admin/contentx/default.cfm?PageId=4423
Who are the candidates?
Edward Stelmach: http://www.stelmach.ca
Dr. Ted Morton: http://www.tedmorton.ca
Victor Doerksen: http://www.voteforvictor.ca
Dr. Lyle Oberg: http://www.lyleoberg.com
Gary McPherson: http://www.garymcpherson.com
Jim Dinning: http://www.jimdinning.ca
Mark Norris: http://www.marknorris.ca
Dave Hancock: http://davehancockcrew.ca
Thanks for getting involved and making a difference in the future of our province! - Michele Dow
19. Wal-Mart Hits Teens With Gay Porn How-To Manual - November 15, 2006
LifeSiteNews.com - Wednesday November 15, 2006
Wal-Mart Hits Teens with Gay Porn How-To Manual - By Gudrun Schultz
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, November 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A graphic sex-ed manual promoting lesbianism to teenage girls is now offered for sale - by Wal-Mart in the United States. - Called "irresponsible and obscene" and by the Institute for Canadian Values, the material contains explicit directions for engaging in oral/anal sexual acts. The book encourages same-sex experimentation, telling girls that only 10 percent of the population is actually heterosexual, while 80 percent is "mixed" or bi-sexual.
Produced by St. Stephens' Community House in Toronto, the book titled "The Little Black Book for Girlz: A Book on Healthy Sexuality" caused a storm of controversy earlier this fall when parents and pro-family groups first became aware of the books' content after it was published in September.
The manual was further condemned for using obscene and derogatory language. Examples include a section entitled "My First Time F***ing a Girl" and the statement "If you need someone to represent God The Holiness, then for me, it's a fat black dyke."
The manual contains misleading and dangerous information on "safe" sex devises, assuring teenagers that condom use is 100 percent effective in preventing the transmission of disease. That statement contradicts the World Health Organization's recent admission that condom use fails to protect against HIV/AIDS transmission up to 20 percent of the time, crucial information missing from the manual.
Another section on "safe" lesbian sex acts, entitled "How to use a dental dam," encourages girls to engage in such dangerous behaviour as sewing latex squares used in dentistry into the crotch of their underwear "for added fun."
Wal-Mart says the book, sold for $8.50, is "a great mix of real-life examples and life-saving info."
Advertising the manual as "not just a book about sex, but a look at girl culture by teenagers," the book is praised as "No stuffy school textbook," with "No nosy adults" involved.
"It's all stuff that youth need to know…The Little Black Book for Girlz is an important, take--anywhere empowerment guide. Girls shouldn't leave their teen years without it."
Wal-Mart recently joined the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, which celebrated the involvement of the corporation as "part of the company's ongoing commitment to advancing diversity among all of its associate, supplier and customer bases."
The company contributed $60,000 in 2006 to the activist group Out & Equal, an organization dedicated to promoting the homosexual lifestyle, including same-sex marriage, in the workplace. Wal-Mart ran a full-page ad in the Out & Equal 2006 Workplace Summit Program Guide stating the company's commitment to supporting the goals of the Out & Equal Summit.
In 2005, Human Rights Campaign, the largest homosexual activist lobby organization in the U.S., applauded Wal-Mart for adopting a new definition of family that included same-sex partners, where recognized under state law.
(News tip from http://socon-or-bust.blogspot.com/)
To express concerns:
web-based email: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?dest=9999999997&am...
phone: 1-800-WALMART (1-800-925-6278)
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Attn: Customer Service
702 S.W. 8th Street
Bentonville, AR 72716
View Wal-Mart's website ad for The Little Black Book:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?dest=9999999997&am...
See Wal-Mart endorsement ad for Out and Equal homosexual rights conference:
http://www.afamail.net/walmartsummit_ad.pdf
See previous LifeSiteNews coverage:
Graphic Girls' Sex Ed Book Urging Lesbianism Published by Government
Funded Toronto Agency http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/sep/06091901.html
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20. We Are Making Progress In Restoring Marriage In Canada!
- October 16, 2006
It Is Still An Uphill Fight, But We Are Making Progress In Restoring Marriage In Canada!
Everyone Can Help!
Dear Defender of Marriage,
The showdown over whether to re-open the decision to legalize same-sex marriage in Canada and this time to fully and fairly consider its consequences for our future is still on track for a vote in Parliament before Christmas.
At this time, while it still appears that as of now the vote would fall short of a majority, there are some encouraging signs that the momentum may be shifting in our direction. That difference is the broader emphasis on the rights of children that was almost totally ignored in the debate when Bill C-38 passed. The media are beginning to pick up on this and more and more Canadians are thinking about the consequences of what we have done.
We Canadians rightly pride ourselves on our concern for individual rights and for our dedication to tolerance. The Liberal Government played upon this aspect of our national character by framing the debate over legalizing same-sex marriage as exclusively an adult right, something that if we did not grant to homosexuals violated their rights and condoned intolerance.
The Liberals ignored, suppressed or belittled any debate about the impact on children and the larger interests of society from legally eliminating any recognition of the importance to a child's development of being raised by both a father and a mother if at all possible. Their position is that "parents" are interchangeable and their sex does not matter, even though the overwhelming evidence from the social sciences shows that it is indeed critical.
It may be that I have a better appreciation of this debate because I am a practicing physician and have also served in Parliament. I see everyday that men and women are different in profoundly important ways. They react differently, their brains are wired differently: they are different psychologically and physiologically as well as physically.
It stands to reason then, that a child raised by a man and a woman is going to develop differently than one raised by either a single or by two "parents" of the same sex. And the evidence is clear and uncontestable that children raised by their married biological parents do the best by far on any measure of wellbeing compared to any other parenting situation.
Based on my service in Parliament, I find the position of many of our elected
officials to oppose even re-opening the debate over whether we should have legalized
same sex marriage to be both troubling and irresponsible. Their refusal to
consider all the facts says at least one of several things about them:
· They have already evaluated all of this evidence on their own before
voting on C-38 and found it unpersuasive (they would have had to evaluate it
on their own because it was never fully considered in the debate!).
· They understand the evidence that children do best raised by their
married biological parents, but the rights of children to be raised in this
situation are outweighed by the rights and desires of adults.
· They know that although children are our future, they do not care.
· They are simply tired of the issue and do not want to invest the mental
energy and endure the pressure to reconsider the issue no matter how important
it might be.
I could go on, but there is not a single good reason not to at least thoroughly and fairly look at the all evidence when there is so much at stake. Not to do so is irresponsible and a violation of the public trust.
The visits that thousands of Canadians made to their MPs over the past months have had an impact. The growing realization that legalizing same sex marriage raises more complex and much more complicated rights questions than had originally been recognized is also having an impact. It looks now like the vote, which had been expected to come in the next few weeks will now be put off until into December.
This means that we still have time to demand that our MPs act responsibly on this critical issue.
You can do the following to help:
· Continue to contact your MPs on this issue. If they are opposed to
reconsideration of the same-sex marriage issue, ask them to tell you in detail
why and why it is not worth considering the rights of children.
· Help spread the word to everyone else you know. The more Canadians
who understand the importance of considering this issue fairly and thoroughly,
the more pressure we will be able to bring on Parliament when the time comes
to vote. An easy way to do this is to forward this newsletter on to everyone
on your list.
· If you have not yet joined the tens of thousands of Canadians who
have signed our "National Petition to Restore Marriage" please do
so. We will be presenting this petition to MPs just before the showdown vote.
Click here
to sign.
Thank you for what so many of you are doing in what is literally the battle for Canada's future. This is a fight we can and must win!
Sincerely,
The Hon. Dr. Grant Hill, P.C.
Coordinator, Restore Marriage Project
P.S. You can help even more by making a generous contribution to support our
efforts to restore marriage in Canada. For information on mailing us a contribution,
click
here.
Special Reminder!
Please Sign the Restore Marriage Canada Petition
Over 35,000 Canadians have already signed our National Petition to Restore Marriage. This petition will be presented to every MP before the critical vote Prime Minister Harper has promised on whether to reconsider the legalization of same-sex marriage in Canada.
If you have not yet signed this petition, please click here and do so. It takes just a few minutes. If you have signed it, please pass urge others to do so as well. You can do that by forwarding this newsletter on to others on your list with a short note from you or you can use the special feature on our Web site, which makes it easy to send a suggested alert to them. Click here to access this feature.
Please forward this on to others!
21. We've Joined The Wal-Mart Boycott - November 14, 2006
Future Shop a subsidiary of Best Buy Co., have decided to take Christ out of Christmas. They will have Holiday sales but not Christmas sales.
See: http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061111/BIZ/611110377/1001/rss21
We've joined the Wal-Mart boycott!
November 14th, 2006
To the Management of Halifax and Sackville Wal-Mart Department Store
We will not be shopping at Wal-Mart stores, through the Christmas season, and will ask others to do the same and for the year 2007.
Wal-Mart's head office's decision to financially support groups that promote
homosexual activity and homosexual "marriage" is both irrational and
unfortunate. Truly the future of business remains with the success
of families but Wal-Mart has decided to join the battle on the side of homosexual
activist organizations.
With great disappointment and regret that we can no longer shop at what was once a group of family centered stores. We will also help spread the word to our friends and families about your baffling decision.
Sincerely,
Herman and Rose Wills
Lower Sackville, NS Canada
Ref: http://www.afa.net/wmpassalong3.asp
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52672
Some of the Wal-Mart Stores in our area:
220 Chain Lake Drive
Halifax, NS B3S 1C9
FAX: 902 450-5581
6990 Mumford Road
Halifax, NS B3L 424
FAX: 902 454-8266
535 Portland Street
Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4B1
FAX: 902 461-1852
140 Wade Road
Truro, NS B2N 7H3
FAX: 902 893-5583
720 Sackville Dr
Sackville, NS B4E 3A4
FAX: 902 865-4261
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