Do Canadians support a law limiting abortion? Yes. In all but one of the opinion polls publicly available since 2010, a majority of Canadians support at least some law regulating abortion. Are Canadians pro-choice? If you look at the polls that ask whether abortion is permissible...
The topic of abortion was a hallmark of the 2019 election cycle. It was brought up repeatedly by the leaders of the various parties and was a topic at the leader’s debates. This is a cause for celebration for pro-life groups, but it comes also...
For immediate release On Thursday May 10, 2018, thousands of Canadians are gathered in Ottawa to show how much pre-born human rights matter to them. Men, women and children, young and old, take time out of their lives because they care deeply about the lives of...
When MP Rachael Harder was nominated today as Chair of the House Status of Women Committee, Liberal MPs walked out in protest, ending the meeting and putting any potential committee work on hold. Citing her pro-life voting record and lack of support for extreme transgender...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has added Canadian weight to the increasing international pressure on Ireland to rethink their constitutional ban on abortion, a ban codified in Ireland's 8th amendment. In meetings this month with Irish leader Leo Varadkar, Varadkar informed Trudeau that he plans to hold a referendum...
Summer is a great time for professional development! I am thankful to ARPA Canada for not only allowing, but encouraging the staff to set aside some time every year to steep themselves in a period of learning. For the past few days my colleague Colin Postma...
The Liberal party released their gender-based violence strategy this month. The strategy aims to address issues ranging from investigating street harassment to focusing on Indigenous women, looking at impacts on LGBT communities to studying the potentially harmful effects of social media algorithms. It seems they tried to leave...
On October 19, 2016, our Members of Parliament voted down Bill C-225 (Cassie and Molly’s Law), a law that would have allowed additional charges to be laid against a killer who took the life of a woman he knew to be pregnant. The law was...
Sometimes it can seem like political correctness is on a constant rise, to the detriment of free speech. It is good, then, to see freedom of speech getting a lot of media attention lately. This freedom, to express one's thoughts without fear of the repercussions, is enshrined...
The Guttmacher Institute, an American research organization committed to advancing "sexual and reproductive health and rights" released some data last week showing that the rate of abortion in the United States is the lowest since Roe v. Wade (1973). Reaction was swift from both sides...
