Protesters have succeeded in shutting down classes scheduled to resume today for some students at the University of Quebec in Montreal. Continue reading
BCPTL Note: In British Columbia there are no such laws. Your fourteen-year-old daughter could come home having had an abortion as a result of an in-school referral, and you need not have had any knowledge of the matter or opportunity to counsel her.
By Michael J. New, May 10, 2012 in National Review Online
This spring the journal Economic Inquiry published a study by Joseph Sabia and Daniel Reese which found very solid evidence that pro-life parental involvement laws reduce the suicide rate for teen females. Continue reading
Brian Rushfeld, President of Canada Family Action, has issued a call to stop the sex exhibit at the Canada Science and Technolology Museum. After having read the report that follows, we have no hesitation in backing his call. (Warning: What follows is quite explicit and not for children but for adults who have a concern for their welfare.) Continue reading
The dispute between the Government of British Columbia and the BC Teachers’ Federation drags on, with no sign of a resolution. We in BCPTL have not taken sides, nor are we likely to do so. But it is worth noting, with regret, that neither body can be looked to to defend the true interests of parents in the realm of education. Continue reading
“President Obama’s announcement that he has changed his position and now personally supports same-sex marriage is disappointing. Continue reading
Barbara Kay May 9, 2012
Canada is the only developed country in the world with no abortion law. This political vacuum suits liberals and libertarians, but discomfits many other Canadians. Since the issue is being strenuously ignored at the highest levels of government (witness the Conservatives’ horror at a recent private-member’s bill arising from their own caucus), we must look elsewhere for investigation of this profoundly moral question. Continue reading
