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January 31, 2018

Pro-life group refused injunction on Canada Summer Jobs attestation

“We are disappointed with the ruling, but the constitutional questions have not yet come before the court,” says Blaise Alleyne, President of Toronto Right to Life (TRTL) in a statement.

OTTAWA – A Toronto pro-life group has failed to get an injunction against the pro-abortion attestation required in the Canada Summer Jobs application.

Published in Canada
January 24, 2018

Minister Hajdu stands by ‘mandate’ of summer jobs funding as opposition grows

Employment Minister Patty Hajdu encourages religious groups to apply, as long as the organization’s “primary activities” do not include pro-life advocacy.
OTTAWA – As opposition mounts against a required pro-abortion attestation in the Canada Summer Jobs application, Employment Minister Patty Hajdu is still hoping faith groups will apply.
Published in Canada
January 22, 2018

Charles Lewis: It’s official… pro-lifers are second class citizens

Pro-lifers hold up a modified Canadian flag with Mary and infant Jesus placed in the maple leaf at the 2017 March For Life in Ottawa.
Most everyone has read an editorial or an opinion piece attacking the federal government’s summer jobs program for excluding organizations that are pro-life — like the Roman Catholic Church. It has caused outrage in many quarters. We should be grateful that it is more than the usual orthodox suspects who see the injustice in this warped decision.
Published in Charles Lewis