By Don Hutchinson Let’s not debate abortion just now. I won’t deny that both the EFC and I are unabashedly pro-life. Such a denial would be foolish because that position is both well stated and well documented. But let’s not debate abortion or euthanasia or assisted suicide or any of those other pro-life issues just… Read More
By Don Hutchinson You may have seen the Survey of pro-life groups on gestational limits and incrementalism piece that was published by The Interim (self-described as “Canada’s life and family issues newspaper”) and reprinted by LifeSiteNews (self-described as “a non-profit Internet service dedicated to issues of culture, life and family”). The Interim also published this… Read More
By Don Hutchinson Summer is barbecue (BBQ) season in Canada. Not just for you, your family & friends, but for Members of Parliament. Our kids take the summer off from homework. However, from the last week of June until the third week in September MPs leave Parliament – and they take their work home! So,… Read More
By Don Hutchinson By now, you’ve likely seen the video of the street preacher being asked by police to move along after setting up on a street corner in Toronto during that city’s Annual Pride Parade (formerly the Gay Pride Parade), which was held on July 1 of this year. If not, there’s a link… Read More
By Don Hutchinson Last week, after 3 weeks out of the office (a buddy and I took our motorcycles and went for Fathers’ Day in Macon, GA and then lunch in New Orleans, LA – a 7,200 km round trip), this was posted by MP Joy Smith on facebook and linked with my name… Read More
By Don Hutchinson My previous blog has generated some lengthy comments (longer than the blog), as well as several emails and conversations, so I’ve decided to blog my response rather than add to the lengthy chain of commentary at “Needed: A groundswell of support for Canadian abortion legislation.” Interestingly, the comments, emails and conversations readily… Read More
By Don Hutchinson The pursuit of a Canadian law to protect children in the womb has been a divisive issue on the Canadian agenda for decades … within the pro-life community. WeNeedaLaw.ca was launched with the daunting objective “to build a groundswell of support among the Canadian public for federal abortion legislation” and quickly experienced… Read More
A featured link in this National Post weekend homepage story (May 25-27, 2012). By Don Hutchinson Homophobia. Do you think you know what it means? I bet your neighbour thinks it means something different (and odds are you’re afraid to ask). As an evangelical Christian organization, after engaging in Ontario’s province-wide dialogue on anti-bullying legislation,… Read More
By Don Hutchinson “The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation,” or so former Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau infamously stated to the media at a press conference on December 21, 1967. Last week, Canada’s Science and Technology Museum (located in Ottawa) finished setting up the exhibit “Sex:A Tell All Exhibition” in… Read More
Guest blogger: Bruce J. Clemenger is President of The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. Following is the text of his address to the gathering assembled for the 2012 March For Life rally on Parliament Hill. You have heard it said that the debate about legal protection for the unborn is over. I say look at this… Read More