By Faye Sonier Article originally published as a guest column in the Guelph Mercury. Every few years, city bus banner ads in Guelph trigger debate about free speech rights. A few years ago, it was an atheist ad that read: “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” This year, it’s a… Read More
Guest blogger: Bruce J. Clemenger is President of The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. This article was originally published in Faith Today. Recently a fertility clinic in the United States made news for not only selling human sperm and eggs, but human embryos as well. While many responded with disdain, National Post columnist Marni Soupcoff questioned… Read More
By Faye Sonier In Saturday’s Bushwhackers embarrass PM piece, Sun Media’s National Editorial Writer Mark Bonokoski proves that you don’t need facts to write an opinion article. He labels three Members of Parliament, Maurice Vellacott, Leon Benoit and Wladyslaw Lizon “obviously stupid bushwhackers” for having asked the RCMP to investigate late-term abortions as homicides. Had… Read More
By Faye Sonier Parliament clearly expressed its will in 2010 when Members of Parliament voted resoundingly against a bill which sought to decriminalize euthanasia and assisted suicide. The Supreme Court of Canada plainly ruled against the practices in the 1993 Rodriguez case, in which it found Parliament’s jurisdiction and legislation in this area to be… Read More
By Faye Sonier There are moments when I wish my primary passion was for the establishment of animal sanctuaries. Or fundraising efforts for the purchase of new collections at the public library. Or campaigns in support of cancer research. That would be easy for me. As a book-loving, cancer-surviving Canadian, whose favourite companion is Hugo,… Read More
EFC Legal COunsel Faye Sonier was interviewed by 100 Huntley Street on Canadian laws which restrict access to abortion data. For more information on the issue, check out a press release and the EFC’s report, Black Holes: Canada’s Missing Abortion Data.… Read More
Response to A. Alan Borovoy’s October 29 National Post article, “When it comes to abortion, personhood is beside the point,” published online October 30, print edition November 5. By Faye Sonier A. Alan Borovoy argues that the personhood of the pre-born child is irrelevant to the abortion discussion because, in his opinion, there is… Read More