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
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 Don Hutchinson “People who are ruled by their desires think only of themselves.” Thinking about some of the headline news stories of the past few days, I found myself reflecting on this translation of these words penned by Paul of Tarsus in a letter he wrote to friends in Rome nearly two thousand years… 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
By Faye Sonier It hadn’t fully sunk in for me until I read Member of Parliament Libby Davies’ (Vancouver East) new Private Member’s Bill (PMB) that some Canadians face discrimination due to their genetic characteristics. Genetic discrimination is a serious issue. Thanks to medical advancements and initiatives like the Human Genome Project, Canadians can now… Read More
The following was submitted as an opinion editorial to the Kelowna Capital News, who did not return calls or emails, and subsequently the Kelowna Daily Courier, who have put us off until as late as today with a consideration to publish. This week is Protect Human Life Week in Kelowna, B.C. (September 23-30). To see… Read More
By Don Hutchinson and Faye Sonier EFC President Bruce J. Clemenger joined other Canadian leaders in signing the Declaration of Support for Parliamentary Study of Canada’s Legal Definition of “Human Being” . His endorsement, on behalf of The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) stands alongside those of other organizations and individuals who agree it’s time… Read More
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