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www.theinterim.com PAGE 2 — THE INTERIM, APRIL 2020 Federal ban on Trudeau government proposes ‘conversion therapy’ conversion therapy ban threatens to jail Yukon looks to join provinces, cities outlawing the procedure Paul Tuns on the leadership ballot of conversion therapy to Alberta. A well-known caring parents supported by Campaign a person under the age of LGBTQ activist, Wells has On March 6, Justice Life Coalition, called the 18 – and I stress under the promoted a cartoon com- Minister David Lametti Trudeau government’s age of 18.” paring Christians to Nazis. tabled a bill to make it a C-8 “madness,” saying Campaign Life Coalition He also wrote a book urg- crime to outlaw conver- that if passed parents will director of political opera- ing municipalities to ban sion therapy for minors to go jail for trying to help tions, Jack Fonseca, criti- conversion therapy, and help them overcome same- their minor children. In cized both bills as a threat included among the types Law Matters sex extraction or gender an email to supporters, to religious freedom and of activities he wanted to confusion. Sloan said: “The Liberals the medical and spiritual see prohibited were talk John Carpay If passed Bill C-8 will condemn the notion that care and support some therapy, group therapy, add five new crimes to the parents should be able to confused youth are desper- spiritual prayer, exor- Criminal Code including help a child identify with ately seeking. “Any kind of cism, or medical or drug- causing a minor to under- the body they were born clinical therapy or spiritual induced therapy “which go conversion therapy, with. ‘Conversion thera- counseling to help a per- attempt to actively change f Trudeau’s Bill C-8 becomes law, parents could spend removing a minor from py’ is what they call any son overcome their gender someone’s sexual orienta- Iup to five years in jail for trying to help their son Canada to undergo such professional treatment in identity confusion and to tion.” accept himself as a boy, or for helping their daughter to treatment, to cause a per- this area. All the while, accept their bodily reality, Many municipalities, accept herself as a girl. C-8 would also impose prison son to have conversion the Liberals celebrate giv- including the pastoral sup- especially in Alberta, have terms up to five years for doctors, counsellors, psychia- therapy against his or her ing a child hormones and port … will be defined as followed Wells’ advice. At trists, psychologists, and other paid professionals whose will, to profit from conver- irreversible plastic surgery ‘conversion therapy,’ and least seven Alberta cities treatment for gender confusion departs from the new sion therapy, or to adver- as ‘gender affirmation’.” thus, become illegal.” have banned or limited gender orthodoxy. If MPs vote to make C-8 the law, par- tise such services. He added: “If that seems Fonseca also said that conversion therapy within ents and professionals wanting to help gender-dysphoric Bill C-8 defines “conver- backwards to you, that’s the political push is a reac- their borders, including children will effectively have only one legal option: to sion therapy” as “a prac- because it is. In fact, for tion to widespread mis- Calgary, Edmonton, Fort encourage a confused child to “transition” to the oppo- tice, treatment or service teenagers suffering from information. “At this very McMurray, and Medicine site gender. designed to change a per- Hat. “Transitioning” means taking puberty blockers, oppo- son’s sexual orientation Vancouver was the first site-sex hormones, and even undergoing permanent to heterosexual or gender Canadian city to outlaw sterilization and physical surgeries: healthy organs such identity to cisgender, or conversion therapy – ban- as breasts and testicles are removed. to repress or reduce non- ning advertising for the The Liberal government’s new ban on “conversion heterosexual attraction or therapy and refusing to therapy” defines it as “a practice, treatment or service sexual behaviour.” It adds: license businesses that designed to change a person’s sexual orientation to het- “For greater certainty, this offer it – in June 2018. erosexual or gender identity to cisgender, or to repress definition does not include Human rights tribunals or reduce non-heterosexual attraction or sexual behav- a practice, treatment or and professional bodies iour.” The term “cis-gender” (pronounced “sis-gender”) service that relates (a) to a have effectively outlawed is a term used by transgender activists to refer to a person’s gender transition; conversion therapy in woman who also feels like (or identifies as) a woman, or or (b) to a person’s explo- Quebec since 2012. Ontario a man who feels like (or identifies as) a man. Under C-8, ration of their identity or passed the Affirming trying to change “gender identity” to “cisgender” means to its development.” Sexual Orientation and trying to help a male feel comfortable as a male, or like- The penalties for adver- Gender Identity Act (Bill Ann Gillies speaking at a Campaign Life Coalition clergy wise helping a female to feel comfortable as a woman. tising or profiting from 77) in 2015, outlawing If C-8 becomes law, it will become criminal in Canada to such services is a maximum luncheon in February warning that bans on conversion conversion therapy for help boys and girls who struggle with gender identity to of two years in jail while therapy threaten religious freedom and parental rights. minors and prohibiting it find peace in accepting biological reality. those convicted of causing from being funded under Bill C-8 ignores the fact that the vast majority of chil- a child to undergo conver- gender dysphoria, it can moment, dishonest media the provincial health plan. dren experiencing gender identity disorder will outgrow sion therapy in Canada or be a nightmare.” outlets and even more The same year, Manitoba it by the time they reach the age of 18, provided that abroad or forcing an adult Sloan said the Trudeau dishonest LGBT activists Health Minister Sharon they are allowed to go through puberty. Over the course to undergo such treatment government is being “radi- are running around the Blady enacted measures to of many years, doctors Kenneth J. Zucker and Susan carries a maximum of five cally ideological – and country, lying and claiming end the practice in her Bradley helped hundreds of children at the Gender years in prison. completely out to lunch” that gays and lesbians are province, saying “it is the Identity Service of Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and In a press conference, with their “biggest prior- being electroshocked, and position of the Manitoba Mental Health feel comfortable in the body they were Lametti said, “As to minors, ity” being a bill outlawing forcibly confined, and tor- Government that conver- born in. we are criminalizing this conversion therapy while tured by churches and psy- sion therapy can have no Bill C-8 creates a one-way street. Helping a confused across the board.” But he Canadians are grappling chotherapists who prac- place in the province’s boy to accept his gender becomes criminal. But caus- also said the additional with the coronavirus pan- tice ‘conversion’ therapy. public health-care system.” ing a boy to feel uncomfortable about being a boy, and measures would criminal- demic. And this is a lie.” Fonseca In 2018, Nova Scotia’s suggesting to youngsters that “there is no such thing as ize “coerced” conversion Pro-family advocates, explained that conversion Liberal government banned boys and girls,” and convincing a girl that she is actually therapy and activities relat- many who have been therapy is “loving, standard conversion therapy with a boy trapped in a girl’s body, all remain perfectly legal. ed to providing the ther- the unanimous support of Activists who have so shrewdly infiltrated our public apy for adults, effectively the opposition parties for (and religious) schools have nothing to fear from C-8; banning it completely. the Sexual Orientation and they can continue sexualizing our children and promot- Lametti admitted the Gender Identity Protection ing transgender ideology to vulnerable youth. political nature of the bill, Conservative MP Derek Sloan Act, which is similar to the Bill C-8 also imposes this hypocrisy with regard to saying it provides a “bal- Ontario law. In 2019, the sexual orientation. C-8 ignores the reality of people who ance between progressive Progressive Conservative testify publicly about having personally experienced policies and constitution- called Trudeau government’s government in Prince changes in their sexual orientation, for which they are al (rights).” He boasted Edward Island also passed grateful. Trudeau Senior said “there’s no place for the that if Bill C-8 is passed, unanimously legislation state in the bedrooms of the nation,” but Trudeau Junior “Canada’s law will be the C-8 ‘madness’ banning conversion thera- is now inviting the state into the offices of all doctors, most progressive and com- py, the Sexual Orientation counsellors and clergy. prehensive in the world.” and Gender Identity Bill C-8 makes it illegal to “cause” a person under But the Justice Minister Protection in Health Care the age of 18 to undergo “conversion therapy,” which dismissed concerns about Act. includes trying to reduce non-heterosexual sexual constitutional rights when working to defeat a simi- talk therapy” and “there is Advocates are pushing behaviour. Religious counselling is certainly both a a reporter asked about any lar bill, S-202, in the nothing forcible about it.” for bans in Alberta and “practice” and a “service” that falls under C-8. Religious infringement of Charter Senate, are critical of the Talking to a Campaign Saskatchewan. A legisla- adherents voluntarily discuss their sexual attractions and rights to freedom of government’s bill, saying Life Coalition clergy lun- tive working group in sexual behaviour with trusted and respected clergy. C-8 expression and religion by it will prevent Canadian cheon in February about Alberta that was develop- creates a double-standard for people who seek to reduce saying that the government youth from receiving treat- Senate Bill S-202, Ann ing a plan to ban conver- – or eliminate – their sexually promiscuous behaviour. was more concerned about ment that they want. In Gillies, a psychothera- sion therapy and headed C-8 allows pastors, rabbis, imams, and priests to counsel the “devastating effects” of 2019 Senator Serge Joyal pist and author of the by Alberta NDP MLA Nicole straight people (of all ages) to refrain from sexual pro- conversion therapy. (Liberal) introduced Bill 2017 book Closing the Goehring, was disbanded miscuity. But C-8 makes it a crime for those same reli- Lametti called conver- S-260 which would ban the Floodgates, an analysis of by Jason Kenney’s United gious leaders to counsel gay teens to refrain from sexual sion therapy a “discredited provision or advertisement propaganda promoting the Conservative Party govern- promiscuity. C-8 also makes it a crime for clergy to help practice” and “not based in of conversion therapy ser- sexual revolution, echoed ment last May. children and teens to accept their birth-gender. science.” He also said con- vice. The bill died on the this when warning: “The A bill banning conver- It would be possible to challenge C-8 in court for vio- version therapy “sends a Senate floor when the elec- ultimate goal is to silence sion therapy for minors lating Charter rights and freedoms, like the right of par- demeaning and degrading tion was called last year, the Christian church in under 19 years old was ents to raise and educate their own children as parents message.” He was joined but Joyal re-introduced it Canada. It is to silence us introduced by the Green deem best, and the freedoms of religion, expression and at the press conference as Bill S-202 in December. from talking. It’s totally Party of British Columbia association. But it would be far, far better to defeat this by Minister of Diversity, Joyal said during second totalitarian.” She noted last May, but has not yet anti-Charter bill, and prevent it from becoming law in Inclusion and Youth reading of Bill S-202 that that a leading advocate of proceeded in the legisla- the first place. Canadians who care about children and Bardish Chagger and so- the “purpose of this bill banning conversion ther- ture. who cherish our Charter freedoms need to contact their called survivors of conver- ... is to make it an offence apy is Kristopher Wells, Last month, the Yukon MP immediately. sion therapy. to advertise conversion Canada Research Chair for government tabled Conservative Party MP therapy services for con- the Public Understanding legislation to ban the Lawyer John Carpay is president of the Justice Centre and leadership hope- sideration and to obtain of Sexual and Gender practice. Jeanie Dendys, for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF.ca). ful Derek Sloan, one of financial or other material Minority Youth at MacEwan two pro-life candidates benefit for the provision University in Edmonton, See, ‘Yukon’ p.7 THE INTERIM, APRIL 2020 — PAGE 3 Conservative leadership race Dismount the features two pro-lifers O’Toole train Décarie was barred, Karahalios disqualified

Paul Tuns Karahalios through email, in a Facebook post. The Karahalios said in mail and social media ear- alliance claims that the a statement the party is With a week to go before the lier in the month.” Political post includes a picture of trying to “hijack democ- Talk Turkey deadline to become a veri- insiders suggest that it was Karahalios surrounded racy by removing my name fied candidate for the lead- his fundraising appeal to by “images of angry black from the ballot.” Josie Luetke ership of the Conservative supporters saying if he was men and women, a few of CLC initiated a cam- Party of Canada, three elected prime minister he whom appear to be hold- paign demanding National Campaign Life Coalition- endorsed candidates met the threshold of $300,000 n Super Tuesday II, I was watching the left-wing and 3000 signatures to OYouTube channel The Young Turks while primary qualify. A fourth, Richard results rolled in and I sat up when political pundit Krystal Décarie, had been barred Ball joined the hosts. For some much-needed background, three weeks earlier from The Young Turks co-founder Cenk Uygur is also one of running by the Leadership the founders of Justice Democrats, a political action com- Election Organizing mittee committed to getting “progressives” like Bernie Committee (LEOC). Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Ilhan Omar elect- Décarie was not told the ed. reason he was disqualified, Ball argued that if Joe Biden becomes the Democratic although party sources nominee, Sanders supporters have “got to realize that indicate that it was because this whole ‘Vote Blue no matter who’ thing is a complete he erred in filling out the Derek Sloan Leslyn Lewis Jim Karahalios con” and that if they vote for Biden they “lose any kind of 40-page application form. power.” Most observers assume it would never allow sharia ing either baseball bats Council overturn the While Uygur disagreed with her, the vast majority of top was because he was out- law and sharia finance to or pieces of wood.” Nigel Karahalios disqualifica- commenters concurred, insisting that they’d rather stay spoken on abortion and be established in Canada. Barriffe, president of the tion. Karahalios has filed a home after how the Democratic Party had treated them. same-sex “marriage.” He has also been critical alliance, said in his com- petition with the Superior I find it very interesting to contrast that with the situ- Campaign Life Coalition of Erin O’Toole’s campaign plaint that “this image is Court of Justice in Ontario ation of conservatives in Canada. I don’t want to directly celebrated the fact that chair, Walied Soliman, a profoundly insulting and asking for the decision to address the “Vote blue no matter who” adage (which their three endorsed can- Toronto lawyer and for- deeply racist.” be overturned. means something quite different here), but I think the didates submitted the mer close confidant of A ruling was made In a press release, CLC shared rejection of this sentiment speaks to how activists entry and deposit fees and Patrick Brown. Soliman is against Karahalios by the national president Jeff on both the left and right appreciate that they lose their requisite number of signa- an expert on sharia finance Chief Returning Officer on Gunnarson called the leverage if they’ll just vote for a candidate for being the tures signing their nomi- and Karahalios implied March 17 and he immedi- decision “an outrage,” lesser of two evils. That brings me to Erin O’Toole. nations but the celebra- that he might influence ately appealed the decision noting that, “Thousands of I shouldn’t have to talk about him because he’s so tion was short-lived. The O’Toole to establish ele- to LEOC’s dispute resolu- our supporters answered unmemorable, but for some reason a number of pro-lifers, same day, Jim Karahalios, a ments of Islamic religious tion appeals committee our call to sign nomination including MPs like Garnett Genuis, have decided that he’s Cambridge lawyer and for- law in Canada. Karahalios (DRAC). That ruling is not papers and donate towards the candidate to back in the Conservative Party of Canada mer member of the party’s sent a March 7 email to public and it might have the Karahalios, Lewis leadership race, despite the fact that he’s neither pro-life policy committee, was dis- supporters with the subject been a disqualification or and Sloan campaigns. nor pro-family. qualified from continuing line: “Say No to Shariah might have been loss of Even though the barriers I understand that they want to avoid a dreaded Peter his leadership race. Law. Stop Erin O’Toole.” part of the $100,000 com- to entry were clearly MacKay win, but as the CPC uses a ranked ballot, they The CBC reported The Globe and Mail pliance fee the party makes designed by LEOC to could always primarily promote Campaign Life Coalition’s LEOC said a complaint was reports that the Urban candidates pay to ensure keep out grassroots, non- endorsed candidates covid-19 Derek Sloan and Leslyn received about Karahalios Alliance on Race Relations good behaviour. DRAC establishment individuals Lewis covid-19 and only afterwards encourage voters to on March 9, “in relation filed a complaint, accus- announced that Karahalios like Jim, we helped him put O’Toole ahead of MacKay. Instead, Genuis and oth- to statements made by Mr. ing Karahalios of racism was disqualified. See, ‘Sloan’ p. 13 ers are devoting their precious time and energy towards propping up O’Toole and trying to endear him to social conservatives. Maybe it’s that they want to endorse an obvious winner in the hopes of jockeying for a favourable spot in a poten- Décarie barred from tial cabinet. We do need pro-lifers in prominent positions of influence. We’re playing the long game. I get it. We must also recognize, though, that there’s a real Conservative leadership race trade-off in doing so. When pro-lifers back candidates who are not pro-life, not only are they making the mor- Paul Tuns of Quebec and southwest- to make it through the next officially neutral but was ally questionable decision of supporting a candidate who ern Ontario ensured that hoop (more money and effectively supportive of condones the bloodshed of the innocent, but they are also The Conservative Party Décarie raised the requisite signatures for nomination) same-sex “marriage,” when obscuring the true strength of the pro-life voter base and of Canada’s Leadership amount of money (at least or do well in the leadership it rescinded the party policy contributing to the false rhetoric that vocally social conser- Election Organizing $25,000) and gathered race. He also expressed book to define marriage as vative candidates can’t win. Committee (LEOC) has the necessary minimum of surprise with the decision the union of one man and In the last CPC leadership election, Brad Trost and informed pro-life and pro- 1000 signatures by the Feb. considering he thought the one woman. (That change Pierre Lemieux got a combined 15.73 per cent in the first family candidate Richard 27 deadline to become a LEOC interview went well. convinced Brad Trost to round and Trost’s surprise fourth place finish has seemed Décarie he is not allowed candidate. He said the decision was run for leader in 2017.) to carve out a bigger space for social conservatives in polit- to contest the party’s lead- Eight candidates were certainly made because Décarie said if he won the ical discourse. However, we know also that there were ership. In February, Décarie approved by LEOC, but many in the party do not leadership he would advo- pro-lifers who ranked other candidates like Andrew Scheer told CTV’s Evan Solomon want to address issues such cate changing back to the and Maxime Bernier first. How many did so? Frustratingly, that he did not refer to as abortion and same-sex former policy of defining we don’t know. people as LGBQT, which he “marriage.” He said if he marriage as the union of Let’s say that this time around all pro-life CPC members labeled a liberal term, say- was running, the party one man and one woman place the pro-life candidates at the top of their ballots. ing he looks at every per- would be forced to deal at this November’s policy With Sloan’s and Lewis’ combined supporter bases, we son as an individual, not as with these issues. convention and, if passed, could very well have the numbers to elect a pro-life leader. a member of an invented Following the general would run on it in the next Even without a win, the better they do, the greater the term. He was criticized by election last October, Peter election. “It is ultimately dent in the narrative that social conservatives should just several other leadership MacKay, another leader- up to the party members be discarded and their candidates disqualified. We could candidates and others in ship contender, blamed and members should be provide a very clear indication of exactly how influential the Conservative Party for Andrew Scheer’s personal respected,” he said. He said we are. Improved recognition will inevitably improve our his position. Pundits pre- pro-life and pro-tradition- that his proposal -- winning chances of victory as well. dicted he would be dis- al marriage beliefs for the the leadership, changing And indeed, our goal should be electing a pro-life qualified over his remarks. Tories losing the election the policy, and running in leader (and one who isn’t apologetic about their position Décarie was running and called social conser- a general election -- would either). Injecting our viewpoint into the political main- as a self-styled True Blue Richard Decarie says vatism the “stinking alba- be a three-pronged demo- stream helps normalize it and forces people to consider Conservative, endorsed Conservative Party is tross around the neck of cratic test of the change the pro-life argument more seriously. by Brad Trost and sup- rejecting its own base. the party.” Prominent in policy. “What are they Also, because social conservatives always get courted ported by campaign strat- party strategists like Kory afraid of,” he asked of the in leadership elections and promptly dumped in general egists from the Trost and Décarie was not one of Teneycke declared that the party. elections, we must consider a candidate’s trustworthi- Tanya Granic Allen leader- them. LEOC did not pro- party would have to shuck Still, Décarie did not ness. While it has been proven that identifying as pro-life ship campaigns. He said vide a reason and the deci- any hint of social conserva- think that it was an easy doesn’t prevent a politician from betraying the preborn he would defund abortion sion cannot be appealed. tism if it were to be elector- decision for LEOC to (looking at you, Jason Kenney and Andrew Scheer), logi- and redefine marriage as Décarie told The Interim, ally relevant. Such decla- disqualify him. “The impact cally, pro-lifers can have more confidence in those who the union of one man and LEOC made a mistake dis- rations reflected personal is important,” and he actually run on a pro-life platform than those who just pay one woman. The French- qualifying him because “the opinions but were not sup- predicted they deliberated us lip service. Canadian media ignored CPC rejected the base of the ported by any data. The over it at some length. Whether you put O’Toole on your ballot or not (and Décarie’s campaign after he party.” He explained that if media has dutifully reiter- Sources within the party Ball’s plea in the American context suggests we shouldn’t), announced he wanted to there was little interest in ated the anti-social conser- told the campaign and The we should all be rallying around the pro-life candidates defund abortion, and after these supposedly contro- vative narrative. Interim that he had been first. We need to make our presence known, because the Solomon interview his versial issues, the “problem Décarie told LEOC that approved to run following that’s how we preserve our voice. We don’t retain power campaign appeared to dis- would go away on its own” he would work to undo his Feb. 27 interview. But by settling for a mediocre candidate. Scheer taught us that. appear from the national because he would not gar- the 2016 policy change that See, ‘Campaign’ p. 7 O’Toole’s no different. media. But successful tours ner the support necessary made the Conservatives PAGE 4 — THE INTERIM, APRIL 2020 Deep trouble pring has come, yet cafés and parks tal agitations. Sare empty. At rush hour, traffic lights In being unplugged from these poor cycle through their colours to empty imitations of connection, a new reality intersections. The doors of classrooms, reveals itself: the blessings our families arenas, and restaurants are locked, and and the true needs of our neighbours. only a handful of pedestrians shuffle So too do we see the vanity, inanity, and through the streets with purpose and insanity of so many of modern Canada’s unease. The office buildings are as empty policies and apparently pressing con- as the hospitals are full. There is a world- cerns. For instance, this genuine public wide, long-term “snow day” but with no health crisis has brought the claims of blizzard in sight, an all-but universal “sick norm-destroying social saboteurs into day” where the healthy must stay home – an unflattering comparison; the rhetoric and the afflicted, too, if they can. In the of so-called “gender identity” activists, quarantine imposed in response to the breathlessly worrying about safety and coronavirus, we have become a seques- danger, vulnerability and threat, can now tered society as we await the abatement be clearly seen as a sham. The corona- of an invisible threat. virus has also given us a much-needed For an as-yet-untold number of lesson about the protection of the vulner- Canadians, this pandemic will be a bodily able and the elderly, who need to be wel- reality – perhaps even a fatal one. For comed into the centre of our culture and many more, however, these weeks of not abandoned to the ice floes of isola- quarantine have been an unexpected tion, and offered only the cold comfort of pause, a sudden interruption of the euthanasia. Indeed, this pandemic should familiar rhythms of life, imposing every- spur us to create what Thomas Cardinal thing from boredom and inconvenience Collins of the Archdiocese of Toronto has to dire financial distress. While sickness called an authentic “culture of care.” will reach some, a degree of upheaval The threat that the coronavirus poses has already affected us all. But the very to the aged and infirm also points to a hardships that the pandemic has imposed peril of our own creation. Since the sexu- are also, in a strange way, a medicine. al insurrection of the 1960s, birthrates in A distracted world of frenetic activity the developed world have declined; most has suddenly screeched to a halt, and first-world countries are now well below an overlooked landscape has come into the demographic “replacement rate” at view. The background of our daily lives which a population remains stable. For has become the foreground, and we are decades, we murderously disposed of the all discovering what Virginia Woolf once unborn in the womb, treating our incu- called (with eerie accuracy) the “wastes bating offspring as the unwelcome detri- and deserts of the soul (that) a slight tus of transient pleasures. Having sown attack of influenza brings to view.” the wind, we now reap the whirlwind: This unprecedented situation, how- our dalliance with the culture of death ever, does not let us test Blaise Pascal’s has created a different kind of “deep judgement that “all of humanity’s prob- trouble.” Ours is a crisis exacerbated by lems stem from man’s inability to sit our empty cradles. quietly in a room alone.” While social An ancient proverb identifies the distancing might stem the spread of two best times to plant a tree: twenty the pandemic, there are ample means years ago – and now. When we eventu- for endless distraction – and destruc- ally emerge from our confinement and tion – in the rooms in which we find quarantine and assess the damage to our ourselves confined. Thus do we perform population and our livelihoods, the din frequent and thorough hand-washing to of our daily lives will return. The times kill viruses, and “streaming services” of a which now seem like such a burden will, different kind provide a constant flow of in retrospect, appear like an oasis of hal- images and noise which, likewise, stave cyon days. But, as our habitual rhythms off the encroachment of silence. While again find their familiar grooves, and the pandemic has put public health and pundits begin to opine about solutions our economy into one kind of “deep and preventions, we must not forget the trouble,” it has also revealed our own real lesson of these previous days. The The Interim welcomes letters of 300 words trouble with reaching and remaining in ultimate remedies and safeguards to or fewer. Letters may be edited. Please send to: the depths – of silence, of solitude, and similar threats are things which no politi- of prayer. Headphones prevent us from cian will have the insight or the courage The Interim 104 Bond St. listening to the rhythms of life; moving to prescribe, but which we all know well Toronto ON M5B 1X9 pictures stop us from seeing the faces enough: we should welcome more chil- which should move us to new reaches of dren into the world, and cherish all of E-mail: [email protected] etters Fax: (416) 204-1027 empathy and love; and the phones cre- our generations with generosity and love. L ated to connect us to each other confine We must let the deep lessons, learned in us in shallow cycles of irrelevant updates. this desert, blossom in the seasons when Judging politicians of you radically pro-abortion government Our apparently interconnected world is health and habit return lest we be even politicians and opposition party leaders really beset by isolation, diversion, and a less able to weather the other storms I am not pro-life only because of religious who refuse to recognize that the baby in deep addiction to slight, continuous, digi- which must, without fail, come. beliefs, but also because science and the womb is a human being that deserves reason tell us that life begins at conception life when you stand and face God and give and each person is unique infinitely an accounting of what you did to those precious from the moment of coming into babies made in His likeness and image. being in the mother’s womb. Just view an Hell is real. Heaven is real. We are all living Get even, not mad ultrasound and see the baby growing. Just our own judgement with the choices we ranting that there is time for extension, all pro-life and pro-family watch the ultrasound of an abortion and make. There are no excuses when you Grighteous anger and that revenge is Canadians. The temptation to thumb our watch the baby pulling back, away from are before God. How can the government not particularly ennobling, our advice to nose at a party that actively disrespects being killed and ripped apart. The baby in protect anyone if they don’t even protect pro-lifers disgusted that various bodies its socially conservative base is great; the the mother’s womb is most beautiful and the human being at the embryonic stage. of the Conservative Party have prevented desire to lash out at a party that took precious. Let’s make it irrefutably clear If there is no protection for new life then, two pro-life, pro-family candidates from membership fees from thousands of that abortion is the taking of a human life. other protections throughout society also becoming verified candidates for the CPC grassroots Conservatives and then bar In a caring and loving humane society, wither away which is very much evident in leadership, is to stay engaged and show or disqualify their preferred candidates an innocent, defenseless life would be the doctor-assisted suicide deaths which the party elite the importance of the is nearly insurmountable. But it would cherished and protected. are now sweeping across the country. social conservative vote by supporting be a tragic mistake to effectively punish Ultimately, it is a question of human Doctors killing babies and doctors killing the two remaining pro-lifers, Leslyn the pro-life candidates for the sins of the rights for the baby to be protected from patients – it is a barbaric crisis of epic Lewis and Derek Sloan. Yes, many of us party. The best revenge is to stay in the the moment of conception. Rejecting life proportions. angry at the shabby treatment of Richard process and help the remaining pro-life in the womb is rejecting God and His plan Jerome Desilets Decarie and Jim Karahalios – and by contenders. for mankind. Good luck and woe to all Powell River, BC

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Alex Schadenberg, Paul Tuns (chair) Subscriptions: $49/year in Canada $55 (C$) in U.S.A./International ISSN 8824-5401 THE INTERIM, APRIL 2020 — PAGE 5 The decline of the nuclear family Coronavirus and drug abuse are common – earn less, and die sooner than married men.” church Highly educated and high-income Americans are for- tunate in that among them, marriage and the family are National Affairs almost as stable today as in the 1950s. It is only among the less educated and less wealthy that the nuclear fam- ily is in deep trouble. Laying Down Rory Leishman Brooks concludes: “The shift from bigger and inter- connected extended families to smaller and detached the Lawton nuclear families (has) ultimately led to a familial system that liberates the rich and ravages the working-class and Andrew Lawton the poor.” Really? On the basis of the evidence Brooks n March, The Atlantic published an informative essay cites in his article, there is far better reason to believe Iby David Brooks on the current state of marriage and that it is not the presence, but the widespread absence can’t talk right now; I’m at church,” I told my moth- the family in the United States that is well worth read- of the nuclear family that ravages the working-class and “Ier when she called me up on a Sunday morning in ing, notwithstanding that he comes to the wrongheaded the poor. March. conclusion that creation of the nuclear family, defined Regardless, as Brooks sees it, working class Americans I wasn’t lying, though admittedly I could have been as a married couple and their biological children, was a cannot afford the house cleaners, baby sitters and other a bit clearer. I was actually sitting upright in my bed, mistake and needs to be replaced. amenities that enable the rich to keep their nuclear watching a streaming video of my pastor preaching about To begin with, Brooks, a New York Times columnist, families intact. But if that is true, how is it that 70 years God’s forgiveness. notes that the nuclear family is a relatively recent devel- ago, when living standards were far lower than they are There was worship. There was prayer. There was a opment that coincided with the growth of urbanization today, most working class Americans got married, stayed message. Arguably the comment section of the video and industrialization in the 19th century. Prior to 1850, married, and thrived in nuclear families. stream was a form of fellowship. Except for my lack of about three-quarters of Americans older than 65 were Brooks is on the right track when he concedes that it pants, what I was experiencing had all the constituent farmers who lived in extended families with their chil- is not so much a shortage of income as a radical change parts of church, though I was sitting in my bedroom. dren, grandchildren and sometimes other relatives, but in culture that is mainly responsible for shattering so I went through all the steps, but it just didn’t feel like by 1960, 77.5 per cent of American children were living many nuclear families. Compared to the 1950s, many church. in a home with no other relatives than their own mar- more parents today are so individualistic, self-oriented, Perhaps I was distracted by the sheer novelty of it – ried, biological parents. and focused on professional careers that they refuse to the first of what would ultimately be several coronavirus During this same period, Canada went through a sim- make the sacrifices necessary to attain the overriding church services relegated to the internet. In general, ilar transition extended to nuclear families. By 1961, 94 joys of nurturing children and a loving marriage. looking at a screen-sized image of a place makes you an per cent of Canadian children were living with married As a supplement to Brooks’ article, The Atlantic outsider in a way that you aren’t by immersing yourself parents and only six per cent with a single parent. has published a rebuttal by W. Bradford Wilcox, direc- in a sanctuary. Meanwhile, in both the United States and Canada, tor of the National Marriage Project at the University If this virtual service was a test of faith, I failed. higher rates of divorce, declining rates of marriage, of Virginia, and Hal Boyd, associate professor of family I was better by the second service I took in electroni- increasing incidents of common law unions, and soaring law and policy at Brigham Young University. They insist: cally. I made a point of approaching it with more formal- rates of out-of-wedlock births have all had an adverse “The nuclear family is still indispensable: Rumors of its ity and better insulating myself from distractions. impact on the nuclear family. In the case of out-of-wed- demise have been greatly exaggerated.” I was able to connect with God as I would through lock births, about 40 per cent of children in the United As evidence, Wilcox and Boyd point to a 30 per cent prayer, though the experience was still too similar to States are now born to an unwed mother, up from decline in the divorce rate since 1980, a more recent streaming a movie on Netflix for my liking. scarcely five per cent in 1960, whereas in Quebec, no and modest decline in out-of-wedlock births, and the I’m not one of these people who reject the use of fewer than 62 per cent of children are born to an unwed fact that: “Since 2014, the share of kids in intact families technology in places of worship. I attend a Pentecostal mother, up from fewer than four per cent in 1960. has begun to climb, reversing a decades-long trend in church, after all, so I’m Brooks acknowledges that the decline in marriage the opposite direction.” invariably comfortable and the nuclear family has been especially hard on While Brooks argues that biologically unrelated with sound systems children. “We all know stable and loving single-parent friends is a modern form of the extended family that can and projected lyrics families,” he writes, “But on average, children of single substitute for the absence of a biological parent in the on screens (my apolo- Expect resilience parents or unmarried cohabiting parents tend to have home, Wilcox and Boyd convincingly rejoin: “As any par- gies to the Catholic worse health outcomes, worse mental-health outcomes, ent knows, when it comes to an inconsolable child, even and Anglican readers less academic success, more behavioral problems, and a ‘dozen pairs of arms’ from the village don’t quite com- – truly). higher truancy rates than do children living with their pare to the warm and safe embrace of Mom or Dad.” As someone who two married biological parents.” The conclusion is clear: Instead of some newfangled spends more time on my smartphone and computer Quite so. The fragmentation of nuclear families has form of extended family, most low-income Canadians than I’d like to admit, this isn’t about me being a lud- also been particularly tough on low-income mothers and and Americans would benefit far more from the social, dite. I simply think some things can’t be replaced with an fathers. With regard to the latter, Brooks observes that cultural, and governmental supports they need to join electronic version without losing something vital to their “in the absence of the connection and meaning that fam- with the wealthy in enjoying the benefits of a loving essence. ily provides, unmarried men are less healthy – alcohol marriage and nuclear family. Screens in the church? Sure. Church on a screen? I’m still working through this one. If the only way to hear the sermon is through a web- Getting this issue to you cast, it’s certainly better than nothing. While God exists inside and outside of physical have long operated without central offices, it was a bit of churches, and his word can technically be shared across learning curve for many of us to work completely online. time and space via the internet, there’s no substitute for The back-and-forth by email and reading copy on screens the real thing. is a new and sometimes challenging way of doing things Catholic readers are surely unsurprised by this, hav- for us. There is something lost without face-to-face inter- ing long known that the absence of the Eucharist is actions. We persevered and I think it worked out rather the absence of the Mass itself. As a Protestant, I hoped well. I hope you appreciate the effort that goes into every it would just work itself out and I would feel the Holy issue to bring you life and family news, but especially this Spirit the way I’ve always known. month. Church doesn’t need to be a building: The Bible is We debated how to put out this paper, with conver- pretty clear on that. “For where two or three are gath- sations about combining it with next month’s issue or ered together in my name, there am I in the midst of providing it only online or cancelling it completely. The them,” we read in Matthew. I’d have to check the foot- Culture of Death does not take a break during a pan- notes but I’m not sure if the King James version makes demic, so we decided that we could not, either. Read exceptions for pandemics or allows for gatherings to take the stories in our centre spread to see how culture wars place in a Facebook group chat. continue while many families are scrambling to feel safe, It’s entirely possible the feeling of incompleteness I From the editor’s desk worry about home finances, and arrange for children to experienced was a reckoning with how the world itself t’s been a while since I wrote one of these other than be cared for or busy while schools are closed or provid- was changing at that very moment. The shuttering of Ito sneak in a book review. But these are unusual times ing online instruction. I hope you do not find this paper churches’ physical doors went along with closures of for us all and I thought I would let you know what is to be an intrusion. Maybe it is a distraction from other restaurants, recreation facilities, many stores, not to men- going on in our office. It’s closed. We are still work- worries. Maybe it provides you with inspiration to get tion all of the travel disruptions and cancellations. ing, but the office is closed. We are allowed to operate involved in battles for life and family while you have While relatively assured of my own health, I still took because communications and media were deemed essen- some time at home. As long as there are doctors killing to heart the ubiquitous calls for social distancing to pro- tial by the Ford government. But even before the order babies and other vulnerable people, and as long as politi- tect those in my community. Despite often craving alone came down, to protect staff and their families, our office cians refuse to pass laws that bring justice for the unborn time, it feels very different when ordered by executive manager arranged for most employees at The Interim and infirm, we will get the word out about it. fiat. and Campaign Life Coalition to work from home. This is Next month we plan to do a story on medical ethics In the church, just as in society itself, isolation can easier for some of us than others. For our family it meant in the pandemic. We also have a story about a charming lead to alienation. rearranging some of the rooms in our house in order to new pro-life children’s book from a Canadian couple in In the midst of all that chaos, there was nowhere I provide a quiet space for me to work a few hours each Alberta. wanted to be more than at church. Instead, we were all day without interruption. Now we are finding which rou- There are still bills and salaries to pay, and many of confronted by with the earthliness of church buildings tines work best for us all – both in person at home and our advertisers (especially churches) and other sup- and the mortality of our Christian brethren. online with my co-workers. I hope you keep CLC and porters are facing their own challenges. If you can, It was only a year ago that Notre Dame Cathedral in The Interim in your prayers. We are praying for you and please consider a donation to The Interim to help us get Paris erupted in flames, and countless essays and col- your loved ones at this time. (Just before noon each day, through this rough patch. Our address is The Interim, umns put forth the idea that, tragic as the church’s blaze we come together in the office to pray; we now do so by Suite 300, 104 Bond St., Toronto, Ont., M5B 1X9. was, it didn’t incinerate faith itself. conference call.) I would like to end by passing along a prayer I saw Whenever a house of worship endures a tragedy there The fact is many publications write, edit, and do lay- on Bishop Joseph Strickland’s (Diocese of Tyler, Texas) tends to be resilience from its flock, despite the imper- out remotely. Modern technologies, for all their prob- Twitter feed the morning I wrote this column: “Lord, manence of bricks and mortar. lems, have upsides, too, and it is unimaginable that we turn hearts back to your Truth of Life that every person is I expect the same resilience to carry us through public as a society would be able to handle these trying and sacred from conception to natural death. May the peril of health emergencies to come (though I hope they will uncertain times as smoothly as we are without the inter- this coronavirus finally awaken humanity to the sanctity be few and far between). The lesson is to never lose the net and the efficient ways to communicate and work that of life. In Jesus name we pray.” Amen. community and fellowship that accompany our practice these technologies facilitate. While other publications –Paul Tuns of faith. PAGE 6 — THE INTERIM, APRIL 2020 COVID- ­ ANNOUNCEMENT All National March for Life ‘indoor’ events cancelled; decision on the Rally on Parliament Hill and the March for Life on May 14 is pending As per the recommendation of government o cials and public health experts, we are cancelling all indoor events associated with the National March for Life in Ottawa, scheduled for May 13-15, 2020. Events cancelled: • Candlelight Vigil for Victims of Abortion, May 13 • Rose Dinner, May 14 • Youth Banquet, May 14 • Youth Conference, May 15 In respect to the Rally on Parliament Hill and the March through downtown Ottawa, we will continue to monitor the situation, as are other organizers responsible for outdoor festivals/ events in Ottawa. The health and safety of Canadians is our main priority as we listen to the recommendations of health o cials. In the meantime, together with our partners, we are developing an alternate, online program for May 14 that will provide a national platform for Canadians to speak out against the greatest human rights injustices facing our country. We remain committed to fighting against abortion-on-demand by supporting legislation like Bill C-233; blocking euthanasia- on-demand, which Bill C-7 would establish; and supporting pro-life candidates in the Conservative Party of Canada Leadership race. We will continue to keep all people affected by COVID-19 in our prayers. For life,

Jeff Gunnarson National President Campaign Life Coalition

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3760 Sheppard Ave E, Toronto (416) 609-5700 • www.shepherdvillage.org THE INTERIM, APRIL 2020 — PAGE 7 Yukon minister worries covid-19 out- Too much room break could prevent ban from passing Continued from p.2 someone appointed as a including counselling, facilitates a person’s decision maker on their behaviour modification coping, social support Light is Right the minister responsible behalf, from accessing techniques or prescription or identity exploration for the Women’s conversion therapy and of medications, provided or development,” or Joe Campbell Directorate, tabled Bill to ensure it is not a to an individual with the “gender-affirming surgery 9, the Sexual Orientation funded service. “We’re goal of having the person or any practice, treatment and Gender Identity planning to prohibit change gender identities or service related to Protection Act, on March conversion therapy from or sexual orientations. gender-affirming surgery.” 12. Alex Muszynski, the being offered,” Muszynski But it also states that Muszynski said she was used to labour under a terrible delusion. I assumed acting director of the said. it is not “a practice, concerned the covid-19 that my weight had stayed the same over the last Women’s Directorate, I Bill 9 goes further treatment or service that pandemic could prevent thirty or so years because of will power. But it’s not said Bill 9 is designed than many provincial provides acceptance, the Yukon legislature the strength of my will that has kept me from getting to prevent minors laws, defining conversion support or understanding from passing Bill 9 in the fat. It’s the size of my tableware. and adults who have therapy as a service” of a person or that current sitting. Gut size varies directly with plate size, apparently. You can look it up under nutritional and psycho- logical science. Oh yes, researchers have studied it. Nothing is off limits to researchers nowadays. Campaign will become a movement Although I’ve watched diners expand over the decades, I failed to notice dinner plates expand as Continued from p.3 being barred from running would also like to see the trum conservatism” and well. But why would I? I haven’t replaced my table- has been supportive, and candidate be bilingual in that must include social ware since the advent of the personal computer. I two days later, he received “even people who do not order to “take the fight to conservatives. “It is very had little reason to believe my plates were no longer official notice of LEOC’s share my views” said the Trudeau in both debates.” clear that social conserva- standard. final decision, a decision incident shows “the CPC is The campaign will tism is conservatism,” he Oh, at an all-you-can eat buffet in Las Vegas I feast- that risks alienating not respecting freedom of morph into a “genuine explained. ed off plates promoted as the world’s largest. But I the sizable pro-life and expression and freedom of conservative movement” He also noted that assumed they were an exception. It didn’t occur to pro-family base of the conscience.” Décarie said. He hopes MacKay has shown his true me that they were a trend. Conservatives. Asked why He encouraged support- to attract party members, colours by criticizing social What’s more, the researchers have found that the LEOC disqualified him and ers to stay involved with supporters of other par- conservatives last October trend has been with us for centuries. Through the not the other three pro- the Conservatives, saying ties, and those who are and “he wants to kick them second millennium, the plates in paintings of the Last life leadership contenders he would likely endorse a not traditionally involved out of the party” if he wins. Supper have expanded progressively by up to two- endorsed by Campaign candidate soon. He said he in partisan politics, but He accused MacKay of hav- thirds. So has the amount of food on them. Life Coalition, he said they wants a “genuine conserva- who are committed to ing hid his progressive This expansion isn’t due to a miracle like the mul- were not as vocal about it tive” and that must include pro-life, pro-family, lim- tendencies when Stephen tiplication of the loaves and fishes. It’s due to a series as he was. a declaration that the can- ited government, and fis- Harper was prime minis- of artists depicting the meal in images that reflects the Décarie said that the didate “recognizes that life cally responsible policies. ter, but they would quickly reality around them. response he has received begins at conception and He said he is not sure return if he became leader. Since I bought my antique tableware, dinner plates since the news he was ends at natural death.” He what that looks like quite Décarie said he thought have increased in diameter to 12 inches from 8.5. yet, but his website and he was done with high- These, of course, are imperial units. But I have it social media accounts will level politics after leav- on good authority that metric units produce similar provide more information ing Stephen Harper’s results. Whatever the measuring system, the larger shortly about how to sup- Office of the Leader of the diameter plates hold nearly twice as much food. port the new endeavour. Opposition more than a My Las Vegas experience should have taught me He said there is no decade ago and returning that bigger plates mean larger portions and greater chance he will back “Red to the private sector. But consumption. But, as the wine glasses were also Tory Peter MacKay or Red the timing of the leader- oversized, I wasn’t in a teachable mood. When my Tory Erin O’Toole.” Décarie ship race and the threats companions rose to leave, I refused to get out of my said the “Conservatives that MacKay, Jean Charest chair. It wasn’t because I wanted to eat more. It was cannot beat Justin Trudeau and others presented to because I regretted having eaten so much. My doctor if they are Liberal-lite.” the conservatism of the had warned against heavy lifting and I was afraid to Asked about O’Toole’s Tory party, dragged him stand up. outreach to social conser- into the race. Saying there Apparently, increases in plate size alter our percep- vatives with the idea that was a “craving in the popu- tion of what is normal, and deceive us into eating all stripes of Conservatives lation for this type of lead- more than we otherwise would. This, at any rate, is are welcome in his party, ership,” and the “momen- the theory. Décarie called it “a mar- tum is humongous” he is My friend Dingwall noticed a similar perceptual St. Patrick’s Church keting strategy,” not a core remaining involved. What change with increases in the size of his trousers. He 131 McCaul St., Toronto (416) 598-3269 belief for that candidate. that looks like is not clear told me that when he dresses for comfort, giving him- (University Avenue and Dundas St. West) Décarie said to win yet. But it is obvious we self extra room around the waist, he puts on weight. the next election, the have not heard the last To return to normal, he forces himself into trousers a Holy Week & Easter Liturgies CPC must offer “full spec- from Richard Décarie. size smaller.

PASSION (Palm) SUNDAY – April 5, 2020: “That must be unpleasant,” I said. 5:00 pm (English) – Saturday evening “Of course, it’s unpleasant,” he replied, “The pants 8:30 am (English) 10:00 am (German) 12:10 noon (English) 5:00 pm (English) are so tight I can hardly breathe. But since I’d rather

Monday April 6 and Tuesday April 7, 2020: 7:30 a.m. & 12:10 p.m. breathe than overeat, dieting comes easy.”

Wednesday, April 8, 2020: 7:30 am, 9:30 am, 12:00 pm, 2:30 pm, 5:05 pm & 7:00 pm Reflecting on Dingwall’s strategy, I saw fashion (Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions and Masses) models in a new light. They don’t diet so they can

HOLY THURSDAY: Mass of the Lord’s Supper – April 9, 2020: more easily wear tight clothes and look more attrac- 7:00 pm Mass (English & German) Andy Groen tive. They wear tight clothes so they can more eas- GOOD FRIDAY: Solemn Liturgical Service – April 10, 2020: ily diet and lose weight. I hope I haven’t misjudged 3:00 pm (English & German) Stations of the Cross 7:00 pm [email protected] them. HOLY SATURDAY – Easter Vigil Mass – April 11, 2020: 8:30 pm (English & German) 2514 Hwy 20 East Fonthill ON L0S 1E6 My own experience suggests that eating isn’t the

EASTER SUNDAY – April 12, 2020: only activity that waxes and wanes with altered per- 8:30 am (English) 10:00 am (German) 12:10 pm (English) 5:00 pm (English) Tel. 905 892 3041 Fax. 905 892 1520 ception. After my wife and I married, we rented a EASTER MONDAY – April 13, 2020: tiny upstairs apartment, where we had our first child. 9:00 am (English / German) picsmotorclinic.com Wanting more room, we moved to a larger basement www.stpatrickstoronto.ca suite, and produced a second child within sixteen months of the first. Blissfully unaware of a possible room-to-womb relationship, we next recklessly bought “I am the Light of the World, a two-storey house with four bedrooms and an unde- Contraception veloped basement. Anyone who follows Me often leads The following decade is a blur as we produced will not be walking in the dark; to abortion another six children at incredibly short intervals and he will have the light of life.” turned the rumpus room we had built in the base- ment into a dormitory. Then we rested, but not for John 7:12 Pray for an end to long. contraception and Although we wisely declined to move into a bigger For openness to house, we foolishly decided to enlarge the one we had. The mere decision to add on, not the addition Easter God’s Gift of Life itself, was enough to produce our ninth child. Sponsored by Does the room-to-womb relationship operate in Greetings reverse? Apparently, it does. In our mid-fifties, after from Saint Edward the Confessor the nine had fled, we traded the large two-storey home for a small bungalow to retire in. We haven’t Westport, Ontario produced any children since. Stratford and District Right to Life My hope is that the theory applies to writing. At best, I produce a couple of brief essays a month. But Box 21133 Saint Columbanus I can’t wait to experiment with a bigger computer Stratford, OntarioN5A 7V4 screen. If I enlarge what I write on, I should be able Elgin, Ontario to increase what I write. www.stratfordright2life.com If the theory is valid with food for the body, why [email protected] not with food for the mind, not to mention the soul? PAGE 8 — THE INTERIM, APRIL 2020 Coronavirus-related pro-life stories Canadian abortionists respond to covid-19 ic. Days later, Leadership Election Organizing Committee the epidemic while also being most at risk of acquiring chair Lisa Raitt said they were monitoring the situation the disease. This may create a shortage of clinicians who On March 18, Global News reported on how various work but that the party intended to proceed with their original can provide sexual and reproductive health services and environments were impacted by the coronavirus; one was timeline. Campaign Life Coalition-endorsed candidate increase wait times for patients in need ... In places that a Toronto abortuary. Jane Gerster reported on the “seem- Leslyn Lewis has called for the deadlines to be maintained already have a limited number of providers, this will put ingly never-ending list of cancellations and closures,” while another CLC-endorsed candidate, Derek Sloan, has an extreme strain on capacity to serve patients, especially noting that “The situation changes almost hourly.” She been front-and-center calling for deadlines to be post- for non-emergency care.” sought out human interest stories on how the widespread poned. Presumptive frontrunner Peter MacKay said this is closure “is already changing people’s lives nationwide,” no time for the Tories to be leaderless and called for an Ohio declares abortion non-essential service including “a microbiologist, a call centre agent, a school expedited race. custodian, abortion providers, kids’ counsellors and Abortion facilities attempted to remain open after the an inmate.” She talked to one microbiologist, one call Prayer and fasting state mandated all non-essential services closed as part center agent, one school custodian, and one inmate, but of efforts to arrest the spread of the coronavirus. Ohio Gerster talked to four sources from facilities that commit The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada and the World Attorney General Dave Yost ordered them shut. Right to abortions: Clare Hacksel, executive director of Choice in Evangelical Alliance invited Canadian individuals and Life Cincinnati discovered that Planned Parenthood of Health Clinic in Toronto; Katherine Ragsdale, president church congregations to participate in a Global Day Southwest was violating Ohio Governor Mike DeWine of the U.S.-based National Abortion Federation, and of Prayer and Fasting on March 29, as a response to and Health Director Amy Acton’s mandate that all non- unnamed spokesmen for the Athena Health Centre in the covid-19 pandemic. Bruce Clemenger, president of essential or elective surgeries be postponed the day after St. John’s, Newfoundland and Women’s College Hospital The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, said: “Canadian the March 18 and on March 20, Yost ordered two abortion in Toronto. Gerster reported that at Choice in Health, churches have been working hard through this pandemic businesses -- one in Cincinnati and another in Dayton staff made the “heartbreaking decision” (the reporter’s to serve a complexity of expanding needs and to stay con- -- to stop committing “non-essential or elective surgical words) to no longer allow women seeking abortions to nected with members of their congregations – reaching abortions,” defining them as “those that can be delayed bring along a support person. Hacksel added that “We out with care throughout Canada’s local communities, all without undue risk to the current or future health of a do not see abortion services as elective ... They are an while following the protocols provided by Public Health patient.” Ohio Right to Life president Michael Gonidakis essential service, and our goal is to maintain operations officials.” He added, “I am encouraged to hear of the many, said, “We are grateful that Attorney General Yost is putting while maintaining staff and client safety as much as pos- many stories of churches being creative in this extremely the health and safety of all Ohioans both young and old sible.” They also moved all post-abortion counselling to challenging time. Now on Sunday March 29 we have an first by ordering the closure of all nonessential surgical phone services rather than in-person. A spokesman for opportunity to come together with the global Church in procedures.” Acton’s mandate requires that surgeries be the Athena Health Centre asked women to wait 14 days if prayer for healing.” Philippines bishop Efraim Tendero, a threat to the patient’s life if not performed, that there they had travelled outside the province and were limiting secretary-general of the World Evangelical Alliance, a net- is a threat of permanent dysfunction of an extremity or waiting rooms to patients only. Women’s College Hospital work of churches in 129 nations, representing more than organ, or risk of rapidly worsening to severe symptoms told Global News the pandemic made no difference to 600 million evangelical Christians, said: “We know that if not treated in a timely fashion. Yost made clear that them: “We are continuing to offer these services as we many among our constituency have already been pray- most abortions do not fit the criteria. “The fact that these normally do.” Life Canada said in a statement: “While ing for those affected. We would like to now specifically abortion facilities have absolutely no regard for public governments jump into gear and prohibit the free move- call on churches and individual believers to take time to health indicates that they are not healthcare institutions ment of people and close businesses, keep in mind that pray for God to intervene in this crisis and stop the virus at all,” said Molly Smith, president of Right to Life Action abortion clinics continue to operate.” They urged people from spreading any further.” Clemenger said: “Now is the Coalition of Ohio. State abortion facilities continue to to pray for pregnant women, including those abortion- time to remember we are part of a global body, and to ignore the order. Preterm, a Cleveland abortion mill, con- minded ones, during the emergency measures so that draw together in prayer.” Meanwhile, on March 25, Pope firmed to the Daily Caller that they are carrying out abor- mothers would not feel vulnerable. Francis called upon all Christians to pray the Our Father, tions. Their statement said it would offer “the full range of “for the sick and their families; for health workers and abortion care services because it is essential healthcare.” CHP on the House of Commons those who help them; for the authorities, law enforce- In fact, Preterm executive director Chrisse France insists ment agencies and volunteers; for the ministers of our they are following the order: “In compliance with the suspended session communities.” In an event livestreamed on Facebook order from the Ohio Department of Health, our physi- Christian Heritage Party leader Rod Taylor noted in a from the Vatican’s library, Pope Francis recited the Lord’s cians will be making individualized determinations to recent commentary that “covid-19 has gripped” the Prayer, beginning, “As trustful children we turn to the ensure each person gets the healthcare they need and nation and that among the parts of life affected was the Father. We do it every day, several times a day; but right that all healthcare providers across the state have access suspended session of the House of Commons. While now we wish to beg mercy for mankind, so sorely tried to the supplies needed during this pandemic.” The Ohio expressing some concern over the “size and implementa- by the coronavirus pandemic. And we do this together, Attorney General’s Office has announced they are now tion” of the economic measures in reaction to the pan- Christians of every church and community, of every tradi- issuing cease-and-desist orders to all abortion facilities demic, Taylor said, “In at least two cases, the pause in tion, of every age, language and nation.” carrying out the banned, non-essential service. House debates is welcome.” He singled out the inability of legislators to pass Bill C-7, which broadens the criteria National Abortion Federation 40 Days for Life suspended for assisted suicide, and Bill C-8, which bans conversion calls abortion an essential service Shawn Carney, president of 40 Days for Life, announced therapy. He called them, “two terrible pieces of proposed On March 17, the National Abortion Federation (NAF) on March 24 that the “physical vigils” of the spring 2020 legislation,” and added that the limits on the legislature 40 Days for Life campaign were suspended in the weeks meeting provides a “pause ... a welcome respite from issued a statement insisting that abortion is an essential service. The statement began: “As states and municipali- leading up to Easter due to the coronavirus pandemic. the Liberals’ relentless social agenda.” While there are He said it was a difficult but necessary decision. “The financial and social concerns with the covid-19 pandemic ties enact measures to slow the spread of covid-19, more non-essential businesses will be instructed – or required regulations and the different changes and adjustments and the reaction to it, Taylor paused to acknowledge “the we kept having to make in different regions and countries good side” that “the Liberals’ plan to kill more Canadians – to close. At the same time, hospitals are preparing for a surge in covid-19 cases and increased strain on their throughout the world was just becoming unmanageable under MAiD and to restrict the ability for unhappy victims and out of protection for our volunteers, I made the deci- of ‘transitioning’ to seek sensitive professional counsel- staff, resources, and systems, and will likely begin indefi- nitely postponing non-essential or elective procedures. sion that we are suspending the vigils,” Carney explained. ling are both on hold.” He urged Canadians to use the He encouraged volunteers to continue praying and fast- additional time they might have to “educate themselves During this public health crisis, pregnancy care, including abortion care, remains an essential health service. The ing. He also joined other pro-life leaders in calling upon on these issues and to bring their concerns to the atten- the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services to close tion of their MPs.” He also urged supporters “to get National Abortion Federation calls on leaders to ensure that outpatient abortion clinics can remain open and every abortion facility across the country because “by defi- behind Cathay Wagantall’s private member’s bill, C-233, nition, they are not essential medical providers.” the Sex-Selective Abortion Act and help her gain the sup- urges hospitals to continue to provide abortion care.” port of as many MPs as possible.” The unsigned statement claims that because abortions must be done in a “timely” manner and the ramifica- 40 Days for Life attacked Conservatives refuse to delay vote tions of not having access to wanted abortion services On March 17, Shawn Carney, president of 40 Days for has a “profound” impact on women and their families, Life, reported that four pro-life activists were being On March 22, the party’s leadership race committee it is definitionally essential. “As we navigate covid-19, it tested for covid-19 after an employee at a Planned decided to not extend the deadline of March 25 for is critical that leaders treat outpatient abortion providers Parenthood facility in Pittsburgh, came out and “inten- verified candidates to qualify to run, for individuals to as essential businesses, and that hospital systems ensure tionally” coughed and sneezed on the “pro-life volunteers become a member of the party (April 17), nor for the the continuation of abortion care as an essential service.” peacefully praying outside of the building.” Carney said leadership voting on June 22, despite requests to do so by NAF also said that abortion services cannot be lost as “Despite [Centers for Disease Control] recommenda- some candidates as Canada goes into partial shutdown. hospitals deal with coronavirus patients. The pro-abor- tions to cover all coughs and sneezes, this individual, At least four provinces so far – British Columbia, Quebec, tion Guttmacher Institute also released a statement that who works with the public in a medical facility, purpose- Ontario, and Alberta – have declared a state of public the covid-19 outbreak could impact access to abortion: health emergency in the face of the coronavirus pandem- “Health care providers are being diverted to help address See, ‘Round-up ’ p.14 THE INTERIM, APRIL 2020 — PAGE 9 The pro-life lessons of Horton Hears a Who

Gabrielle Vandergragt so heartbreakingly real. humour, viewers can notice part? The reaction. Once all Horton is an elephant. the real threats faced by the animals learn what they He lives in the jungle of the Whos. Others keep try- almost did, and realize the Nool. He’s a wildly imagi- ing to force Horton to get implications of that, they native and caring elephant rid of the speck, claiming are horrified, especially the who teaches a class of that he’s bonkers for think- antagonist, Kangaroo. She young animals. While not ing it’s worth anything. begins to beat herself up always quickest to the This element is reminis- for her behaviour, having draw, Horton more than cent of the pressure young been rude, prideful and makes up for it with his women sometimes feel to arrogant throughout the charm and caring nature. get an abortion when preg- entire film. When people in One day, Horton finds a nancy occurs unplanned. the real world understand speck floating through the Throughout the movie, what exactly abortion is, air, and it happens that the we also see how fragile there is no way to support speck is inhabited by mil- Whoville is. It responds to it. You don’t have to be lions of tiny people called outside stimulation dramat- religious to see the atrocity Whos. Horton discovers ically. When Horton cov- of murdering babies before that they are in serious dan- ers the speck with his ear, they are even born. The Editor’s Note: Gabrielle ger, after having their speck the whole world is plunged animals are educated, and Vandergragt, attends dislodged from its resting into darkness. When in the once they see the truth, Bishop Smith High School place, Whoville could be sunlight or shade or cold, they are forced to admit in Pembroke, Ont., finished destroyed if a safe place the weather changes drasti- that they have been wrong. second in the 2019-2020 Fr. for them to rest isn’t found. cally. The ease with which This must be a goal of the Ted Essay Scholarship. This Horton sees the importance Horton can positively or pro-life movement if it is is her essay. of his mission. A person is negatively affect the Whos to gain any sort of traction; a person, no matter how is actually quite realistic. educate the people enough Did you hear he heard a small, and even the tiniest Carrying on the thread that they can understand Who? Who heard a Who, speck has a deep value to of the plot, the most poi- the reality of abortion for you ask? Well, Horton did! the elephant. So off Horton gnant thing about the themselves, make it cultur- Horton heard a Who when goes, on a long, danger- whole movie comes at the ally abhorrent to consider the Whos of Whoville were ous journey that earns him very end. All the animals abortion, and success is wafting in the wind. many enemies who think that have opposed Horton’s sure to abound. The other Horton Hears a Who he’s gone crazy and want mission finally hear the beautiful scene in this is timeless. lt’s classic. lt’s to stop him. Horton is the Whos. Almost like a pro- movie is the closing. As simply and profoundly pro- perfect example of how choicer listening to a pre- the credits begin to roll, life and nails down several pro-lifers need to be in the born heartbeat or watching the camera pans out and key points about the pro- face of adversity. Not once a baby move on an ultra- zooms away, revealing that life community, in addition does he lose his temper or sound, the enemies are the entire world Horton to being hilarious and a become angry at his adver- is perhaps extreme, but it adventure, and profoundly brought low by the simple and the other animals live fun adventure. Dr. Seuss saries, never gives up on his reflects the value of human simple messages. lt kicks cry of the tiniest Who in on is also a tiny speck float- didn’t need to layer his mission, never stops believ- life: this one tiny “speck” off with the speck being Whoville. It was then they ing through space. Every story in allegories and allu- ing that what he is doing (and in real life we could launched into danger, realized that Horton had human being is just a clump sions to make readers and is the right thing when it just insert “clump of cells”) through no fault of its own, been right the whole time. of cells. lt’s all a matter of viewers think. The movie would be far, far easier to is so important that the ele- when a seed falls from a tree Life did exist on the speck, size. Horton just so hap- reflected the pro-life move- just throw in the towel, phant risks everything to and disturbs the flower the it just had no voice with pened to be a large clump ment beautifully, in three give up, and say that he’s save it. We could compare speck was resting on. The ways. The main character, done his part. Even when this to a pro-lifer who is at Whos, completely unaware, Horton, embodies the true he’s shoved into a cage and risk of losing his or her job are sent flying through the spirit of the movement and treated cruelly, Horton because they refuse to back air, putting them at great Life did exist on the speck, its individuals. The plot never holds any lasting down on their belief. The risk. lf the speck were to itself is a journey of hard- animosity towards anyone. movie takes it a step fur- land on the ground and ship, chaos, very real physi- When the clover that bears ther, because even though get stepped on, for exam- it just had no voice cal danger, and simple par- the speck is dropped into a Horton has been perse- ple, Whoville would be allels. And the reactions of field of three million flow- cuted, he finds it within destroyed and all the Whos the movie’s antagonists at ers, Horton picks every sin- himself to forgive his oppo- along with it. Once again, with which to show itself the end are so well-done gle one until he finally finds sition. one could take out “speck” as they realize the atrocity the clover with Whoville on The plot of the movie is and replace it with “clump they very nearly commit is it. Horton’s determination packed with humour, wit, of cells” or “fetus” and have which to show itself. 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PAGE 10 — THE INTERIM, APRIL 2020 You, our readers, are in our Enjoy the decline prayers. Please keep The Interim that we either know or imagine beset us, now or in the near future. and its advertisers in yours. Douthat’s book is a belated response, perhaps even Stay safe. Amusements an unofficial sequel, to a book published back when we thought we were living through a transformational time – The staff of The Interim Rick McGinnis in history. Francis Fukuyama’s The End of History and the Last Man was published in 1992, and was received and then criticized as an ambitious, hasty, and even arro- gant conceit. Perhaps because of its title alone, many I asked Jesus people took Fukuyama’s thesis for a thickly-painted por- “How much do you trait of the zeitgeist and then later, when history seemed ike anyone given to binge-watching shows on stream- to return with a vengeance after the 9/11 attacks, as love me?” Ling television, I recently tore through three seasons either premature or wholly incorrect. of Babylon Berlin, a Netflix series set in the ominous, Citing Fukuyama, though, Douthat points out just “This much”, waning years of Weimar Germany, just as the roaring, how prescient he was in describing not just the tenta- manic 1920s tumbled into the dismal 1930s. It’s the tive decade that followed the fall of the Berlin Wall but He replied. most expensive non-English TV drama ever filmed, the whole subsequent era, right up to the present. “The Then He stretched out with the first two seasons costing €40 million, most of struggle for recognition,” Douthat quotes Fukuyama, it spent trying to replicate a city mostly bombed off the “the willingness to risk one’s life for a purely abstract His arms map nearly 70 years ago. goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called Germany’s Weimar Republic, for anyone still inter- forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be and He died. ested in history, is the previous century’s benchmark for replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of social and political decadence, a state that failed, but technological problems, environmental concerns, and not before showing the world what the satisfaction of sophisticated con- economic instability, rampant infla- sumer demands. 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The good of history will serve to get history guys are the idealists and the social started once again.” adventurers who find a way to thrive Which brings us back to what, amidst the chaos; the bad guys are precisely, we mean when we the cynics and establishment types describe a time – either in the past using that chaos to facilitate the insid- or the one we inhabit – as “deca- ious rise of the Nazis, who remain dent.” As portrayed in Babylon mostly offscreen until they arrive in Berlin, the Weimar period as expe- their brownshirts in the third season. rienced in the capital cities was It’s no surprise that it’s been full of energy and creativity, even praised for its “almost eerie paral- if a young woman would resort to lels to the present” (Die Zeit) and prostitution as a side hustle to make “growing relevance to the present ends meet in an economy in freef- day” (Variety). We don’t agree on much nowadays, but all. 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Douthat is the tame conser- But this might be a vative at the New York Times, and his role is mostly to moment already passing. pretend to be a sober voice – to explain to Times read- I’m writing this at the end ers why people they don’t really know have such alarm- of a week of semi-lockdown, Buying or Selling Real Estate? ing opinions, and to suggest possible areas of common socially isolated by choice ground without scaring the children. as the coronavirus spreads He begins in a familiar place, repeating the by-now worldwide. That digital and venerable theory that America in particular and Western virtual technology – the society in general began slipping into its decadent phase Popsicle stick – has turned with the apex of the space program at the end of the out to be the only life- ‘60s. Space, as Star Trek told us, was the final frontier, line keeping many people the one that opened up conveniently after the horrors of informed, amused, and con- two world wars had put the United States of America in nected. History has once the driver’s seat of liberal democracy, and depleting our again arrived with a crash, Joins with will to thrust into space the way the country had settled and we’re all wondering what its western frontiers after barely two decades of rocket the world will look like when launches, orbits and moon landings has been demoral- either social pressure relents izing. or government edict allows As Douthat describes it, decadence is the sticky, us to go out on the streets stained Popsicle stick we’re left holding after a period of again. 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Noting that many On March 10, less than facilities in the province. days.” open an ongoing conversa- Robert said, “It’s just the women are pressured to ten days after Bill 242 was A lawyer, Chender is the The law bans any type tion about other actions beginning of the removal have abortion, she said, “I introduced in the Nova NDPs spokesperson for the of pro-life witness in an am there for the women Scotia legislative assembly, Status of Women and NDP “access zone” established who want their children The Protecting Access to House Leader. 50 meters around an abor- and feel they have no other Reproductive Health Care Campaign Life Coalition tion centre. It prohibits recourse, to say: ‘I’m here Act passed unanimously Nova Scotia coordinator pro-life demonstrators and I can tell you from and was given Royal Assent Ruth Robert spoke against from interfering with or experience sometimes from the Lieutenant- the bill in the Committee attempting to persuade an there are other options’.” Governor the same day. on Law Amendments, and abortion-minded woman She said she never con- On March 2, Nova Scotia said afterward s: “I’m just as they approach an abor- demns women entering MLA Claudia Chender, horrified about this. It’s tion facility including free- abortion facilities. NDP (Dartmouth South) just absolutely terrible.” standing abortion mills, Robert also said the introduced the bubble She added that “Bubble hospitals, doctor’s office law was unnecessary. She or pharmacy, or people pointed to the Abortion who work in such facili- Rights Coalition of ties. Currently, abortions Canada’s own data which are committed in four hos- shows that violence from pitals in the province. Bill pro-life protestors is not Peter Bosman & Family 242 outlaws the filming or an issue in Canada. “There 9764 Regional Road 20 photographing of clients has been no severe or Smithville, ON L0R 2A0 or workers of such facili- moderate violence from ties. It also forbids any pro- pro-life individuals in over Phone: 905-643-2205 testing within the 50-meter 20 years,” she said to the Lincoln Line bubble zone. Ruth Robert of Campaign Life Coalition Nova Scotia committee. The law states no per- addresses the Committee on Law Amendments to Melissa Brooks, co- ORCHARDS director of the Women’s son shall “request that speak against the creation of anti-free speech bubble a “patient refrain from Choice Clinic at the Queen zones in the province. accessing abortion servic- Elizabeth II hospital in www.lincolnlineorchards.com es,” or a “physician or a ser- that need to be taken to of our constitutional free- Halifax, told the commit- vice provider refrain from ensure that women have doms if we don’t stop and tee if women and abor- providing, or facilitating full autonomy over their fight this.” She said, “I fear tion workers feel safe from the provision of, abortion own bodies.” She admit- this bill sets a precedent protesters, it will increase May You Have A Blessed Easter services.” ted that “we haven’t seen that will diminish, if not the visibility and therefore A first offense is pun- any violence related to the completely abolish, consti- availability of abortion in ishable by a fine of up provision of abortion ser- tutional rights of freedom the province. to $5,000 or a six-month vices in Nova Scotia, but of expression, peaceful The Liberal Premier, prison term, or both, with said that although “this assembly, and conscience.” Stephen McNeil, support- fines and prison terms bill is not a response to Robert added that contrary ed the law, saying in the doubling for a second real or perceived threat of to the claims of the bill’s legislative assembly: “On offense. If a corporation violence right now,” there supporters, it is “extreme- behalf of our government, -- Campaign Life Coalition, is the potential for harass- ly troublesome because it on behalf of this side of for example -- is convicted ment or violence. does not protect women; the House, I am honoured of violating the law, it faces During committee hear- it merely violates people’s to stand and support your fines of up to $25,000 for ings, women and abor- constitutional rights.” bill.” All parties supported a first offense, then a pos- tionists said that women No amendments were passage of the bill. sible $100,000 fine for a seeking abortions and proposed to protect the Nova Scotia joined second offense. staff feel unsafe or judged constitutional rights of Alberta, British Columbia, During third reading, when they see protesters. pro-life protesters. Newfoundland and Chender told the legislative Chender said, “We want to Robert explained that Labrador, Ontario, and assembly, the bill “brings ensure that people are free pro-life witnessing is Quebec in enacting bubble Kelowna Right to Life us in line with several of harassment.” peaceful and provides zone laws. Kelowna, B. C. National March for Life MARCH FOR LIFE indoor events cancelled Decision on rally on Parliament Hill, march pending Interim Staff A statement released by to check marchforlife.ca or PROTECT LIFE CLC stated. “The health call a Campaign Life Office Campaign Life Coalition and safety of Canadians is (see advertisement on page announced that they are our main priority as we 6). heeding the recommen- listen to the recommenda- CLC is developing an VOTE FOR LIFE dation of public health tions of health officials.” online program for May officials and cancelling all Debbie Duval, CLC’s 14 to “provide a national indoor events associated national capital organiz- platform for Canadians to with the National March er, told The Interim that speak out against the great- for Life program in Ottawa, “an alternative program” est human rights injustices JOIN Canada's only May 13-15. The events is being developed with facing our country.” affected by the cancellation CLC’s partners to “give Jeff Gunnarson, national PRO-LIFE federal party! include the Candlelight Canadians a different kind president Campaign Life Vigil for Victims of Abortion of March for Life experi- Coalition, told The Interim on the eve of the March, ence regardless of whether that it is possible that few the Rose Dinner and Youth the outdoor is cancelled or people will attend but if Banquet on May 14, and not.” Duval explained: “We possible, they are going to the Youth Conference on are fully aware that even if try to have the march but May 15. things clear up and we can provide an online program A final decision still have the march, many for those that cannot or regarding the rally on Canadians will stay home will not make the trip to Parliament Hill and the for safety reasons, so we Ottawa. “Like any other March through the streets want to do something for rally, we do not do it with of the nation’s capital has them.” expectation of a lot of peo- yet to be made and pro- Duval said a final deci- ple,” said Gunnarson, “we lifers are urged to follow sion will be made in mid- do it because it is a good CLC on social media for a May and she urged those way to make people aware definitive announcement. planning to make the trip of what’s going on in our country.” Gunnarson said it was a difficult but responsible decision to cancel the inside events. 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We are calling for this individual to be director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, noted: difficult days of the coronavirus, it is critical that the removed from their position immediately.” Furthermore, “Let’s think this through. A person with difficult health church provide hope, comfort, inspiration, and sup- 40 Days for Life is also complying with the CDC recom- issues who feels like a burden on others, or is expe- port. What the church must never become, is an exten- mendations of having fewer than 50 people at any event riencing depression or existential distress, could be sion of the uncertainty and fear swirling around them. for the next eight weeks and it is cancelling any public assessed, via telehealth, and prescribed lethal drugs for The Christian community must be transformational and demonstrations that could “could potentially endanger suicide. The death lobby focuses on facilitating death never reactionary. In light of that, it is troubling to see volunteers and encouraging those who feel ill to stay and protecting doctors who are willing to be involved so many churches cancelling their worship services. home and follow CDC guidelines.” 40 Days for Life is the with killing their patients. They are not concerned with While each pastor must ensure the physical welfare of twice-yearly witness outside abortion facilities that has protecting people.” their parishioners, church leaders also have a sacred saved thousands of women from killing their preborn responsibility to oversee the spiritual and emotional babies, converted abortion workers to the pro-life cause, Scientists call for lifting welfare of their members. Given the current data sur- and temporarily or permanently shut down dozens of fetal tissue research ban rounding covid-19, churches can put in safeguards to abortion facilities. protect their most vulnerable members and still ensure The Washington Post reported that Kim Hasenkrug, an a safe environment for community worship. Finally, it is Euthanasia activist calls immunologist at the National Institutes of Health’s Rocky very concerning to see governmental officials dictate to for telehealth assisted suicide Mountain Laboratories in Montana, said an exemption local churches how they are to conduct their spiritual should be made “to a ban imposed last year prohibit- life together and when and how they are gather.” Kim Callinan, president of the Portland, Oregon-based ing government researchers from using tissue from Compassion and Choices pro-euthanasia lobby, sent out abortions in their work” in order to permit coronavirus Dutch euthanasia facility a fundraising email on March 20 saying that authorities research. President Donald Trump’s Dept. of Health and temporarily closes should liberalize rules to allow approval of assisted sui- Human Services brought in the ban last year as part of cide and prescribing of lethal drugs via telehealth due the administration’s goal of “promoting the dignity of The Euthanasia Expertise Center (EEC) in The Hague, to the coronavirus pandemic. (Telehealth is defined human life from conception to natural death.” Hasenkrug Netherlands, has temporarily shut-down amid the in the New England Journal of Medicine as “the began advocating for lifting the ban in mid-February. The coronavirus crisis. The facility killed 898 people in delivery and facilitation of health and health-related Post reports that mice transplanted with fetal tissue that 2019 and 727 people in 2018. According to Alex service including medical care, provider and patient develops into lung might provide “humanized mice” on Schadenberg, executive director of the Euthanasia education, health information services, and self-care which research can be performed. It is believed that mice Prevention Coalition, the EEC is “the euthanasia clinic via telecommunications and digital communication themselves are not susceptible to the coronavirus. A pro- that specializes in euthanasia for psychiatric reasons technologies.” It is being widely used during the covid- life think tank, the Charlotte Lozier Institute, issued a and euthanasia for people with dementia or question- 19 pandemic.) Using telehealth would mean doctors statement saying that “Those who advocate experimenta- able competency.” The Euthanasia Expertise Center could approve euthanasia or assisted suicide without tion using body parts harvested from aborted children are announced in a press release, “In the interest of public examining a patient in person. Callinan wrote in an shamelessly exploiting the coronavirus pandemic, playing health, our patients, their loved ones and employees email: “As always, we are responding quickly to the on people’s fears at a vulnerable time so that a select few of the expertise center, it is no longer responsible to needs and opportunities of the times. As the work- can continue to use aborted fetal tissue in their research.” continue our current care provision.” It will not accept force grapples with the pandemic, telehealth is gaining new patients, although clients are “requested to submit prominence as a critical mode of delivering medical Churches close around the world their request at a later date.” It also states that “the care care. This provides a unique opportunity to make for current patients of the Euthanasia Expertise Center sure health systems and doctors are using telehealth, Many of the faithful are disappointed that many is suspended,” with “existing processes ... on hold.” where appropriate, for patients trying to access end-of- church leaders put restrictions on church services It continues: “However harsh: euthanasia care cannot life care options. These efforts should improve access even before governments were forcing so-called social be identified as a top priority in health care. The risk to medical aid in dying in the short and long-term.” distancing rules that impacted the ability of churches of infection is high and the expertise center employs The 2019 New Mexico assisted suicide bill included to remain open. On March 14, Rev. Patrick Mahoney, ambulatory doctors and nurses who also work else- a telehealth provision and the recent Hawaii bill to a Presbyterian minister and veteran pro-life, human where.” The closure is in effect until April 6. And then there was this … As the world is in the midst of the pandemic coronavirus, from 2 Timothy 1:7: “The Spirit God has given us is no There was plenty of regular life and family news that we are told to: keep a distance of 6 feet from the next cowardly spirit, but rather one that makes us strong, could have filled this space, but we wanted to provide person; practice ‘social distancing’ (one of many new loving and wise.” Cameron went over each word with you with something that might illicit a smile. If this situ- words we will see during this epic time); wash our Brandon until he was able to understand and quote the ation with the coronavirus lasts for long, we might open hands vigorously with soap and water while singing text and have his fear reduced. Their mother, Sheletta up this space to some jokes by Campaign Life Coalition ‘Happy Birthday To You’ twice (a good way to get Brundidge, posted on Twitter: “Stop letting your fear of president emeritus Jim Hughes. children to wash their hands); sneeze into our elbow, coronavirus be bigger than your faith in God. Plead The left knee, or whatever is most convenient; and refrain Blood, pray, and wash your hands. Amen.” Sheletta, who SAPIEN S T E I D A from hoarding toilet paper (What is that all about?). is an author and blogger has just published a picture E E S

V To help us not only get through this crisis, and do so book, Cameron Goes to School, the story of her daugh- E T R I I B T A AS ER with patience, humour, music, and prayer, we present ter’s autism journey. See her Twitter account for more VOS LIB a number of stories to lift our spirits by showing how information and inspiration. The aforementioned video others are lifting spirits and inspiring hope. Humanity appeared March 12. is rising to the occasion to evoke laughter and smiles. Enjoy the following, bearing in mind that the evil of Quarantined Italians have taken their social life to a abortion and other assaults on the human person are new level – on their balconies. With instruments from still among us. Pray, be vigilant, and always support life violins to accordions and voices from professional opera – from conception to natural death. singers to casual but enthusiastic singers, Italians are joining their neighbours from across the street to across We begin by suggesting a short video of an Italian nonna the piazza to sing and play music as only Italians can who presents the above advice, and then some, with – with hope, love and an abundance of joy. There are umorismo e amore. The video is on YouTube, which you numerous videos on YouTube at this calamitous time to can access by keying in “Italian grandma’s suggestions, lift your spirits in song. Google ‘Coronavirus outbreak: coronavirus.” Honestly, it is worth the view. Italian residents join together to sing from balconies during lockdown’ and then scroll down to view all the Next, we have a story from the U.S. about Brandon, age videos that are inspiring the world to not give up, to not 4 and his sister, Cameron, age 6. Both children are autis- have fear, to trust in God and each other. A professional tic. Brandon has a “crippling fear” because of his autism, Italian tenor and opera singer, Maurizio Marchini, goes a fear that is compounded by stories of the coronavirus out on his balcony each evening to serenade quaran- and its attending quarantine and health concerns. His tined Florence. All these videos will bring hope to your sister comes to his rescue with consoling words from heart and tears to your eyes. BARRY’S BAY, ONTARIO WWW.SEATOFWISDOM.CA Scripture. In Sunday school she learned a short passage IN MEMORIAM Mr. & Mrs. R.M. Abernethy Frank Antilope Dr. R. Bannister Catherine Belak James Bogie Monica Brosso John Busch Victor Cardozo Victoria Abusada Fr. Jan Appelman mhm Frances Barandowski James Belanger Vincent Bolen Pavla Brousseau Frances Busuttil W. J. 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