Dear Maureen, I’m Pete Baklinski, and this is your Canadian Pro-Life News Bits – where I let you know what’s happening on our country’s pro-life and pro-family front.
Canadian pro-life media is finally picking up the story I told you about back in March, about a business franchise starting up in Canada to expedite the killing of sick and elderly Canadians in what it calls a “supportive, inclusive, and comfortable setting.” There are two stories this week sounding the alarm about “MAiDHouse.” It’s about time. As I said back in March, these are killing houses, and they are evil.
My colleague David Cooke has written an important piece about how the Ford government is positioning itself to take over the governance of schools in Ontario. If you have children in Ontario schools, this is a must-read article and includes concrete steps you can take in response.
Next week, we’ll learn whether the Carney Liberal budget includes proposals to strip charitable status from churches and pro-life groups. While the word on the street is that churches may be spared in this budget, the same cannot be said for pro-life groups. The government refuses to answer questions about whether pro-life organizations are being targeted. You can read more about this in my reflection below.
Don’t miss the must-see video of the week, which captures me speaking at a "Worth More" anti-MAiD event in Peterborough, Ontario. I outline what allowing euthanasia has unleashed upon Canada and why this Pandora’s box never should have been opened. Offering a word of hope, I speak about what we, as the people of God, must do to contain this evil.
Western Standard: When Alberta puts a price tag on accidental miscarriage — but pays for abortion
“The provincial government’s new ‘meat chart’ for its no-fault auto insurance plan has done something extraordinary: it has literally assigned a dollar value to the loss of an unborn child.”
The Catholic Register: Secret Canadian euthanasia houses raise alarm
“The furtive establishment of a stand-alone, private euthanasia house in Victoria, B.C., has sparked criticism from pro-lifers and exposed yet another way in which medical assistance in dying (MAiD) is spreading throughout the country.”
Everyday For Life Canada: MAiDHouse Toronto is in fact DEATHHouse Toronto
“…the euphemistic name should not fool anyone.”
Campaign Life Coalition: School Board Takeover in Ontario
“If Bill 33 passes, it’s game over for parents hoping to have a direct say over how their children are educated.”
LifeSiteNews: Carney’s new budget earmarks millions for protection of LGBT communities
“Approximately $10.9 million of Canada's budget will go 'to support 2SLGBTQI+ communities' with $7.5 million over five years for 'Pride Security.’”
Live Action: Safe Haven Baby Box used for first time in Wisconsin
“Wisconsin officials have announced that a baby has been safely surrendered in a Safe Haven Baby Box for the first time since use of the boxes was legalized in 2023.”
LifeNews: Arkansas Named Most Pro-Life State in America Sixth Year in a Row
“‘Pro-life is whole life, and I’m proud that for the past six years, Arkansas has ranked number one in the nation – not just in protecting the unborn, but in preserving life from conception to natural conclusion,’ said Governor Sanders.”
Pregnancy Help News: She worked at Planned Parenthood for years. Now she’s a life-affirming health provider.
“Caroline would see the Lord’s hand throughout her journey from the abortion giant to providing actual life-affirming care for women.
Live Action: Conceived as the result of a brutal rape, Anne knows God 'can redeem any situation'
“Anne Farrens is alive today because her mother chose life after being violently raped by a serial predator in her own home.”
Campaign Life Coalition
Students for Life
Abby Johnson
Legal euthanasia opened a Pandora's Box in Canada—in direct opposition to the wisdom of the ancients and the law of God.
Maureen, as Canadians await the Nov. 4 federal budget, one serious question remains unanswered: Will the Liberal government move to strip pro-life organizations of their charitable status?
When asked directly this week by a reporter, the Department of Finance would give no assurance that pro-life charities will be protected.
The government’s refusal to answer raises serious alarm.
This concern has a long back story. In the 2021 election, the Liberal Party explicitly promised to “deny charity status to anti-abortion organizations.” Since then, parliamentary committees and government agencies have repeatedly explored ways to advance this goal. Until now, none of those attempts has succeeded.
We at CLC are deeply concerned that the forthcoming budget may be the vehicle through which this long-promised policy is finally enacted.
The consequences would be severe. Pro-life charities across Canada provide counseling, education, pregnancy support, practical assistance, and post-abortion healing. Removing charitable status would cripple their ability to serve the women and families who depend on them.
While the government has stated that churches will not lose charitable status this time around, stripping pro-life charities of their status is, in fact, a direct threat to churches.
Numerous churches and dioceses operate pro-life ministries directly out of parish buildings and diocesan offices. If the government retains the committee recommendation to strip charitable status from organizations whose mission includes opposing abortion, this could function as a back-door mechanism to strip churches of charitable status as well.
Some have suggested that simply preserving the “advancement of religion” as a charitable purpose will protect churches. It will not. Unless the explicit clause targeting so-called “anti-abortion organizations” is removed, churches that proclaim the sanctity of life remain in the government’s crosshairs.
This is not idle speculation. Earlier this year, Toronto’s Frank Cardinal Leo wrote to then–Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc, warning that if this recommendation passes, “every Catholic church and Catholic social service agency in Canada would lose its charitable status due to our ‘pro-life’ approach.”
Food banks, shelters, refugee outreach programs, parish ministries, and diocesan services could all be placed at risk, not because their missions have changed, but because the Church teaches that all human life, born and preborn, is sacred.
At its heart, this is an attempt to silence the Gospel of Life. It is an assault on the truth that every person is created in the image of God.
As a pro-life people of God, we need to pray that the budget does not target pro-life groups. Whatever happens, this coming Tuesday, we need to stand firm in proclaiming the dignity of every human life created in the image of God.
Be bold and daring for life!
Pete Baklinski
Director of Communications
Campaign Life Coalition
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