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... on the Status of Women), Keith Spicer (former Commissioner of Official Languages and CRTC Chairman under the Liberals) and writer Margaret Atwood. Among the 46 groups which endorsed the petition are ...
Friday, 06 August 2010
... Muslim cultural centre. New York's City Landmarks Commission announced it would not give an old building on the site landmark status to protect it from demolition. That allows the building to be torn down ...
Tuesday, 03 August 2010
By Thaddeus M. Baklinski, TORONTO, July 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The recent release of the Ontario Human Rights Commission's annual report shows that the OHRC is activity promoting the homosexualist ...
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
... Dignity, said that is a key point the organization will make in its submission to a travelling parliamentary commission that will hold hearings in late summer or early fall to hear the views of Quebecers ...
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
... of Libya and Thailand being elected to the UN Human Rights Commission, a mish-mash of 47 countries whose prime purpose, it sometimes seems, is to smear Israel and support anti-democratic institutions. ...
Monday, 31 May 2010
The Commission on Parenthood’s Future today released internationally the groundbreaking report My Daddy’s Name is Donor: A New Study of Young Adults Conceived Through Sperm Donation, co-investigated by ...
Monday, 31 May 2010
The Commission on Parenthood’s Future today released internationally the groundbreaking report My Daddy’s Name is Donor: A New Study of Young Adults Conceived Through Sperm Donation, co-investigated by ...
Monday, 31 May 2010
‘Gay’ Ex-Altar Server Drops Human Rights Case against Bishop: By John-Henry Westen and Patrick Craine: PETERBOROUGH, Ontario, May 27, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The human rights complaint filed against ...
Thursday, 27 May 2010
9. Saskatchewan may abolish Human Rights Tribunal
(Issues/Research/Justice/Freedom)
... suggested by David Arnot, chief commissioner of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission. [Read the whole story here.]  ...
Friday, 16 April 2010
... to correct this long-standing problem. CBC.ca, April 8 2010: The minister responsible for the Alberta Human Rights Commission says a complaint about an anti-gay letter to a Red Deer newspaper should ...
Thursday, 08 April 2010
By Patrick B. Craine, REGINA, Saskatchewan, April 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has announced their intention to take their case against Bill Whatcott, ...
Monday, 05 April 2010
12. Stephen Boissoin's Victory Appealed
(Issues/Research/Justice/Freedom)
Stephen Boissoin, the former pastor from Alberta who fought for 9 years against the charges from the Alberta Human Rights Commission, has just learned that his court victory over the commission is being ...
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
13. Not such good news afterall: CHRC to grow, not shrink
(Issues/Research/Justice/Freedom)
... notes that the human rights commission beurocracy is actually set to grow in the coming year: "While the union sees this as part of the Conservative government’s attempts to undermine human rights groups, ...
Friday, 26 March 2010
... it overreached its interpretation of the Human Rights Code. Much incompetence has been displayed by all the human rights commissions and tribunals in Canada in the last number of years. It's time Canadians ...
Friday, 19 March 2010
... Quebec decide to support euthanasia.  In fact, Quebec politicians have stated that their intention in launching the debate is to pressure the federal government. "Given the [Quebec] commission's ...
Friday, 19 March 2010
... understand the question,” Schadenberg reiterated.  “If they did, they would feel far more unsettled.” An October Environics poll commissioned by LifeCanada revealed a majority supporting euthanasia, ...
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
... understand the question,” Schadenberg reiterated.  “If they did, they would feel far more unsettled.” An October Environics poll commissioned by LifeCanada revealed a majority supporting euthanasia, ...
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Think the British government's campaign to force churches to hire unbelievers won't happen here in Canada? Think again. Barbara Hoekstra complained she was discriminated when she was not considered for ...
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Patrick B Craine, February 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) is appealing the September decision of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal that determined the hate ...
Tuesday, 09 February 2010
... John Hof, the president of Campaign Life Coalition B.C., also called on the Acting B.C. Information and Privacy Commissioner, Paul Fraser, today to address this problem of abortion censorship.  They ...
Wednesday, 03 February 2010
February 1, 2010, OTTAWA – The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) has received intervenor status in the Saskatchewan marriage commissioner reference. In July, the Justice Minister of Saskatchewan ...
Tuesday, 02 February 2010
22. Give Your Input About the Federal Budget
(Action Items/Current Action Requests)
... a clear indication of what it values. Keep in mind the current petition to stop funding Planned Parenthood International, the hundreds of employees who work for the Canadian Human Rights Commission, and ...
Friday, 08 January 2010
In the wake of "Climategate" one person has taken the innitiative to prepare a petition calling upon our Canadian government to: 1. Forthwith establish a Royal Commission to investigate into the scientific ...
Thursday, 07 January 2010
24. Request for a Royal Commission to Look Into "Global Warming"
(Action Items/Current Action Requests)
In the wake of "Climategate" one person has taken the innitiative to prepare a petition calling upon our Canadian government to: 1. Forthwith establish a Royal Commission to investigate into the scientific ...
Thursday, 07 January 2010
25. ARPA Action Challenge: 2010 Action Items this year!
(Action Items/Current Action Requests)
... Rob Nicholson, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper and urge them to make significant changes to the federal human rights code (even removing the human rights commission and tribunal). Click here for a sample ...
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
TORONTO, December 17, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Lawyers for the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC), presenting their case before a three-judge panel hearing the appeal by Christian Horizons against ...
Friday, 18 December 2009
27. Crucial Victory for Freedom of Religion in Canada
(Issues/Research/Justice/Freedom)
Boissoin wins Case Against Human Rights Commission By ARPA Canada (www.ARPACanada.ca): Christians who care about the freedom to apply their faith to public life have a big reason to be thankful this ...
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
A very important case is proceeding now in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Christian Horizons, the largest care home provider for the disabled in Ontario, is appealing the Ontario Human Rights Commission ...
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
... follows a detailed report published in March 2007 by the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse (Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission), which demanded an all-out assault ...
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
... is to be commended for challenging the human rights commission ruling and devoting many years and thousands of dollars to this cause. Thanks to all those who have come to his assistance either financially ...
Thursday, 03 December 2009
31. Some Rights Are More Equal Than Others
(Issues/Research/Justice/Freedom)
By Neil Dykstra, leader of Langley ARPA - www.NoApologies.ca: Freedom of speech is an American concept, so I don’t give it any value (Dean Steacy, Investigator, Canadian Human Rights Commission, in sworn ...
Thursday, 29 October 2009
32. Legalized Polygamy on our Doorstep
(Issues/Research/Family)
Legalized Polygamy on our Doorstep: All the More Reason for a Royal Commission on the Family By Mark Penninga (First published in Reformed Perspective Magazine, 2009) Nearly hidden in the Creston ...
Thursday, 24 September 2009
ARPA Note: Read our article "Polygamy on the Doorstep" by clicking here. It includes the action item calling on our government officials to conduct a Royal Commission on the Family.  CTV.ca News Staff, ...
Thursday, 24 September 2009
By Thaddeus M. Baklinski CALGARY, September 16, 2009 (LifeSIteNews.com) - Last year Alberta pastor Stephen Boissoin was ordered by the Alberta Human Rights Commission to desist from expressing his views ...
Monday, 21 September 2009
... ECP Centre News Release - In a stunning development Wednesday, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled against the Canadian Human Rights Commission by declaring Section 13, the  ...
Thursday, 03 September 2009
...  “A recent poll I commissioned,” added Vellacott, “conducted by Nanos Research, shows that 78% of Canadians support equal shared parenting, with a high of 86% support in the province of Quebec. Slightly ...
Monday, 24 August 2009
... but also to strike down the law that gives the Alberta Human Rights Commission jurisdiction over matters of free speech. Boissoin published a letter in the Red Deer Advocate in 2002 in which he criticized ...
Monday, 03 August 2009
REGINA, SK, July 17, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The appeal of a Saskatchewan marriage commissioner against a human rights tribunal decision was denied by the Court of Queen's Bench last Friday.  Orville ...
Friday, 24 July 2009
... Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission. In 2007, a panel of the Human Rights Commission ruled that Rev. Boissoin had violated the Alberta human rights legislation with his letter-to-the-editor ...
Friday, 24 July 2009
Dear Prime Minister: I am sure that you are somewhat aware of the injustice done to me here in Alberta through the Alberta Human Rights Commission. I am disheartened that you have not stood up to defend ...
Monday, 13 July 2009
41. Kingdom Citizens in Secular Canada (Part Four)
(Issues/Research/Biblical Worldview)
... power is to influence society for good. At a recent conference in Tumbler Ridge, BC, Tristan Emmanuel cited Jesus’ introduction to The Great Commission: “All authority in heaven and earth has been ...
Friday, 03 July 2009
42. Kingdom Citizens in Secular Canada (Part Three)
(Issues/Research/Biblical Worldview)
... in Christ, “both which are in heaven and which are on earth” (Eph 1:10). We are called to “bring every thought captive to the obedience of Christ” (2 Cor 10:5). I understand the Great Commission to go ...
Friday, 03 July 2009
... the legislation would allow marriage commissioners with contrary religious beliefs to opt out of performing same-sex ceremonies. [Continue reading this article here.]  ...
Friday, 03 July 2009
ARPA Note: Hudak made it clear that he would be in favour of scrapping the Ontario human rights commission. It is important that Ontarians hold him accountable to this promise in the years to come. Globe ...
Monday, 29 June 2009
... television network to be carried here. Sources close to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission indicate that Al Jazeera English, the international spinoff of the Qatar-based Arabic ...
Monday, 29 June 2009
Winnipeg Free Press - June 21/09: The Manitoba Human Rights Commission has been found to have discriminated against one of its former employees. A seven-month investigation by the Ontario Human Rights ...
Friday, 26 June 2009
47. Alberta Tour Pictures and Report
(Strictly ARPA Related/General ARPA)
... be a welcomed and much needed addition.  The two issues that generated the most reaction from Albertans are the oppressive human rights commissions and the bill in Parliament that would legalize assisted ...
Wednesday, 17 June 2009
Ezra Levant, National Post, Tuesday, June 16, 2009: The Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) has given itself another report card. The last one, released in November, 2008, didn't quite work ...
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
The following is a sample letter, prepared by the ECP Centre, that may be helpful in writing a letter to the Justice Minister, Prime Minister, and your MP. Dear Minister Nicholson, Human Rights Commissions ...
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
... departure from broadcasting tradition." Aaqil Ahmed, former executive at Channel 4, is the new of Head of Religion and Ethics and Commissioning Editor for Religion TV, a position some call one of the most ...
Wednesday, 13 May 2009
...  As for policy, Hillier calls himself a libertarian. If elected leader, he has committed himself to introducing legislation that would abolish the Ontario human rights commission and tribunal. “The Commission ...
Wednesday, 06 May 2009
52. BC Corren Agreement
(Issues/Research/Education)
...  Do you live in a different province? That doesn’t mean this won’t impact you or your children. Human rights commissions exist across the country and homosexual activists learn from each other’s successful ...
Friday, 01 May 2009
... Hu-man Rights Commission of its power to adjudicate cases of free speech--one of the most contentious sections in the code and an area that various groups wanted reformed.[Keep reading this article here.] ...
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
54. New Group Forms - Okanagan ARPA
(Strictly ARPA Related/General ARPA)
... Some of the issues they want to focus on are the Corren Agreement and the notorious human rights commissions. ARPA Canada held an event in Vernon in March and was impressed with the interest that was shown, ...
Friday, 17 April 2009
... writing letters to the editor. We can also use this as another reason why the state needs to reexamine the place and importance of the family in society by calling for a Royal Commission on the Family. ...
Wednesday, 08 April 2009
ARPA Note: Keith Martin is the MP who has also put forward two motions that would curb the power of the Canadian Human Rights Commission. ctvbc.ca - April 2, 2009 A Vancouver Island MP is calling for ...
Tuesday, 07 April 2009
...  Read related LSN articles: Ontario Human Rights Commission and College of Physicians Collude to Remove Doctors' Conscience Protections http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/sep/08090307.html Ontario ...
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
By Joseph Brean, National Post (Feb 11/09) - The Ontario Human Rights Commission is calling for Parliament to force all Canadian magazines, newspapers and "media services" Web sites to join a national ...
Thursday, 12 February 2009
59. Another HRC Complaint
(News/News)
... filed a complaint against Dr. Kamelia Elias with the Manitoba Human Rights Commission and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba, alleging she discriminated against them for suggesting they ...
Thursday, 29 January 2009
60. Okanagan ARPA
(Strictly ARPA Related/General ARPA)
... action, especially in response to the Corren Agreement and Canada's human rights commissions.  Activities so far have included attending local forums, meeting with elected officials, and increasing ...
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
... Canadian Human Rights Commission that allegations of 'hate' by an Edmonton man against the Party, one of its Electoral District Associations and former leader Ron Gray have been dismissed. The CHRC ...
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
... Equal Opportunities Commissioner says States Cannot be Forced to Recognise "Gay Marriage" http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/oct/08101709.html  ...
Tuesday, 13 January 2009
... about the Liberal-Bloc-NDP coalition and the economy, but here I’d like to assess the PM’s answer to Ken Whyte’s question about human rights commissions. Here is the exchange: [Read the answer and the ...
Monday, 12 January 2009
... advisers, while doing little to assist the needy. Widdowson and Howard trace the failure of aboriginal policy to the 1967 Hawthorn Report, a federally commissioned survey of Canadian Indians by Harry Hawthorn. ...
Monday, 22 December 2008
65. Bookstore
(Education/Educational Resources)
... costs. Use your discretion: ARPA Canada is not responsible for content on any external sites. We do not receive a commission for linking to these resources. If you have suggestions for books and DVD's ...
Friday, 12 December 2008
... The online search giant's enthusiastic opinion is part of one of almost 100 submissions to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission about upcoming hearings on whether Canadian new ...
Monday, 08 December 2008
... on January 26. Presentation of a government budget would be the first order of business. Canwest News reports that the Ipsos-Reid poll it commissioned revealed that "Almost three-quarters of Canadians ...
Friday, 05 December 2008
Canwest News Service, November 25, 2008: SASKATOON -- Two law firms are suing the Saskatchewan government over the issue of marriage commissioners being required to perform same-sex marriages. The claimant ...
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
...   “It is note worthy that older Canadians polled were more likely to choose palliative care,” reported Dr. Delores Doherty, president of LifeCanada, the group that commissioned the poll. Among those ...
Monday, 24 November 2008
... speech and has been used by the Human Rights Commission to squelch free speech. This conclusion was a surprise to many because it was paid for by the Human Rights Commission itself and was expected to ...
Monday, 24 November 2008
71. Pastor Boissoin vs. Goliath
(Issues/Research/Justice/Freedom)
... on by Canada’s human rights commissions (HRC’s). Alberta Pastor Stephen Boissoin is one example – and his story needs to be told. His ordeal with the Alberta HRC forces us to question how we will respond. ...
Monday, 24 November 2008
On Friday, November 21, Liberal MP Keith Martin introduced two new motions before the House of Commons in an effort to curb the powers of the Canadian Human Rights Commission. The first (M-153) is the ...
Monday, 24 November 2008
By Ezra Levant Today I received news that the Canadian Human Rights Commission has acquitted me of a section 13 "hate speech" complaint. You can see their one-page letter to my lawyer here. I note that ...
Friday, 21 November 2008
74. Action Item: Why the Corren Agreement Matters to All Canadians
(Action Items/Current Action Requests)
... a human rights complaint launched against independent schools in the future. Do you live in a different province? That doesn’t mean this won’t impact you or your children. Human rights commissions exist ...
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
... Human Rights Commission, and adding additional charges for individuals who injure or kill an unborn child when a  crime is committed against its mother. Read the full list of policies and see how the vote ...
Saturday, 15 November 2008
76. The Heavy Hand of the CRTC: It is Time For Action
(Action Items/Current Action Requests)
According to the Canadian Press, "The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has ruled that Shaw Cable has not been marketing its gay-and-lesbian TV service nearly as well as do other ...
Friday, 07 November 2008
By Hilary White RED DEER, Alberta, November 3, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Alberta Human Rights Commission (HRC) has come under scrutiny again for what critics are calling a brazen double standard in ...
Tuesday, 04 November 2008
... 13). Make it clear to your elected representative that this should be the very minimum that gets done. Some are urging that the commissions be removed all-together as they no longer serve a useful function ...
Tuesday, 28 October 2008
... a petition brought on behalf of 2 pro life students at the University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus. The students were seeking to overturn a BC Human Rights Commission decision to dismiss the ...
Friday, 17 October 2008
80. ARPA Canada Makes Presentation to BC Finance Committee
(Strictly ARPA Related/General ARPA)
... to get rid of our BC Human Rights Commission. Here are some selections of the presentation we gave: "ARPA Canada is not another interest group. Our message for you is not another demand for more money ...
Thursday, 16 October 2008
81. ARPA Canada Makes Presentation to BC Finance Committee
(Strictly ARPA Related/Submissions)
... to get rid of our BC Human Rights Commission. Here are some selections of the presentation we gave: "ARPA Canada is not another interest group. Our message for you is not another demand for more money ...
Thursday, 16 October 2008
... the July 1st announcement, Campaign Life Coalition commissioned a survey of over 150,000 Canadian household. They were asked the following question: Do you believe abortionist Henry Morgentaler should ...
Friday, 10 October 2008
83. FEDERAL ELECTION 2008 - CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE
(Canadian Politics/Election 2008)
... of the Human Rights Commission in Canada today? Would you/your party be in favour of dissolving the HRC or to revamp it to better reflect social needs today? - With the birthrate of only 1.5, ...
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
... human reproduction and stem cell research Stem cell research needs debate. This medical field is moving quickly and legislation has not kept pace with it. Following the Royal Commission of 1993, the Assisted ...
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
Will Ontario doctors be forced to ignore personal beliefs just to please a pompous human rights commission? Lorne Gunter, National Post: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 The sheer arrogance of human ...
Tuesday, 02 September 2008
86. ARPA Canada Lesson Plans
(Education/Educational Resources)
... and Human Right Commissions: As much as we value human rights, there are some serious misunderstandings about the nature of rights which is resulting in their exploitation. This lesson encourages students ...
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
87. Do We Want it Both Ways?
(Issues/Research/Biblical Worldview)
... are being inconsistent in our political action. On the one hand, we decry human rights commission for clamping down on free speech in cases like that of Pastor Boissoin or Ezra Levant. But on the other ...
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
... on freedom of expression and freedom of religion by the Human Rights commission kangaroo courts. When asked if Epp was even told of the new legislation, Nicholson indicated Epp was not informed, or ...
Tuesday, 26 August 2008
... with the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) on June 26, accusing Levant of exposing homosexuals to hatred on the Internet after Levant republished a 2002 letter by Pastor Stephen Boissoin to the Red ...
Friday, 22 August 2008
... channel. The Canada Family Action Coalition (CFAC) wants the Conservatives to quash last week's decision by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to grant a licence to the Northern ...
Friday, 22 August 2008
91. Action Needed to Respond to Ontario College of Physicians
(Action Items/Current Action Requests)
... Human Rights Commission and the Ontario Human Rights Code. The College drafted this new policy as a result of changes to the Human Rights Tribunal which they expect will increase the number of complaints ...
Friday, 15 August 2008
... Standard for having published the infamous Danish cartoons depicting Mohammed, issued a statement today expressing deep concern over how Canada's human rights commissions are treating Christians. "In ...
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
By John Jalsevac August 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - After a drawn out legal battle spanning some two years, and $100,000 in legal fees later, the Alberta Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has dismissed ...
Thursday, 07 August 2008
94. Letter: 'Sacred texts' can't be hate speech
(Issues/Research/Justice/Freedom)
... While the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission did find the passage from Leviticus to be hate speech, their decision was overturned by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal. The Evangelical Fellowship of ...
Thursday, 07 August 2008
... decided to commission a much larger poll that could reach a much greater sampling of the Canadian public. The CLC poll contacted 157,165 household between July 17-21 and had over 13,000 respondents, with ...
Wednesday, 30 July 2008
... the Canadian Human Rights Commission and the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal do not give a fig about protecting human rights. Their mission is suppressing free speech. Keep reading here.  ...
Monday, 21 July 2008
Judicial Review Still Possible TORONTO, July 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Canadian Human Rights Commission has dropped a complaint by a homosexual activist against Catholic Insight a Toronto-based ...
Friday, 04 July 2008
... prosecution. I encouraged them to keep it in the church and they should be ok. The couple decided to contact the Alberta Human Rights Commission and below you can read the phone log of the conversation ...
Wednesday, 02 July 2008
... - Social conservatives across Canada are up in arms over the recent ruling by the Alberta Human Rights Commission (AHRC) against Christian pastor Steve Boissoin, who was accused of propogating "hate speech" ...
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Ken Epp, MP - For Immediate Release - June 10, 2008 (Ottawa) - At a press conference in Ottawa today, Conservative MP Ken Epp released the results of a poll he commissioned regarding his Private Members ...
Tuesday, 10 June 2008
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