Thank you Rod Bruinooge.

Thank you Rod Bruinooge for introducing Roxanne's Law and for all the work that it entailed.  Thank you to all those who worked with you on this and all who helped promote it especially the  Evangelical Fellowship of Canada,   Priests for Life Canada ,  4 MY CANADA, Arpa Canada  I know there are other groups and individuals as well but the above are the groups and people who come to my mind that I know worked very hard during the past months promoting bill C-510. And thank you to all our MP's who voted in favour of Roxanne's law.

The  Evangelical Fellowship of Canada  launched a stellar campaign over the past few weeks promoting Bill C-510 with their Video Campaign. ARPA Canada and 4MYCanada were extremely active in promoting  Roxanne's Law as well. 4MYCanada sent out e-mails with access to all the e-mail addresses of our MP's and set up their website so that one could easily contact one or all MP's in an instant. I used their system and have to say I was extremely impressed. And of Course Priests for Life Canada  promoted Roxanne's law for months and Father Tom Lynch  gave a strong Endorsement in an Interview with Rod Bruinooge on december 7th. . See Priests for Life's endorsement on my blog Strong Endorsement of Roxanne's Law from Catholic Church Leaders . Thank you too Archbishop Collins  for your support.


Disappointing to me was that LifesiteNews failed to report on  Priests for Life Canada's interview with Rod Bruinooge on December 7th . I contacted LifesiteNews last week and am still waiting for an explanation. I'm just saying it seems strange.

Roxanne's Law: How our MPs voted

The Vote for Roxanne's Law Bill C510

http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=3&DocId=4896153#Int-3688545




YEAS

Members

Abbott

Albrecht

Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac)

Allison

Anders

Anderson

Ashfield

Benoit

Bezan

Block

Boughen

Breitkreuz

Brown (Leeds—Grenville)

Brown (Newmarket—Aurora)

Brown (Barrie)

Bruinooge

Calandra

Calkins

Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country)

Carrie

Casson

Clarke

Cummins

Davidson

Day

Del Mastro

Devolin

Dhalla

Fast

Galipeau

Gallant

Glover

Goldring

Grewal

Guarnieri

Harris (Cariboo—Prince George)

Hiebert

Hoback

Hoeppner

Jean

Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission)

Karygiannis

Kenney (Calgary Southeast)

Komarnicki

Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings)

Lake

Lamoureux

Lauzon

Lemieux

Lobb

Lukiwski

Lunney

MacAulay

Malhi

Mayes

McColeman

McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood)

McTeague

Merrifield

Miller

Moore (Fundy Royal)

Norlock

O'Neill-Gordon

Payne

Poilievre

Preston

Rajotte

Reid

Richards

Ritz

Scheer

Shea

Shipley

Shory

Smith

Sorenson

Storseth

Strahl

Sweet

Szabo

Toews

Tonks

Trost

Tweed

Uppal

Van Kesteren

Van Loan

Vellacott

Warawa

Warkentin

Watson

Weston (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country)

Weston (Saint John)

Wong

Woodworth

Yelich

Young

Total: -- 97

NAYS

Members

Ablonczy

Allen (Welland)

André

Andrews

Angus

Armstrong

Arthur

Ashton

Asselin

Atamanenko

Bachand

Bagnell

Bains

Baird

Beaudin

Bélanger

Bellavance

Bennett

Bernier

Bevington

Bigras

Blackburn

Blais

Blaney

Bonsant

Bouchard

Boucher

Bourgeois

Braid

Brison

Brunelle

Byrne

Cadman

Cannon (Pontiac)

Carrier

Chong

Chow

Christopherson

Clement

Coady

Coderre

Comartin

Cotler

Crombie

Crowder

Cullen

Cuzner

D'Amours

Davies (Vancouver Kingsway)

Davies (Vancouver East)

DeBellefeuille

Dechert

Demers

Deschamps

Desnoyers

Dewar

Dhaliwal

Dion

Donnelly

Dorion

Dosanjh

Dreeshen

Dryden

Duceppe

Duncan (Etobicoke North)

Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona)

Dykstra

Easter

Eyking

Faille

Fantino

Finley

Flaherty

Fletcher

Foote

Fry

Gagnon

Garneau

Gaudet

Généreux

Godin

Goodale

Goodyear

Gourde

Gravelle

Guay

Guimond (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques)

Guimond (Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord)

Hall Findlay

Harper

Harris (St. John's East)

Hawn

Holder

Holland

Hughes

Julian

Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's)

Kennedy

Kent

Kerr

Laforest

Laframboise

Lavallée

Layton

Lebel

LeBlanc

Lee

Lemay

Leslie

Lessard

Lévesque

MacKay (Central Nova)

MacKenzie

Malo

Maloway

Marston

Martin (Sault Ste. Marie)

Mathyssen

McCallum

McGuinty

McLeod

Ménard

Mendes

Menzies

Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam)

Mourani

Mulcair

Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe)

Murphy (Charlottetown)

Murray

Nadeau

Neville

Nicholson

O'Connor

Obhrai

Oda

Oliphant

Ouellet

Pacetti

Paillé (Hochelaga)

Paquette

Paradis

Patry

Pearson

Petit

Plamondon

Pomerleau

Proulx

Rae

Rafferty

Ratansi

Rathgeber

Regan

Richardson

Rickford

Rodriguez

Rota

Russell

Savage

Savoie

Scarpaleggia

Schellenberger

Sgro

Siksay

Silva

Simson

Sopuck

St-Cyr

Stanton

Stoffer

Thi Lac

Thibeault

Tilson

Trudeau

Valeriote

Verner

Wallace

Zarac

Total: -- 178

The Debate on Roxanne's Law Dec. 13 and the Vote Dec. 15

Vote: December 15th 2010

STEPHEN HARPER VOTES “NO” TO PROTECTING WOMEN FROM FORCED ABORTION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Prime minister Stephen Harper joined 177 other Members of Parliament today and voted against a bill that would protect pregnant women from being coerced into an abortion they did not want.

“This is a scandal of the highest proportion” said John Hof, president of Campaign Life Coalition BC. “"This was common sense legislation that would have protected a vulnerable, pregnant woman's CHOICE to give her baby life." To see the leader of our nation stoop so low as to deny this protection simply to avoid talking about the abortion issue, is atrocious” Hof added.

Bill C-510 placed women first in the decision making process. Their wishes would have been paramount and the free vote in the House has now denied them that legal protection. “this places women at risk of being forced into abortions and not even the most radical of feminist groups came to their defence” said Hof.

This vote, of 178 to 97, will show clearly where dedicated pro-lifers and feminists should direct their support in the next election. This was not about abortion at all. It was about ensuring women were making the decision without pressure. Canada is the only nation with absolutely no laws regarding the termination of pregnancy before birth. The absence of any law, is what prompted this proposed Bill.

Examples of pregnant women being brutalized and killed, like Roxanne Fernando for whom the Bill was named, abound in our nation. “This vote today leaves the survivors of this brutality with no recourse under our law. Stephen Harper has abandoned them and their children yet again, all in the interests of not wanting to raise an uncomfortable issue” concluded Hof.

For more information of this and other pro-life issues please contact:

John Hof

Campaign Life Coalition British Columbia

Box 12045 Murrayville RPO

Langley, BC     V3A 9J5

Phone:   604-534-4828          jhof@telus.net

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"Canada supposedly loves the middle way, compromise and the "big tent" but when it comes to rights issues, other minorities -- First Nations, gays, people of colour -- mill around sipping tea in cozy comfort under a protective canvas, while the unborn are always left outside, heaped forlornly in the rain."

Columnist Barbara Kay, National Post, March 23, 2005

Debate On Tuesday December 14th 2010 

From Someone who attended the debate 
Yesterday's debate on Bill C-510 (Roxanne's Law) was unbelievable! I've never seen anything like it. See full debate here: http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=3&DocId=4881391

(See LifeSite News coverage in article copied below.)

The Liberals put up no speakers at all, the NDP and Bloc put up only one speaker each, so the Conservatives had a chance to put up 5 speakers in total (4 of whom were in favour).

In all my time observing debates on issues related to pregnant women (one hour of debate on Leon Benoit's Bill C-291, two hours of debate on Ken Epp's bill C-484, and last months debate on C-510), I've never seen such reluctance (fear?) by opponents to debate. Could it be they realize it can only look bad for them to oppose a bill that protects women from coerced abortions?

Of course, the Conservative government put up a speaker (to represent the government's position), Brent Rathgeber, and he was the only Conservative Member to speak against the bill. And since the other parties didn't put up any more speakers, it cycled around to the Conservatives again, and Bev Shipley got a chance to address Rathgeber's legal arguments against the bill, which were basically the same arguments made during the first hour of debate last month.

So that was 3 speeches against the bill: the usual "back door attempt to criminalize abortion" rhetoric by the Bloc and NDP; and the government's rep who opposed it on legal grounds which were nicely refuted by Shipley and Bruinooge; and 4 speeches in favour: Kelly Block (finishing up her speech from last month's debate--each MP gets 10 minutes, and she used up 5 last time), Bev Shipley, David Anderson, and Rod Bruinooge's final 5-minute "right of reply."

It was truly a wonder to behold! A great day in our House of Commons -- where honourable Members bore witness to the plight of pregnant women who are coerced into aborting their unborn children by third parties who consider them a burden. And it's now all on the public record. See full debate at:
http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=3&DocId=4881391

The crucial Second Reading vote will be on Wednesday, Dec. 15. If it passes, the bill will go to the Justice Committee for further study, where witnesses will get the chance to testify. If it fails, the bill will die and will no longer by on Parliament's agenda--and a powerful vehicle for educating the public and raising the social and moral consciousness about the injustice of coercing women into unwanted abortions will be gone. There's no way to know how long it will be before we are given another opportunity like this.

If you haven't contacted your MP in support of this bill, there's still time. You can find contact info for your MP at:
http://webinfo.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/MainMPsCompleteList.aspx?TimePeriod=Current&Language=E

Several MPs still have not yet made up their minds on how they will vote tomorrow. There is still a chance to make a difference.
http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/abortion-coercion-law-debated-in-parliament-vote-on-wed

Let us pray that our Members of Parliament vote in favour of Roxanne's Law on December 15, 2010

Let us pray that on Dec. 15, our Members of Parliament will act with justice and compassion and vote in favour of Roxanne’s Law, a bill that would help to protect vulnerable pregnant women so that they can safely choose life for their unborn children…..we pray to the Lord

Roxanne's Law: There is still time to contact your MP

If you have not yet contacted your MP it is not too late to do so.
If you go to this link http://www.4mycanada.ca/ParliamentaryContacts.html  you will find the e-mail addresses of all Canadian MP’s. You can easily Copy and paste all of them into your bcc and in an instant send e-mails to all of them asking them to support Roxanne’s Law. The vote is tomorrow, December 15th.
This is the first abortion-related bill to be voted on in Parliament in 20 years. And it would protect pregnant women who don't want abortions, thereby saving some unborn babies' lives! Catholics must become engaged in this! See Priests for Life ringing endorsement of Bill C-510  at their website p://www.priestsforlifecanada.com/English/index.php

The Pope: "Confidence and patience awaiting the good to come

Before the Angelus yesterday Pope Benedict said
"Saint James wrote about the value of perseverance and patience. They are virtues of our fathers that our now less popular in the world that exhorts change. Advent calls us instead to increase tenacity, that inner strength in the soul that enables us not to despair waiting for good that is slow to come. Saint James gives the example of the farmer." For more please watch the video

ANGELUS 2010-12-12