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LONG BEACH, Ca., Aug. 21 /Christian Newswire/ -- His Nesting Place, a pro-life home for unwed mothers will be featured on FX Networks "30 Days" program this Wednesday, August 24th at 10:00PM. Morgan Spurlock, producer of Super Size Me, sent his video crew along with pro-choice activist, Jennifer from Atlanta Georgia, to His Nesting Place for 30 days. During these 30 days Jennifer lived in the home under the same guidelines as any pregnant woman in a crisis pregnancy situation would live. Jennifer was required to help out around the home as well as volunteer at the crisis pregnancy center...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Tuesday it's not unfair to liken Hezbollah to the Nazis, who once ruled Germany, because both stand for the destruction of the ''Jewish nation.'' In an interview with CanWest News Service, Harper was asked if the comparison made earlier in the day by his parliamentary secretary Conservative MP Jason Kenney, was appropriate. ''Like all comparisons, it's true in some ways, and not in others,'' he said, ''but as near as I can tell, both Hezbollah and the Nazi party stand for the elimination of the Jewish nation. So I think that's pretty fundamental and, in...

Conservative MP Jason Kenney said Tuesday that Hezbollah is no different than the German Nazi party in the 1930s and, by visiting Lebanon, opposition MPs lent “political legitimacy” to the organization. Speaking at a news conference to react to comments made by Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj about taking Hezbollah off Canada’s list of terrorist organizations, Kenney said lessons need to be learned from history. “There was another political party in the past which had democratic support, which provided social services, which played an important role in the political life of its country in Germany in the 1930s which was also...

David Gelberman has thought of himself as a Liberal his whole life, but that has changed, he declares, because of the Prime Minister. "Thank God for Stephen Harper," says Gelberman, 57, his eyes fixed on the television news from Israel. "It's about time someone had some cojones. Most other politicians are wishy-washy." There are enthusiastic nods from his customers, smoked meat sandwiches in hand, at Wolfie's Deli, on Sheppard Ave., which Gelberman runs with his wife Gila and father-in-law Wolf Zimmerman. "I was always a Liberal," says Gelberman, looking natty in a straw hat, black shirt and gold jewellery. "I...

Prime Minister Harper's role in the recent Mideast crisis is interesting, and one that his own External Affairs Department may not be quite comfortable with. External Affairs has always been less than enthusiastic about Israel. Canada's attitude to Israel has traditionally tended to be even-handed, but under Paul Martin, Canada at the United Nations voted several times to condemn Israel for its policies. There are about 20 to 25 seats in Canada that have a sizable Jewish presence, and these seats have always been Liberal. The Reform party under Preston Manning and the Tories under Harper did not get anywhere...

Tories sense coming of Harper-led majority Party members show confidence in PM despite gripes over management style Toronto Globe and Mail Monday, July, 17, 2006 GLORIA GALLOWAY OTTAWA -- Yes, they are governing in Ottawa but Conservatives across the country want more. They want a majority. And they see Stephen Harper as the man who will give it to them. Last summer, Mr. Harper was battling image problems and the threat of mutiny. He was described as too staid, too serious and too angry to charm Canadian voters. Some members of his own party were calling for his resignation,...

The trappings of motherhood greet women who walk into North Side Life Care Center for free pregnancy tests: Hospital photographs of blinking newborns, a cute mural of Noah's Ark, shelves filled with pastel onesies and other baby clothes. Starting Saturday, the center and 36 other groups that steer pregnant women away from abortion will get a combined $4.75 million from the state over two years. Lawmakers and Gov. Tim Pawlenty approved the "Positive Alternatives Act" last year at the urging of abortion foes. At North Side, located in a former dentist's office, a $129,180 grant will help expand prenatal care...

Harper did the right thing Andrew Coyne National Post Wednesday, June 28, 2006 Gilles Duceppe is very upset. Or at any rate, he is doing his best impression of a man who has been deeply affronted. The source of his distemper? The Prime Minister of Canada, on a visit to Quebec City last Friday -- the day before St. Jean-Baptiste Day -- refused to say whether he thought Quebec was a nation. The insolence! The nerve! Why, I've never been so insulted since last Thursday! It's just as if ... well, let Mr. Duceppe tell it: "If I went...

Stop Fake Clinics from Providing Women with Deceptive Information Action Needed: "Pregnant? Scared? We Can Help." So claim billboards popping up around the country advertising the services of local "Crisis Pregnancy Centers" (CPCs). While these so-called clinics claim to offer help for women facing unplanned pregnancies, they are in fact run by anti-abortion organizations with the aim of preventing women from obtaining abortions. These fake clinics use deceptive methods to get women in the door and then bombard them with misleading information. To address this problem, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) has introduced the Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act...

He may be the prime minister, but Stephen Harper is just an ordinary Canadian when it comes to personal wealth. Unlike his multimillionaire predecessor, Paul Martin, Harper has no vast holdings in shipping companies or real estate. In fact, according to documents filed with the ethics commissioner, the Conservative PM has no assets or liabilities that would put him in a conflict of interest and no investments or business interests that need to be sold or held in a blind trust. The only thing the PM declares is a gift is an honorary membership "valued at $500" from the swanky,...

Canada's judges gluttons at the trough By Rory Leishman London Free Press Tuesday, June 6, 2006 Last week, Justice Minister Vic Toews recommended to Parliament a set of pay hikes for judges that would give Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin of the Supreme Court of Canada an immediate raise of $20,100 retroactive to April 1, 2004. In the opinion of Joe Comartin, justice critic for the New Democratic Party, that's not nearly enough. He fumed: "What we have here is another reflection of the contempt this government holds toward our judiciary." The mind boggles. Not so long ago, the socialists...

Canadians take a liking to Harper's style By Herman Goodden London Free Press May 30, 2006 No small part of my giddy enjoyment of the first 100 days of Stephen Harper's prime-minister-ship has derived from the Tories' unerring marksmanship in exploding one smug Liberal shibboleth after another. Sometimes I just have to pinch myself and ask, "Is this really happening in Canada?" Even if some hot new wunderkid such as Michael Ignatieff should succeed in rallying the Liberal troops to retake Parliament some time next year, I'll savour this interlude for decades to come as a sort of Ottawa...

Harper wins opening round Here's a list of 10 things he did brilliantly -- or at least correctly By Ted Byfield Calgary Sun May 28, 2006 We may not yet know (as this is written) who won the semifinal round for the Stanley Cup, but we do know who has won the opening round at Ottawa in the contest to govern Canada. An Ipsos Reid poll confirmed what was becoming evident to anybody who watches politics. Though they lack a majority, Steve Harper's Tories are running the country. The poll put them at 43%, highest level of Tory support...

Stephen's slam-dunk Harper reveals Ottawa press corps for who they really are By Ezra Levant Calgary Sun May 29, 2006 What a pleasure to watch the Parliamentary Press Gallery squabble with Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The first delight is the dispute animates the media so obsessively, while Harper is blase about it. He actually seems to enjoy the media's open hostility. It's more honest than the media's fake image of "neutrality." Now they are baring their partisan teeth for the public to see and judge. By choosing to pick their own petty fight with Harper, they reveal themselves as...

Harper has support to win majority Mark Kennedy CanWest News Service; Ottawa Citizen Tuesday, May 23, 2006 OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government is so popular with Canadians that it would be swept back into power with a majority if an election was held now, a new poll has found. The Ipsos Reid survey, conducted for CanWest newspapers and Global National, was done over three days last week just as Harper's Tories were touting their accomplishments after 100 days in office as a minority government. The poll found the Conservatives are enjoying their highest level of public...

Why should we ever trust the Liberals again? Andrew Coyne National Post Wednesday, May 17, 2006 A number of issues have surfaced to date in the Liberal leadership race: Afghanistan, day care, the environment, bilingualism. But if the candidates for party leader would like also to be Prime Minister one day, or to see another Liberal Prime Minister in their lifetime, they would do well to address themselves to another question: why Canadians should ever trust their party again. Perhaps the Grits had hoped that memories of the sponsorship scandal would begin to fade, or that, having turfed them...

For the gun registry, a good time to die Don Martin National Post Wednesday, May 17, 2006 OTTAWA - As it was in the beginning, so the Canadian Firearms Registry was at the end: A bottomless money pit. A slab of fiscal fudge. Another federal government program loaded with commendable intent which is going down firing a blaze of blanks. The federal gun registry is dead. The Auditor-General who gave it last rites in her scathing 2002 report delivered an appropriate eulogy on Tuesday. The government is expected to officially bury it today. In completing an audit she was...

Party time for Courts Judiciary proves its power as a political force Calgary Sun May 15, 2006 By Ezra Levant What is the second-most powerful political party in Canada? If you guessed the Liberal party -- because they're the Official Opposition -- you're wrong. The first real political defeat suffered by Stephen Harper's Conservatives was dealt not by the hapless Liberals, demoralized and in the midst of a leadership contest. No, the first blood drawn against the Tories was inflicted by a lesser-known but more powerful political force: The Court Party. Of course the Court Party isn't an official...

CNSNews.com) - Women seeking information on family planning and abortion would be protected by a "crackdown on deceit" and from "being lured into anti-choice crisis pregnancy centers" if a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday becomes law. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) was joined by 11 co-sponsors in unveiling the Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services (SDAWS) Act, which would require the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to "enforce truth-in-advertising standards for reproductive centers." Noting that Bush administration funding has provided a "windfall" for such pro-life centers, Maloney said that some of those facilities "have adopted the brazen...

Tories smell new scandal over gun registry costsGun registry costs may heat up again Allan Woods CanWest News Service Friday, May 12, 2006 OTTAWA - The former Liberal government "broke every rule in the book" when it signed a $273-million computer contract for the federal gun registry -- now the subject of a "stop-work" order -- and never reported the costs or terms of the deal to Parliament, a longtime Conservative gun-registry critic alleges. Saskatchewan Conservative MP Garry Breitkreuz, who discovered the existence of the 15-year contract last fall, said that it was never reported to Parliament in government...