Globe & Mail, Sept 1, 2010: Ottawa has quietly ordered a study of Canada’s most economically successful first nations, raising the prospect of a new approach to developing businesses on reserves while sparking fear among some native leaders that their rights to land and resources are at risk. A small but growing number of success stories are spreading across Canada as native communities break out from historic poverty thanks to millions in earnings as landlords of on-reserve condos, hotels, industrial parks and high-end golf resorts. Keep reading
REAL Women of Canada Alert, September 2, 2010 Maternal Health Care in Jeopardy:
Loud demands were made last spring by the opposition Liberal Party, feminists and the media that Canada's G-8 policy on Maternal Health Care include abortion services. The federal government resisted these demands by stating that funds provided by Canada ($1.2 billion) would be used for only positive assistance to women and children, which includes clean water, inoculations and better nutrition, as well as the training of health care workers to care for women and deliver babies. However, Minister of International Cooperation, Bev Oda, has now announced, according to the Ottawa Citizen (September 2, 1010) that:
In a surprising turn of events, ARPA Canada has learned and confirmed that the BC government has announced that independent schools may now maintain half-day kindergarten with funding. According to a notice from the Office of the Inspector of Independent Schools "While government remains committed to the implementation of full-day Kindergarten for all five year-olds by September 2011, government also recognizes that independent schools support parental choice. After reviewing requests for continued funding for half-day Kindergarten in independent schools, government has agreed to fund half-day Kindergarten programs in independent schools."
Canadian and American media have been covering a confrontation in a Toronto street in which neighbours gathered together to get rid of a group of Christians who were preaching on their street. They claimed that they were standing in defence of a homosexual who lived there and who they claimed the Christians were targeting. In the days following this altercation, it became clear that the Christians were not targeting anyone in particular and even the homosexual resident spoke up in defense of the right of the Christians to be there.
But what is telling about this whole debacle is not the minor skirmish but the comments from the public in response.
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Ten noteworty events are being planned this fall and they are shaping up to be our biggest yet. We can use help with all of these events - please email (
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3) Three BC Double-Headers: Abortion Truth & Launch of the Stand Up for Freedom Canada!campaign
ARPA Canada has spear-headed a campaign, directed at all Canadians, to urge our provincial and federal governments to respond to the abuse of justice by the hands of our HRC's. Come out to these events for the campaign launch!
Speakers: Jonathan van Maren (intern with Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform), Neil Dykstra and Mark Penninga (ARPA Canada)
Tentative Locations: Cloverdale, Fraser Valley East and Vernon
Dates: October - stay tuned for confirmed details.
4) ARPA Canada Ontario Tour: Grace & Truth
Topic: Christ exemplified a message of both grace and truth. How can we apply this to Canadian politics? This presentation will once again include interviews with Canadian leaders to apply these principles to specific issues of the day. It will also feature the launch of the Stand Up for Freedom Canada! campaign.
Speaker: Mark Penninga, Director of ARPA Canada
Proposed Locations: Elora, Hamilton, Brantford FRC, Niagara (Zion FRC), London (PRC) + schools in these areas Dates: Nov 1 - 5
All details are tentative. Please pray for God's blessing on these efforts.
Commentary by Real Women of Canada ,OTTAWA, Ontario, August 6, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Canadians may not realize the extent to which successive Liberal governments have developed a vast network of left-wing government dependent organizations to promote liberal causes.
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As we alerted readers previously, the "House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance is inviting Canadians to participate in its annual pre-budget consultation process. The 2010 consultations will result in a report to be tabled in the House of Commons in late fall 2010, and the suggestions by Canadians as well as the recommendations by the Committee will be considered by the Minister of Finance in the development of the 2011 federal budget." Attached is ARPA Canada's 5 page submission, including the following paragraph that expalins why this matters to us:
(www.ARPACanada.ca, August 4, 2010): A newly-released Angus Reid public opinion poll reveals some startling findings on abortion that blow apart the myth that the abortion debate is settled in Canada. In its ten page news release, Angus Reid highlighted that only 21% of Canadians know that there are no legal restrictions on abortion in Canada. Even more astounding, when the respondents were told about the reality of the lack of abortion laws and then asked which option they would prefer to regulate abortion, only 27% wanted the status-quo to be maintained. Less than half of the respondents (44%) think that abortions should be publicly funded and a majority think that women under the age of 18 should have to get consent from their parents or legal guardian to get an abortion. To add to all of this, a whopping 79% "would support provincial legislation demanding that health care workers give information about alternatives to abortion to pregnant women."
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What does Canada's Christian heritage mean today? For one, it reminds us that "Canadian values" are not what judges or journalists dream up. Our history testifies that it was Christian principles that built this country and made it strong and free. This very short video looks at some examples of Canada's Christian heritage, carved into our Parliament buildings in Ottawa.
In a surprising turn of events, ARPA Canada has learned and confirmed that the BC government has announced that independent schools may now maintain half-day kindergarten with funding. According to a notice from the 
