Should New Brunswick court deny Catholic Civil RightsLeague intervenor status?

[Ani_Ibi]

Rats. I tried to make a poll, but it didnt work. Oh well, comments welcome.

Coalition for Life Denied Intervenor status in Morgentaler vs. New Brunswick

lifesite.net/ldn/2004/apr/04040604.html

FREDERICTON, April 4, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The request by the Coalition for Life and Health to intervene in the case of Morgentaler vs. New Brunswick has been denied by Mr. Justice David Russell in his ruling of April 2.

The Coalition was formed in response to the launching of a lawsuit by abortionist Morgentaler against the province of New Brunswick because of its refusal to subsidize his private abortion clinics with provincial tax dollars.

Coalition members include the national pro-life organizations Campaign Life Coalition and Life Canada as well as New Brunswick Right to Life, The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint John, Focus on the family Canada, Christian Legal Fellowship, The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, The Catholic Civil Rights League, REAL Women of Canada, Canadian Physicians for Life, The Christian Medical and Dental Association of Canada, Mother and Child Welcome House, The Catholic Women’s League of Canada (New Brunswick), The Canada Family Action Coalition, The Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches and the New Brunswick State Council of the Knights of Columbus.

Coalition Coordinator Peter Ryan reported yesterday, “Judge Russell said that the Coalition did not demonstrate that its members had a direct interest in the case, or that they could help the Court resolve the issues”. Russell also stated, “The intervenor’s focus is on the morality of abortion … On the other hand, this action is about the spending of taxpayers’ money.” The judge added, “the Province, in a sense the trustee of public money, is able to represent the public interest.”

“The central issue here”, said Russell, “is whether the Charter of Rights and Freedoms imposes an obligation on the Province to provide funding for abortions performed at the plaintiff’s clinic”. “Any intervention by the applicant would not be of assistance to the Court in determining that question,” he concluded.

Ryan reports that the judge would not even allow the Coalition to present arguments as a friend of the court and “suggested the Coalition was merely a partisan group and as such should not be heard”.

Pending its decision on an appeal, the Coalition is withholding public comment. The Coalition has one week to make an appeal.

See Previous LifeSiteNews.com reports:
Pro-Life Coalition Seeks Intervener Status in Morgantaler v. New Brunswick Suit lifesite.net/ldn/2004/mar/04032506.html

Morgentaler Sues New Brunswick for Higher Profits
lifesite.net/ldn/2003/aug/03082006.html

 

[geezerbob]

Ani, is anything going right in Canada? Maybe you should consider moving south. Things are bad here, but nothing compared to what you have to deal with.

 

[Ani_Ibi]

Ani, is anything going right in Canada? Maybe you should consider moving south. Things are bad here, but nothing compared to what you have to deal with.

Will you make me a cup of coffee?

 

[Lost_Found]

Ani, is anything going right in Canada? Maybe you should consider moving south. Things are bad here, but nothing compared to what you have to deal with.

Well I live up here too, in Ontario. But I’m of American descent (grandfather) and I think I still possess that spirit.

One of our biggest problems here is our new constitution, the American concept with a socialist twist. It’s been used as a liberal weapon for the past twenty three years to win minority rights and simultaneously erode all our traditional values. It’s pretty much a given, that the government is going to roll over every time it’s challenged with this weapon. The key document is titled “Charter of Rights and Freedoms”. So how do you challenge a document with that name and still sound credible?

Up until 1982 we had the “British North American Act” of 1867. I figure if it wasn’t broke don’t fix it. But Pierre Trudeau, who got elected in 1980 not with a mandate to draw up a constitution but to keep gas taxes low, forever changed the face of Canada when he and his lawyer buddies brought this in.

Just going from memory the only country that comes to mind as having voted on their constitution is Australia, the same country where it’s law for every citizen to vote. Based on that I think there would be less tendency to erode traditional values over there.

 

[Traditional_Ang]

Ani Ibi:

Will you make me a cup of coffee?

I brew every morning…But you’d have to put up with Socialists that had Fr. Fesio saying that my return to the Faith was an “Act of Courage”!

I assume the “Intervenor Status” is some sort of Standing in the Court If that’s the case, the Coalition for Life and Health could probaqbly make a Prima Facae case that the organization represents a PUBLIC POLICY INTEREST, as well as that of a “Friend of the Court”. I see no reason why they wouldn’t be able to find some sort of grounds for standing in the court or at least grounds for filing as an Amicus Curae. The Amicus Curae, Friend of the Court, ois pretty much a given and could not or should not be refused. The other is probably a little more iffy, but even then, the Coalition for Life and Health could be called as an expert witness, or even as co-Counsel.

That’s by Canadian Dime’s worth.

May God Richly bless those who act to save His Little Ones. Michael