A Civilization Is Measured by How It Treats the Vulnerable
Commentary Over the last few weeks, tens of thousands of Canadians gathered in major cities across the country for the National March for Life and related pro-life events. Participants marched in Ottawa, Victoria, Edmonton, Regina, Toronto, Halifax, and elsewhere in what organizers describe as a peaceful public witness in support of legal protection for human life from conception to natural death. Speakers addressed concerns surrounding abortion, euthanasia (MAID), disability, and the growing vulnerability of those increasingly seen by society as burdensome, inconvenient, or expendable. One of the speakers in Ottawa was Alex Schadenberg, executive director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition. Coverage of the annual march once again revealed a growing divide in how Canadians receive information, an example being the event in Ottawa. Independent news outlets and on-the-ground reporting described thousands gathered on Parliament Hill and filling the downtown streets, yet much of the state-funded and mainstream media coverage remained sparse, muted, or largely dismissive of the scale and concerns expressed by attendees....
