Chilliwack – We Need A Law

Suffering Chickens

WNAL Staff — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 04:24:48 +0000

Reactions to the video footage released this week showing the completely vile behaviour of chicken catchers in Chilliwack, BC ranged from, “Sick!” and “Disgusting!” to the more serious, “They should be tortured themselves” and “Someone needs to beat the s*** out of people who treat animals like this!”

One sign of a humane and just society is how we react when confronted with an unexpected injustice. The torture and abuse inflicted on chickens by farm workers was intentional and wholly unacceptable. The reactions that poured in on social media show that we have compassion for animals and, generally speaking, an understanding that there are more proper ways to handle the production of chicken prior to it being served up on our dinner plates.

There is another species in Canada that endures a similar fate to the suffering chickens seen in the Mercy for Animals video. In fact, this species has no protection whatsoever and this leads to 100,000 of them being dismembered, disemboweled, and decapitated every single year in Canada. And there is nary a murmur or complaint from the public.

It is laudable to advocate for the humane treatment of chickens and to express righteous indignation when exposed to videos such as we saw this week. How much more, then, should we advocate for something far more precious than a chicken? If we are truly a humane and compassionate society then it’s time for Canadians to ask for lawful protection of pre-born children.

Clarifying the Chilliwack Flag Display

WNAL Staff — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 08:51:08 +0000

The following letter to the editor was sent to the Chilliwack Times and Chilliwack Progress in response to their erroneous media coverage of last week’s educational flag display at the Chilliwack Museum.

Re: Pro-life flag display at Chilliwack Museum

As the organizers of last Saturday’s educational event, we would like to clarify that we followed all the rules the City of Chilliwack set before us. We were given written permission from the Director of Corporate Services to proceed with our event. It was only a day before the event was to take place that the city tried to prevent it from happening without giving reasons or citing any potential bylaw infraction. We can only assume that it was because of the message.

The flag display took place on the Chilliwack Museum grounds of which the cenotaph is a part of. The location was chosen because of its high visibility and exposure to foot traffic. While many connections could aptly be made between the cenotaph (which incidentally means “a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere”) that was not the reason we chose this location.

We hope Veterans and citizens of the City of Chilliwack understand that our intention was never to connect our display to Remembrance Day. If in the process of drawing attention to the fact that 100,000 Canadians do not experience the same freedom as everybody who witnessed the display we offended any Veterans, we sincerely apologize.

On behalf of the local organizers,

Emily van Brederode and Mike Schouten

Check this out from Valley Against Abortion

WNAL Staff — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 04:58:47 +0000

It’s been great to see different billboards and ads going up across the country. We’d like to give a shout-out to Valley Against Abortion for this great bus bench ad out in BC!

The momentum continues and as more people spend time outdoors this summer, it’s a great opportunity to work with other groups or get some friends together and put your own sign up. Contact us at info@test.weneedalaw.ca if you would like any help or direction.

Billboard design: Lynn VanEerden

Who should we be angry at?

WNAL Staff — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 05:54:07 +0000

“It would have made your eyes water if you saw it.” That was the reaction of Chilliwack resident Ms. Mallory when she received a flyer on her doorstep depicting a picture of a dead Rwandan child “killed with machetes” and a picture of an aborted fetus “killed with suction machines”. The graphic anti-abortion flyer delivered to Ms. Mallory’s door is part of a local project being carried out by Valley Against Abortion, a Chilliwack area pro-life group. According to the news story in which Ms. Mallory is quoted the group has already handed out 3,500 flyers in Chilliwack and they have plans to spread them throughout the entire Fraser Valley.

Ms. Mallory’s reaction is telling, as images of dead babies should evoke this type of emotion from every human being. That abortion is juxtaposed with the treatment of Rwandan children is entirely accurate; it is the injustice of both situations – the inhumane treatment of human beings – that is fundamentally the same.

The Rwandan genocide was exposed to the world via images, and people were rightly aghast. In fact, it is because the slaughter of the Tutsis was brought to us in such vivid imagery that world leaders sought to deal with this human rights violation of epic proportions. So also, the atrocities being perpetrated against children in the womb need to be exposed to the world in order for this current human rights violation to be addressed.

Residents of Chilliwack have a right to be angry, as do all Canadians exposed to the graphic imagery of abortion. But our anger needs to be properly directed. When we became aware of the Rwandan genocide by way of the vivid imagery shown to us by the news networks, we did not express our anger towards CBC News or the Globe and Mail. Instead, we directed our anger toward the ideology that allowed, or even encouraged, such violence. So also now, let us not direct our anger at those who show us what abortion does but against the ideology which allows for the lawful killing of children in the womb at any stage of pregnancy.