So the Court Challenges Programme has had its' funding cut....

This has been a controversial programme since its' inception. Court Challenges is a programme founded in 1973 under the Trudeau Liberals that has given millions of dollars to exclusively leftist special interest groups to make legal challenges to existing laws. While the CCP was originally billed as a funding source for dealing with language rights, the Court Challenges program quickly became a vehicle for activist organizations furthering social engineering goals.

Lifesite news reports that the Canadian Union of Public Employees is contributing funds to a campaign to “save” the controversial Court Challenges Programme. CUPE, which is Canada’s largest union, has consistently supported activist groups pushing for pro-homosexual and pro-abortion issues, using mandatory worker’s dues for funding.
Family News in Focus reported in 2004 that "while pro-life and traditional family groups were denied funding under the CCP, organizations challenging family autonomy through radical interpretation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms were consistently subsidized by the organization."

In 1993 the CCP was shielded from Access to Information legislation under the Liberals, effectively preventing an accurate accounting of where taxpayers’ money goes. The Court Challenges program was reorganized as a not-for-profit organization, completely independent of the government. Since then, the organization has not had to announce its funding grants or the criteria for its decisions. In its current form, the Court Challenges program is not subject to Access to Information laws or to Parliamentary review, great cause for concern, according to Justice Minister Vic Toews.

The two main beneficiaries of CCP funding--the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund and the homosexual activist group EGALE--are two of the most powerful lobby groups in the country. These are hardly representative of "the disadvantaged and vulnerable" that the Court Challenges Programme was intended to support.

The bottom line is that it is the taxpayer's money, yours and mine, that has been used for this programme. Bravo to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Treasury Board Secretary John Baird for standing up for ALL Canadians and finally eliminating the Court Challenges Programme. Please contact the above, and THANK them, let them know they are doing the right thing, and that they have the support of the majority of REAL Canadians!