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Consider These Facts About Canada:

· In the 2006 Census 71% of Canadians said they are not highly religious.[i]

· In the 2006 Census 50% of those aged 15 to 29 declared no religious affiliation.[ii]

· The proportion of families based on a married-couple continues to decline, and in 2006, reached a record low of 68.6%.[iii]

· The national fertility rate is now at 1.49 (.51 below replacement rate) and “Orthodox” Christian women average 1.35 births.[iv]

· Each year, about 335,000 babies are born and another 103,000 are aborted.[v]

· The average age to first intercourse is 16.5 years for both sexes and 35% of high school students are sexually active.[vi]

· The average age to first marriage keeps getting older and is now 30.3 years for men and 28.5 years for women.[vii]

· Some 850,000 people aged 15-49 have sexually transmitted diseases,[viii] and by November 2005, 18,289 men and 1,852 women had been diagnosed with AIDS; and 44,771 men and 8,419 women had been diagnosed with HIV.[ix]

· In 2003, the proportion of marriages ending in divorce before the 30^th anniversary was 38.3%,[x] the third highest divorce rate in the Western World.[xi]

· The illicit drug trade (hashish, opium, heroin, cocaine, ecstasy and methamphetamine) was between $11 and $46 billion in 2006.[xii]

· Between 1994 and 2004, the proportion of Canadians declaring lifetime use of cocaine and crack increased from 3.8 to 10.6%, LSD and hallucinogens 5.2 to 11.4% and speed 2.1 to 6.4%.[xiii]

· The number of Canadians reporting use of an injectable drug in their life increased from 1.7 million in 1994 to 4.1 million in 2004.[xiv]

· In Canada, suicide is the leading cause of death for men aged 25 to 29 and 40 to 44, and for women aged 30 to 34; for youth aged 15 to 24, suicide is the second leading cause of death after traffic deaths.[xv]

· In 2003, there were 3,765 suicides reported, 26 % more suicides than traffic deaths; and for each completed suicide there are some 100 attempts.[xvi]

· In 2002, Canadians spent $11.3 billion gambling, an increase of 320 % from 1992.[xvii]

· In 2002, about 18.9 million Canadians gambled, spending on average $600; of these 370,000 had moderate and 120,00 had severe gambling addictions.[xviii]

· At least 8,000 migrant girls are illegally trafficked into Canada each year and sold for an estimated $120 million; then they work in brothels or on the street until they fulfill contract quotas, usually $40,000 or 400 men, whichever comes first.[xix]

· Canadians spend roughly 1 billion dollars annually on pornographic media – internet, video, pay-per-view TV and adult magazines (prostitution not included).[xx] 

· Canada's homeless population has been growing on average 20% per year for the past decade and is now 150,000 people.[xxi] 

Consider these observations about Canada:

· Canada is a quote “World Leader” in full funding and assured access for abortion “on-demand.”

· Canada is one of only five countries worldwide to use the “marriage” word in legislation for same-sex unions.

· Canadian governance has renounced use of the name "Jesus Christ" in Parliamentary, Armed Forces and Public State liturgy.

· Canada has become a secular humanist and homosexist state.