Little won't get to plead his case in Canada's highest court

ALBERTON - With the Supreme Court of Canada declining to hear his appeal, anti-abortion crusader David Little is resigning himself to the likelihood that he will have to start serving a jail sentence in April for failing to file tax returns.
But his crusade has not ended.
"I'm not going to put my name on a piece of paper that makes me complicit in the act of murder," he said.
Little, who is from New Brunswick but has been living in Alberton for more than a year, was convicted in a Fredericton court in 2007 for failing to file income tax returns for the years 2000, 2001 and 2002.
He had openly dared the tax department to charge him, declaring he would never again file a tax return for as long as there is tax-funded abortion in Canada.
He based his appeal on Religious Freedom, that as a devout Roman Catholic he found it morally repugnant that his money could go to pay for abortions.
Now, he is challenging the justice system to charge him for the ensuing years, too.
"Are they going to put me in jail for the rest of my life?" he said Thursday, the day the Supreme Court of Canada indicated it will not hear an appeal of his New Brunswick Provincial Court conviction. The highest court gave no reason for its refusal.
When convicted in 2007, Little was ordered to pay a fine of $1,000 or serve 22 days in jail in default for each of the three charges. He was also ordered to file the tax returns for the three years in dispute.
With the appeal process exhausted, Little has until an April 25 court appearance to pay the fines and file the returns and he said he will do neither.
"What about the rest of the years? They are going to have to charge me or I'll embarrass them," Little said.
"This is an evil situation we're in here, government making us all complicit in murder."
The New Brunsick Court of Appeal had found that legitimizing Little's claim would mean anyone who opposed a government policy could get out of paying taxes, while still receiving public benefits.
Little, however, is unwavering and said support for his position is substantial.
Among those in Little's corner is Bishop emeritus Faber MacDonald from the Diocese of Saint John. He helped fund the Alberton resident's latest legal battle. Abortion, Bishop MacDonald said, "is a serious moral issue."
"I don't think he's alone," Bishop MacDonald said of Little's crusade.
He suggested there is an increasing awakening to what abortion is doing. "I think a lot has to do with waking up to the fact of what the future holds if we keep killing more babies than are born."