April 4, 2025
April 4, 2025
Dear Maureen, I’m Pete Baklinski, and this is your Canadian Pro-Life News Bits – where I let you know what’s happening on our country’s pro-life and pro-family front.
Did you know there are currently more than 100 pro-life candidates running in the April 28 federal election? Make sure you check out the story about who these potential MPs are and how you can vote for them. You can check out who we’ve green-lit in your riding at voteprolife.ca.
Our team has been working in overdrive for weeks, updating records and candidate profiles. The deadline to register candidates is April 7th, so as we identify pro-life candidates, we'll be updating the above website. Please check back regularly in the coming weeks for updates.
I was shocked this week to discover the nine ways in which the Liberal Party wages war on preborn babies and pro-life advocates. See if you can guess what some of them are before you check out my report on this.
The Catholic Register highlights in a new report how discussion on abortion is largely absent from this election cycle. Believe me when I tell you that we’re doing everything in our power to bring the plight of the preborn targeted for destruction by abortion into the spotlight for this election. CLC president Jeff Gunnarson was interviewed in this report and provides a hopeful perspective.
A Christian medical student was outrageously expelled from the University of Manitoba after posting his pro-life views on social media. Thankfully, he is challenging the decision and taking the university to court. Bravo!
My colleague Josie Luetke gave a video interview to Radio Maria Canada about pro-life activism in our country. If you want to know what it’s like to work full-time in the pro-life movement, check out Josie’s inspirational interview.
The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is calling on voters to vote for candidates who will rein in our country’s out-of-control euthanasia regime. Even a UN committee is now calling on Canada to repeal a law that allows euthanasia for people who are not dying. If the left-leaning, progressive UN is asking Canada to backtrack, you know that what Canada is doing is very, very bad.
A Canadian woman was fined $10K for privately warning her female friend against getting transgender top surgery. Thankfully, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is stepping in to appeal the decision.
The April edition of CLC National News, our premier communication, is now available online by clicking here. Don’t miss CLC President Jeff Gunnarson’s important Easter letter to pro-lifers about defending faith and family.
Don’t miss the must-see video of the week in which Matt Walsh, creator of the documentary What is a Woman?, totally destroys the transgender movement in a two-minute speech before the California State Assembly in support of a law that would ban men claiming to be female from women’s sports.
Finally, don’t miss my reflection at the end in which I call out the National Post for running a podcast in which it is falsely stated that Canada’s “abortion debate” has been “killed” for decades. Find out the truth about the abortion debate.
Top Canadian pro-life stories you need to know about
LifeSiteNews: Pro-life group gives ‘green light’ to over 100 candidates running in Canada’s federal election
“There are currently over 100 pro-life and pro-family candidates running in Canada's 2025 federal election, according to Campaign Life Coalition.”
Pro-Life Canadian Man: How the Liberal Party wages war on preborn babies
“The Liberals are the ones most advancing the culture of death. Canada, does the Liberal Party represent your values?”
Catholic Register: Abortion not a factor in this election cycle
“Jeff Gunnarson, national president of Campaign Life, lauded the resolute crusading for life from staff and supporters young and old in an unfavourable environment.”
LifeSiteNews: PPC candidate celebrates ‘green light’ rating from CLC for pro-life, pro-family views
“‘I am honoured to have received the Green Light from the Campaign Life Coalition in my efforts to protect all life, from conception to natural death,’ PPC candidate Jason Lavigne wrote in a March 26 post on X.”
The Niagara Independent: Canada’s sleeper election issue: the loss of charitable status for religious organizations
“The potential loss of charitable status for religious [and pro-life] charities might be the biggest sleeper issue in the federal election. The Liberal government proposed the change.”
LifeSiteNews: Pro-lifers celebrate as major Canadian abortion mill to close after 30+ years
“‘Praise God. This is fantastic news,' wrote Campaign Life Coalition's Pete Baklinski in response to Vancouver's Elizabeth Bagshaw Clinic saying it will be shuttering its doors after 35 years.”
Evangelical Fellowship of Canada: Christian medical student expelled for pro-life beliefs
“Rafael Zaki was expelled from medical school for posting his pro-life comments on social media. He did not raise his beliefs in class. When some people objected to his post, he took it down within a day.”
Radio Maria Canada (video): Why pro-life activism is important
CLC’s Josie Luetke speaks with Ana Rivera about a day in the life of a pro-life activist, what they do and why.
Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: Elections have consequences. Don't vote for candidates who will expand the killing
“I urge you to not vote for candidates or a government that will be committed to further expansions of killing. Reject the status quo. We cannot afford another euthanasia expansion government.”
Evangelical Fellowship of Canada: UN committee calls on Canada to repeal euthanasia for people who are not dying
“Canada is facing international pressure to walk back its expansion of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) and not to expand it further.”
ARPA: ARPA Canada Calls on Federal Leaders to Protect Canadians from MAiD
“ARPA Canada actively opposed the Trudeau government’s rapid expansion of euthanasia into one of the most permissive euthanasia regimes in the world.”
Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms: BC woman fined $10K for privately warning friend against transgender surgery
“It is very concerning to see a government tribunal policing private communications between friends, and imposing a $10,000 penalty, without giving any heed to the fact that Canada’s Charter guarantees freedom of expression.”
LifeNews: These Pro-Life Christians Saved 12 Babies From Abortion
“‘I am so proud of all the herculean efforts that local pro-lifers have put in,’ Dan said. “Just outstanding. God bless these people. I work with walking saints.’”
Live Action: Pro-life activist shares why she chose life after rape: ‘Love is stronger than violence’
‘I had so much pain, but when I hear ‘pregnancy,’ I just knew that I had a baby inside of me and I was not even afraid,’ Lianna Rebolledo said.”
Pregnancy Help News: March for Life Romania celebrates how “Every Person Matters”
“The March for Life 2025 took place on Saturday, March 29, 2025, in Bucharest. This one, along with the marches in other locations, marked the culmination of the Month for Life 2025, during which pro-life events were held in more than 2,500 locations in Romania and the Republic of Moldova.”
Campaign Life Coalition
Josie Luetke
Pro-life Canadian man
Watch Matt Walsh destroy the transgender movement in under two minutes.
Maureen, the National Post hosted a podcast this week titled “Who killed Canada’s abortion debate?”
Podcast author Tristin Hopper stated in reference to Henry Morgentaler’s campaign to normalize the killing of preborn Canadians: “The ordeal was so divisive, so heated and so unpleasant that an exhausted country gave up on finding a way through it, and instead just decided to never tackle the issue again.”
Here are five reasons why the National Post is wrong about Canada giving up on tackling abortion:
1. The pro-life movement is one of Canada’s largest and most vibrant social/political movements, especially through grassroots activism, sidewalk counselling, pregnancy resource centres, and post-abortion healing ministries.
2. We’re in every Canadian province, city, and village. Collectively, we’re over a million strong and continue to gain strength every day, especially from young people who are on fire to defend life at every stage.
3. The National March for Life, which demands legal protection for preborn children, is the largest annual gathering on Parliament Hill, and has drawn up to 25,000 concerned citizens. The next one is May 8, 2025. It's going to be big.
4. Modern ultrasound imaging, fetal surgery, and viability improvements for premature babies allow people to see the humanity of the preborn child more clearly than ever before. These advancements simply destroy the “pro-choice” narrative that the preborn are not human or merely a “clump of cells.” More young people are switching from “pro-choice” to “pro-life” than ever before. Polls show this.
5. Canada has no legal framework for protecting preborn children from abortion, resulting in continuous political discourse where governments are constantly pressured to either restrict or expand abortion access, keeping the issue at the forefront of public debate.
For example, championing abortion is historically one of the Liberals’ most-used election talking points.
Mark Carney made headlines on the day he called the election for coming out as “proudly” and “unreservedly” in favour of killing preborn babies. Only in a country with an active abortion debate would a politician again and again have to show his allegiance to one side or the other.
“Who killed Canada’s abortion debate?” the podcaster asks in the title of his piece.
No one.
The abortion debate continues — and will continue — until abortion is abolished. The overturning of Roe v. Wade in the U.S. in 2022 demonstrated what kind of gains can be made by the pro-life movement. Pro-life gains in the U.S. will eventually spill over to Canada, making the future of Canada, one day, pro-life.
Canada’s pro-life movement will never give up, we will never surrender, until preborn children have the same protections as everyone else.
That this will happen is inevitable. Truth is on the pro-life side and pro-life advocates are on the side of God. We are unstoppable. Life will win.
Be bold and daring for life!
Pete Baklinski
Director of Communications
Campaign Life Coalition
Follow Pete on X: @petebaklinski