March 28, 2025
March 28, 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.
On Sunday, Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney called a snap election for April 28. During a press conference which happened after Carney had attended Catholic Mass that morning, he came out explicitly in support of killing preborn children, stating: “I absolutely support a woman’s right to choose, unreservedly, and will defend it as the Liberal Party has defended it, proudly and consistently.”
We immediately kicked into high gear here at Campaign Life Coalition, putting out a press release calling on Canadian Catholic bishops to respond to Carney with “pastoral clarity and moral courage,” asking that they deny him Holy Communion until he repents, and if he won’t repent, to consider formal excommunication.
One of Carney’s first moves as Prime Minister was to fund a handful of pro-LGBT groups across Canada to the tune of $2M. He’s clearly signalling where his allegiance lies.
Abortion numbers in Canada continue to rise. Why? Because the Liberals have poured millions into "increasing" and "expanding" access to killing preborn Canadian babies. The result? More dead baby humans. Championing abortion is pure evil.
Thank you to so many of you who have signed our petition to save Christian Canada. We’ve nearly reached our goal of 10,000 signatures. If you have not signed yet, there is still time. Please add your name to save Christian Canada. Click here.
My colleague Josie Luetke has penned a report about the mighty efforts of a school trustee in a Catholic school board trying to advance a motion to ban schools in the board from fundraising for charities or non-profits that support abortion, contraception, euthanasia, or embryonic stem cell research—all of which compromise the sanctity of life.
Don’t miss the must-see video of the week in which pro-life Canadian heroine Mary Wagner sits down with Live Action’s Lila Rose and explains how her peaceful, prayerful efforts to reach abortion-minded women led to nearly six years behind bars.
Finally, don’t miss my reflection at the end about PM Mark Carney’s pathetic stance and ignorance when it comes to abortion in Canada.
Top Canadian pro-life stories you need to know about
Campaign Life Coalition: ‘Grave scandal’: CLC calls on Canadian bishops to respond to Mark Carney’s abortion support
“‘A Catholic politician cannot, in good conscience, claim to be a faithful member of the Church while simultaneously pledging to uphold and expand access to abortion, which the Church unequivocally condemns as the deliberate killing of innocent human life,’ said CLC National President Jeff Gunnarson.”
LifeSiteNews: Top pro-life group calls on Canadian bishops to respond to Mark Carney’s abortion support
Run With Life: Canada's 2023 abortion numbers increase - again
“Once again Canada's abortion numbers are up for 2023.”
Campaign Life Coalition: Catholic schools should not fund killing of innocent
“Trustee Helena Karabela has repeatedly heroically put forward motions to prevent schools in the Halton Catholic District School Board from fundraising for charities or non-profits that support abortion, contraception, euthanasia, or embryonic stem cell research—all of which compromise the sanctity of life.”
LifeSiteNews: Top pro-lifer warns that Canada has ‘no future’ if euthanasia, abortion continue
“‘Canadian fertility rates are so low that Canadians are almost sterile,' pro-lifer Angelina Ireland told LifeSiteNews, warning that the nation's anti-life ethic has gotten so extreme its very future is in jeopardy.”
LifeSiteNews: Poilievre’s Conservatives reject yet another pro-family, pro-life candidate
“Pro-life and pro-family former MP Pierre Lemieux announced he will not be the Conservative candidate for his riding after the party declined to nominate him without explanation.”
The Christian Post: 4 things to know about Pierre Poilievre, Conservative Party leader running to be Canada's next PM
“The Campaign Life Coalition, a pro-life advocacy organization based in Canada, has described Poilievre as ‘pro-abortion’ and ‘pro-LGBT ideology,’ assigning him a ‘red light’ rating. The ‘red light’ rating is reserved for politicians the Campaign Life Coalition deems ‘not supportable.’”
Catholic Register: ‘Silent negotiation’ UN’s new normal
“Matthew Wojciechowski, CLC Vice President, told the Register that ‘educating and lobbying delegates and government officials is a year-round effort.’ Despite changes to CSW, Wojciechowski said that CLC will continue to send delegates to the event as ‘large meetings like CSW do offer NGOs the opportunity to be active observers and to meet with key stakeholders, including member states.’”
Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: United Nations Committee directs Canada to repeal Track 2 euthanasia deaths
“Canada has received a critical review by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the CRPD Committee). Canada has been directed to repeal Track 2 medical assistance in dying (MAiD).”
LifeSiteNews: Canada’s new Carney gov’t has already given LGBT groups more than $2 million in taxpayer funding
“‘Carney is signalling that he is no different than Trudeau when it comes to advancing ideologies that undermine marriage, assault the fundamental cell of society which is the family, and push ideologies on children that are both abusive and destructive,’ Campaign Life Coalition’s Pete Baklinski told LifeSiteNews.”
Campaign Life Coalition Youth: That's me in the Corner: Losing my Religion
“I can only conclude that these governments, (including our Canadian one), fully support infiltrating our religious institutions to co-opt them and manipulate us. They are not transparent. They are not interested in honest dialogue. They do not care what we think.”
CBC: Rally ahead of Catholic school board meeting protests motion to ban Pride flags at schools
“While majority of the people in attendance were against the notice of motion, Jack Fonseca said he was a WCDSB parent who was all in favour of the motion. ‘I’m a faithful son of the church and I'm here to support the parent delegates here who are asking for LGBT propoganda books to be removed and also in support of the notice of motion,’ explained Fonseca. ‘Stop flying political symbols.’”
LifeNews: “Praise God!” Pro-Life Americans Celebrate President Trump Freezing Planned Parenthood Funding
“President Donald Trump plans to deny Planned Parenthood tens of millions of dollars in federal funding, not due to carrying out abortion, but over its support of another controversial political issue, which has pro-life advocates exclaiming, ‘Praise God!’”
Catholic Register: Pro-lifer answers call to point people to Church
“Ramona Trevino, a cradle Catholic, says her story of changing sides in the abortion battle is truly a Catholic one. She will speak at this year’s Halton Alive Life Talks Conference.”
LifeNews: Kansas Legislature Passes Bill for Tax Credits for Unborn Babies
“The legislation introduces a personal exemption of $2,320 for an unborn child.”
The Bridgehead: Detransitioner gives glory to Jesus for saving him from gender mutilation surgery
“Another prominent detransitioner has come forward to explain why he deeply regrets pursing ‘gender-affirming care’ to procure a sex change – and why.”
LifeNews: 2,000 Pro-Life People March Against Abortion in Illinois
“Approximately 2,000 pro-life advocates gathered at the Illinois state Capitol in Springfield March 25, voicing strong opposition to recent legislative proposals that violate the dignity of human life.”
Campaign Life Coalition
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Maureen, last Sunday, after attending Catholic Mass, Prime Minister Mark Carney was asked by a reporter if he “explicitly support[s] a woman’s right to choose?” In the lead up to the question, the reporter had observed that Mr. Carney was a “practicing Catholic who went to Church” earlier in the morning.
Carney, practically tripping over his words in his eagerness to answer the question, replied: “I absolutely support a woman’s right to choose, unreservedly, and will defend it as the Liberal Party has defended it – proudly and consistently.”
Yes, horrifically, Carney, a practicing Catholic, supports the barbaric slaughtering of the weakest and most vulnerable among us – the preborn child.
He supports this even though Catholic teaching makes it clear that killing preborn children is a grave moral evil.
"Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion," states the Catechism of the Catholic Church. "This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law.”
Carney’s answer is a betrayal of his Catholic faith. Jesus is clear that what one does to “the least” among us, one also does to Jesus. Those who claim to be followers of Jesus and who champion killing preborn babies, certainly the “least” among us, are also doing this to Jesus.
Carney also betrays what kind of man he is. It is the small, weak, and pathetic who refuse to defend the lives of the innocent who are targeted for death. It is the vicious who champion their deaths. Men are created to defend the weak, even to lay down their lives if necessary. By defending abortion, Carney has gutted himself of his manhood.
His answer also betrays his complete ignorance of abortion in Canada.
The fact is that there is no “right to choose” abortion in Canada nor in international law, for that matter.
Abortion was first permitted by a new law in 1969 under certain restricted circumstances. Prior to this, committing an abortion was a crime under the Criminal Code. In the 1988 Morgentaler decision, the Supreme Court threw out the 1969 abortion law on the basis that it was “unconstitutional,” ruling that the law’s detailed criteria for obtaining an abortion violated a woman’s Charter right to “security of the person.”
Neither the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms nor the Supreme Court of Canada established a right to abortion. The Supreme Court tasked Parliament in 1988 with creating a new law. This never happened, though an attempt was made in 1989 with the flawed Bill C-43 (An Act respecting abortion).
So, contrary to Carney’s assertion, there is no “right to choose” to kill a preborn baby in Canada.
All that exists is a legal vacuum, leaving the pre-born without legal protection. Killing a preborn baby is available on-demand, for any reason, or no reason at all. Preborn babies can be destroyed from their very beginning, all the way until the baby has entirely proceeded from the mother’s womb. Even killing the baby during birth is legally permitted.
Please pray for this delusional man who champions the killing of our fellow brothers and sisters created in the image of God.
Pray also for Catholic bishops to intervene in this matter and show some leadership. They need to publicly call Carney to repentance for this and, if he refuses, to pursue appropriate sanctions that could include denial of Holy Communion and, if that fails to bring him around, excommunication.
The preborn depend on us; let us be bold and daring for life!
Pete Baklinski
Director of Communications
Campaign Life Coalition
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