May 2, 2025
May 2, 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.
While the Federal election did not go as well for the Conservatives as many CPC members had hoped, there were some significant gains for the pro-life movement. Six new pro-life MPs were elected, and all 36 incumbent pro-life MPs were re-elected. There are now a total of 42 MPs solidly green-lit by Campaign Life Coalition in our country’s seat of power. Make sure you read our Press Release about the election results.
Next week is the 28th annual National March for Life in Ottawa. Our team is working hard to make this May 8 event a huge success for the preborn. I’ll be there with our team early next week to help at events prior to the March. Check out the whole list of events at marchforlife.ca. I hope to see you there! Oh, and there will be no News Bits next week because of the March.
Canada’s top pro-life investigator, Patricia Maloney, has found shocking evidence of an increase in failed late-term abortions in Canada, where the baby was born alive and left to die. There were over 100 more in the most recent period when compared to the previous period. How is this allowed to happen in our country? God have mercy!
The May edition of CLC National News, our monthly newsletter, is now available online. You can view and print the newsletter by clicking on this link. The newsletter is a great way to catch up on the most pressing life and family issues. Don’t miss CLC President Jeff Gunnarson’s letter to pro-lifers about raising up courageous pro-life leaders.
And, don’t miss my reflection at the end about the wasteful spending of government money in the tens of millions of dollars on an abortion-promoting organization. You may be surprised at what I think the solution should be.
Top Canadian pro-life stories you need to know about
Campaign Life Coalition: Federal election sees uptick in pro-life MPs
“‘We congratulate and celebrate the 42 pro-life candidates whom we green-lit and who were elected last night,’ said Jeff Gunnarson, National President of Campaign Life Coalition (CLC). ‘We especially congratulate the six new pro-life MPs who ran excellent campaigns and encourage them to bring the pro-life voice into our country’s hall of power.’”
B.C. Catholic: Pro-life candidates make election gains as Canada elects another pro-abortion Catholic PM
“Pro-life representation in Parliament increased following the April 29 federal election, as Canadians voted to keep the Liberal Party in power and Leader Mark Carney became the latest Catholic prime minister who does not follow Church teaching on abortion.”
LifeSiteNews: Canadians to demand ‘protection at conception’ at National March for Life next week
“The 28th National March for Life will gather Canadians from across the country to stand up for the rights of the unborn from the moment of conception.”
Run with Life: Total 2023-2024 late-term born alive and stillbirth abortion numbers are up
“Totals for late-term born alive/stillbirth abortions combined, are more than the total for the previous year by 125.”
Quebec Life Coalition: Join the Quebec March for Life - Saturday, May 31, 2025
“On this 50th anniversary of Quebec's Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, I invite you to attend the March for Life this Saturday, May 31. It's an essential event for all pro-life advocates in Quebec.”
Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: Another Canadian veteran was offered euthanasia instead of treatment
“‘It made me wonder, were they really there to help us, or slowly groom us to say ‘here’s a solution, just kill yourself.’”
Catholic Register: B.C. hospice group to intervene in MAiD case
“Delta Hospice Society (DHS) is now authorized to present key contentions and evidence in an ongoing lawsuit trying to forcibly compel faith-based health-care facilities to provide assisted suicide to palliative care patients by stripping away these organizations’ transfer authority.”
Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: In Canada: Euthanasia is sometimes easier to access than medical treatment
“The Canadian health care system is melting down — and yet the country still embraces radical euthanasia policies.”
LifeSiteNews: Ontario Catholic school board rejects motion to ban LGBT ‘pride’ flag in 5-4 vote
“An LGBT activist priest advocated to keep 'pride' flags in Catholic schools because the 'Sacred Heart of Jesus does stand for inclusion.’”
LifeSiteNews: Pro-life political commentator and journalist wins seat as Conservative MP
“News of Andrew Lawton's election as an MP was praised by Campaign Life Coalition, who had given him a 'green light' rating as a pro-life candidate.”
LifeNews: This Was an Abortion Center, Until a Christian Family Bought It and Dedicated It to God
“God asked me to get out of my comfort zone and go purchase the old abortion clinic. I told God I didn’t want that building. I asked if He didn’t have a new building we could have.”
LifeNews: 30 Pro-Life Groups Ask Trump to Take Action Against Abortion Pill
“CatholicVote joined a coalition of over 30 pro-life organizations Tuesday in urging the Trump administration to evaluate the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, immediately following the release of a new study revealing serious health risks.”
LifeNews: Pro-Life Advocates Celebrate Abortion Center’s Closure With Memorial Service
“About 75 people attended our Memorial Service outside the Robbinsdale abortion facility April 26 to remember the estimated 60,000 babies who lost their lives there over the past five decades.”
Campaign Life Coalition
Pro-life Canadian Man
Campaign Life Coalition
“ADORABLE: Baby mimics grown-up conversation at four months. The relationship this mom has with her baby is so precious. This is what building a culture of life looks like.”
We are so close to reaching our goal of 10K signers on our Save Christian Canada petition. If you have not signed this yet, can you please be one of the 500 signers needed to cross the finish line? We’re going to deliver this petition to PM Carney this month. Click here to sign.+++
Maureen, one of Canada's top abortion advocacy groups is calling on the new Carney Liberal government to appoint a dedicated "Minister for Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)."
"We call on Prime Minister Carney to make gender equality and women’s rights a core priority for this new government," states Action Canada, which also goes by the name "Planned Parenthood Canada."
“Appointing a dedicated Minister for Women and Gender Equality (WAGE) will send a clear message that Canada remains a global leader in advancing equality, fairness, and justice at a time of rising authoritarianism and threats to democracy,” the group added.
The sad fact is, however, that Action Canada sees “gender equality” and “women’s rights” as synonymous with killing preborn children. This group exists to create access to and expand the killing of the weakest and most vulnerable among us, the preborn. This evil.
What Canada really needs is not the group’s proposed WAGE minister, but something more akin to the United States’ recently established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
A made-in-Canada DOGE is needed to stop money from flowing into the coffers of organizations that exist to promote the killing of preborn Canadian children.
Did you know that since 2018, Action Canada has been listed on some 22 Federal grants totalling a mind-blowing $45.8 million?
That's over 45 million dollars of your hard-earned tax dollars going to fund an organization that exists to help end human lives. It's so wrong.
The truth is that preborn children are our country's hope and future. Why are citizens footing the bill for an organization that exists to wipe out our future and our hope?
It’s time to demand the defunding of these anti-human organizations. Mr. Carney has touted himself as an economist. Surely, he must realize that economies only thrive with robust up-and-coming generations. If he had any sense, he would defund groups like Action Canada immediately.
Someone needs to make this case to Mr. Carney.
In the meantime, be bold and daring for life!
Pete Baklinski
Director of Communications
Campaign Life Coalition
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