The ‘Liberal’ Drive to Exclude Pro-Lifers from Public Life in Canada

Canadian Liberal leader Justin Trudeau has insisted pro-lifers can no longer stand for his party 

Justin Trudeau, leader of the Liberal Party of Canada

By Father Raymond J. de Souza

Editors Note: This article was first published in the print edition of The Catholic Herald 

Justin Trudeau, leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and son of the late Pierre Elliott Trudeau, prime minister from 1968 to 1984, recently attempted to further entrench Canada’s abortion extremism with a prohibition on pro-life candidates running for his party. Surprisingly, his policy has attracted nearly universal condemnation, including strong criticism by two of Canada’s senior archbishops.  Canada’s abortion politics are unique. There is no law on abortion at all, so an extreme abortion licence – any time for any reason – prevails. 

Cardinal Thomas Collins Has Urged Canadian Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau to Reconsider His Decision to Ban Pro-Life Candidates

The left is beginning to reveal their extreme authoritarianism and intolerance for any ideas that differ from their own.  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has stated that “extreme conservatives who are right-to-life, pro-assault—weapon, anti-gay…have no place in the State of New York."  More recently the Canadian Liberal Party Leader, Justin Trudeau, has banned pro-lifers from standing as party candidates.  These are the very sort of politicians who trumpet the ideal of democracy, but all ideas of freedom and democracy vanish once THEY are in power.

The Cardinal Archbishop of Toronto, Thomas Collins, has urged Trudeau to reconsider his edict requiring that all party candidates be pro-abortion.  The letter may be seen here.