Campaign Life Coalition
The Campaign Life Coalition (often called Campaign Life) is a Canadian conservative Christian pro-life group.[1] It is based in Toronto, Ontario.[2] The organization has existed since 1978, and it has long been active in political campaigns.
Ideology
Campaign Life has supported politicians from different political parties, including Liberals such as Tom Wappel[3] and Paul Szabo[4] and Conservatives such as Maurice Vellacott[5] and Stockwell Day.
At the provincial level, Campaign Life has been active in supporting the Family Coalition Party of Ontario.,[6] But after the name change to become the New Reform Party of Ontario in 2015, and the selection of Patrick Brown (politician) as the new leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario also in 2015, the CLC switched loyalty and support to the Tories provincially.[7][8]
In addition to opposing abortion, Campaign Life also launched a vocal campaign against same-sex marriage in 2004-05.[9]
In 2005, the coalition criticised the Conservative Party for nominating same-sex marriage supporters John Baird and Peter Kent to run as candidates.[10] It expressed support for John Pacheco's "independent conservative" candidacy against Baird in Ottawa West—Nepean, and for Greg Watrich's independent candidacy against sitting Tory MP James Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam), a supporter of Bill C-38.[11]
One of its projects is LifeSiteNews, a news website dedicated to issues of culture, life, and family that was created in 1997.[12] LifeSiteNews, which has attracted controversy over its stances, has been characterized as an "online anti-abortion journal" by the National Post and a "pro-Life website" by the Vancouver Sun.[13][14] It is linked to a French-language website, Campagne Quebec-Vie. A former controversial Catholic priest, Raymond Gravel, filed a lawsuit against the websites in 2010 claiming that they had engaged in a campaign against him.[15]
References
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- ↑ "Patrick Brown wins Ontario PC leadership", Toronto Star, May 09 2015.
- ↑ "Ontario PCs pick a pro-lifer to lead their rebirth", Toronto Star, May 09 2015.
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- ↑ Campaign Life Coalition Newsletter Decries Favoring of New Pro-Abortion, Pro-Gay Candidates By Conservative Leadership
- ↑ True Conservatives Running as Independents against Anti-Family, Anti-Life ‘Conservative’ Candidates
- ↑ About LifeSiteNews.com
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