Durham - Compare Candidates - Vote Pro-Life Ontario

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	Todd McCarthy(Progressive Conservative)	Spencer Ford(New Blue)	Lou De Vuono(Ontario)	Todd McCarthy(None Of The Above)

CLC Rating	Pro-life, pro-family	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

RATING COMMENTS:	PC candidate Todd McCarthy gave perfect answers to CLC's ... <More> See Full Profile	CLC's 2022 Ontario provincial election questionnaire not ... <More> See Full Profile	CLC's 2022 Ontario provincial election questionnaire not ... <More> See Full Profile	In a potential confusing coincidence, None of the Above P... <More> See Full Profile
SURVEY QUESTION	ANSWER	ANSWER	ANSWER	ANSWER
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1. Do you acknowledge that human life begins at conception (fertilization)?	Yes	survey not yet sent	survey not yet sent	survey not yet sent
2. Are there any circumstances under which you believe a woman should have access to abortion? If yes, please explain. *A surgical or medical intervention, designed to prevent the death of the mother (e.g. In the case of tubal pregnancy or cervical cancer) but which results in the unintended and undesired death of the pre-born child, is not an abortion.	No	survey not yet sent	survey not yet sent	survey not yet sent
3. Would you support measures to delist medically unnecessary, elective abortions from the list of insured services covered by OHIP?	Yes	survey not yet sent	survey not yet sent	survey not yet sent
4. Do you agree women have the right to be thoroughly informed about the serious health consequences of abortion, the development of their child in the womb, and the alternatives to abortion?	Yes	survey not yet sent	survey not yet sent	survey not yet sent
5. Would you vote in favor of repealing the Ontario "bubble zone" censorship law? This unconstitutional law criminalizes peaceful pro-life expression, including silent prayer, on taxpayer-owned public sidewalks within 50 metres (or more) of any abortion facility.	Yes	survey not yet sent	survey not yet sent	survey not yet sent
6. Will you protect parental rights in education by working to ensure that traditionally principled parents are given advance notice of, and the ability to withdraw their children from, classroom lessons and presentations dealing with abortion, contraception, homosexuality, and transgenderism?		survey not yet sent	survey not yet sent
7. Would you support efforts to repeal the age-inappropriate, graphic, sex-ed curriculum which is currently being taught throughout Ontario schools?	Yes	survey not yet sent	survey not yet sent	survey not yet sent
8. If elected, will you vote to reject laws that would expand euthanasia and assisted-suicide and instead, promote palliative care, the purpose of which is to alleviate pain, and enhance the quality of life until natural death for terminally ill patients, and for those with disabilities? *Euthanasia is the direct and intentional killing of a person by action or omission, with or without the consent of that person, for what people mistakenly believe are compassionate reasons.	Yes	survey not yet sent	survey not yet sent	survey not yet sent
9. Will you support legislation to protect the right of health care workers who refuse to participate in procedures which are in violation of their religious or conscientious beliefs?		survey not yet sent	survey not yet sent

Rating Comments

Granville gave perfect pro-life and pro-family answers to CLC's 2014 provincial election questionnaire, but after winning in the election, he betrayed those values and voted in the exact opposite manner. During his tenure as an MPP (2014 to 2018), in which he served as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Children and Youth Services, as well as to the Minister of Education, Granville voted for every manner of evil that Kathleen Wynne could dream up in legislation or in policy, which you can see by clicking the VOTES tab, including Wynne's pro-abortion Bill 163 which criminalized pro-life expression on public sidewalks.

Prior to running for MPP, Granville was a Peterborough Catholic school trustee where he served as Co-Chair of the Board.

Under his co-leadership, the Peterborough Catholic Board voted in 2010 to accept student-led, homosexual-activist clubs, as part of then Education Minister, Kathleen Wynne's "Equity & Inclusive Education" mandate. Concerned Catholics recognized this as a frontal assault on the Church's moral teachings and lobbied trustees against the anti-Catholic "Equity" mandate. However, a majority of trustees voted to approve the Equity policy without any amendments to protect the Catholic faith.

In 2014, while Granville was Co-chair of the Board, it published a "Colours of Equity" pamphlet filled with homosexualist propaganda that completely undermined Catholic moral teaching and Christian anthropology. The inappropriate pamphlet prominently displayed the gay pride flag and encouraged students to celebrate "diversity in the LGBT community". It also promoted the 2005 redefinition of marriage in a manner that gave the impression it was something of which faithful Catholics ought to be proud. This pamphlet also promoted the harmful ideology of "gender identity" which teaches children that their being male or female is not necessarily connected to their biological reality, but can change if they feel an "inner sense" of belonging to the opposite sex. Only 2 trustees were on record opposing the "Equity" mandate, but Granville was not one of them. There is no record he ever spoke out against the unconstitutional government mandate nor expressed any concerns about undermining Catholic moral teaching. His time as an MPP demonstrates why.


	Chris Borgia(New Democrat)	Granville Anderson(Liberal)

CLC Rating	Pro-abortion, pro-LGBT ideology	Pro-abortion, pro-euthanasia, anti-parental rights

RATING COMMENTS:	Official NDP policy is pro-abortion. In addition, the NDP... <More> See Full Profile	Granville gave perfect pro-life and pro-family answers to... <More> See Full Profile
SURVEY QUESTION	ANSWER	ANSWER
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1. Do you acknowledge that human life begins at conception (fertilization)?	--	--
2. Are there any circumstances under which you believe a woman should have access to abortion? If yes, please explain. *A surgical or medical intervention, designed to prevent the death of the mother (e.g. In the case of tubal pregnancy or cervical cancer) but which results in the unintended and undesired death of the pre-born child, is not an abortion.	Yes, all circumstances (per party policy)	Yes (based on voting record)
3. Would you support measures to delist medically unnecessary, elective abortions from the list of insured services covered by OHIP?	No (per party policy)	--
4. Do you agree women have the right to be thoroughly informed about the serious health consequences of abortion, the development of their child in the womb, and the alternatives to abortion?	--	No (based on voting record)
5. Would you vote in favor of repealing the Ontario "bubble zone" censorship law? This unconstitutional law criminalizes peaceful pro-life expression, including silent prayer, on taxpayer-owned public sidewalks within 50 metres (or more) of any abortion facility.	--	No (based on voting record)
6. Will you protect parental rights in education by working to ensure that traditionally principled parents are given advance notice of, and the ability to withdraw their children from, classroom lessons and presentations dealing with abortion, contraception, homosexuality, and transgenderism?	--	No (based on voting record)
7. Would you support efforts to repeal the age-inappropriate, graphic, sex-ed curriculum which is currently being taught throughout Ontario schools?	--	No (based on voting record)
8. If elected, will you vote to reject laws that would expand euthanasia and assisted-suicide and instead, promote palliative care, the purpose of which is to alleviate pain, and enhance the quality of life until natural death for terminally ill patients, and for those with disabilities? *Euthanasia is the direct and intentional killing of a person by action or omission, with or without the consent of that person, for what people mistakenly believe are compassionate reasons.	--	No (based on voting record)
9. Will you support legislation to protect the right of health care workers who refuse to participate in procedures which are in violation of their religious or conscientious beliefs?	--	No (based on voting record)

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