Daphne Bramham: Candidates' views on conversion therapy, abortion raise questions about Scheer's promise to leave social issues alone

Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 22:45:24 +0000

Opinion: Burnaby Tory candidate Heather Leung believes therapy can cure gays and that abortion should never be an option even in cases of rape and incest. She and other anti-abortion candidates make it tough to believe Andrew Scheer’s promise that the issues wouldn’t be revisited if Conservatives form government.

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Conservatives would stop ‘passport babies’

So-called “passport babies” were a topic on the agenda at the Conservative Party’s convention in Halifax last weekend. Tory party members voted in favour of barring birthright citizenship to anyone who doesn’t have a parent who is a Canadian citizen or is a permanent resident. Currently, anyone who is born on Canadian soil receives Canadian […]

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