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In a betrayal of our constitutional right to free speech, freedom of assembly, and the right to protest, Tabuns voted in favour a draconian Liberal bill to establish "No Free Speech Zones" around all Ontario abortion facilities.

The unconstitutional Bill 163, which became law, bans pro-life witness and free speech on taxpayer-owned, public sidewalks within a radius of up to 150 metres of every abortuary in Ontario. It will put peaceful, pro-life sidewalk counsellors and demonstrators in jail for 6 months, along with the possibility of a $5000 fine for the first "offense". This law will directly result in the deaths of many more preborn children who could have been saved by pro-life sidewalk counsellors, as so many thousands have been over the years.

Tabuns also voted in favour of a totalitarian bill (89) that permits Children's Aid to ban Christian couples from becoming parents through adoption on the basis of their religious beliefs concerning homosexuality and transgenderism. Bill 89 also empowers the state to seize biological children from Christian homes should parents refuse to affirm the anti-scientific theory of "gender identity" in a sexually-confused child.

On August 24, 2017, MPP Tabuns, along with TDSB Trustee Jennifer Story and Toronto City Councillors Paula Fletcher and Mary Fragedakis, jointly sent a letter of petition to Ontario Attorney General Yasir Naqvi, calling for the prohibition of pro-life signs and flyers distributed by the pro-life organization Canadian Centre for Bioethical Reform. The pro-life materials feature images of babies killed by abortion, which the above-named petitioners consider too grisly to be viewed by the public, but apparently not grisly enough to stop the murder of preborn children by abortion in the first place.

In 2013, Tabuns voted in favour of Bill 13 which destroyed parental rights & religious freedom in Ontario schools. The tyrannical legislation forced Catholic schools to violate their religious beliefs by accepting student-led, homosexual-activist clubs, something totally undermines Catholic moral teaching. The legislation also made it mandatory for all schools to accept the dangerous philosophical ideology of "Gender Identity", which teaches children that their being male or female has nothing to do with their biological reality, and is merely a "social construct".

			incumbent
	Stephen Graham(New Blue)	Adam Ratkowski(Progressive Conservative)	Peter Tabuns(New Democrat)	Connor Taras(Liberal)

CLC Rating	Educable	Unknown	Pro-abortion, pro-LGBT ideology, anti-free speech, anti-parental rights	Pro-abortion, pro-LGBT ideology

RATING COMMENTS:	Mr. Graham's responses to CLC's 2025 Ontario provincial e... <More> See Full Profile	CLC's 2025 Ontario provincial election questionnaire not ... <More> See Full Profile	In a betrayal of our constitutional right to free speech,... <More> See Full Profile	The Ontario Liberal Pary is officially pro-abortion, as e... <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	refused to respond	--
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 (minors who have been raped)	survey not yet sent	Yes, all circumstances (based on Party position)	Yes, all circumstances (based on party policy)
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	No (based on Party position)	No (based on 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?	Yes	survey not yet sent	refused to respond	--
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	NO (based on party position)	--
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?	Yes	survey not yet sent		No (based on party's commitment to LGBT ideology)
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	refused to respond	No (based on party's commitment to LGBT ideology)
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	refused to respond	--
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?	Yes	survey not yet sent		--


	Orlando Wright(Green)

CLC Rating	Pro-abortion

RATING COMMENTS:	Based on official party policy statement issued June 11, ... <More> See Full Profile
SURVEY QUESTION	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 (based on party policy)
3. Would you support measures to delist medically unnecessary, elective abortions from the list of insured services covered by OHIP?	No (based on 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?	--
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.	--
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?	--
7. Would you support efforts to repeal the age-inappropriate, graphic, sex-ed curriculum which is currently being taught throughout Ontario schools?	--
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.	--
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?	--

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