Scheer left Quebecers with distinct impression he was evasive on Canada’s abortion laws

It is tough to keep anti-choice candidates motivated if the leader refuses to guarantee their right to introduce anti-abortion private members' bills.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, pictured Oct. 2, 2019, campaigning in Scarborough Southwest, Ont. Photograph courtesy of Andrew Scheer's Twitter

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

October 7, 2019

OTTAWA—Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer continues to promise he will not revisit Canadian abortion laws. He says he will follow the example of predecessor Stephen Harper. Some example. When Harper was prime minister, he would only fund International Planned Parenthood in countries that cr...

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