Candidate, Karen Redman
Liberal Party, Kitchener Centre, ON
Bio
CLC rating: Pro-abortion, anti-traditional marriage
First elected (yyyy.mm.dd): 1997
Previous Occupation: City council, School trustee
Birthdate (yyyy.mm.dd): 1953.01.08
Percentage in last election: 35.9% [2008 federal]
Victory margin last election: lost by 0.8%
Religion / Faith: Presbyterian
Contact
Constituency Offices
P.O. Box 23052
Kitchener, Ontario
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Tel: 519-570-2001
Fax: --
Here is Karen Redman's voting record relating to life and family issues:
| Votes, Surveys and Policy Decision | Vote | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Position on decriminalizing marijuana (Note: Many addiction experts acknowledge that marijuana is a dangerous gateway drug to harder drugs like cocaine and heroin. It is a dangerous, addictive narcotic and must remain illegal.) |
Supports |  |
| M-221, child protection motion To raise the age of consent for sex from 14 to 16 [Sep 28, 2005] |
No | |
| Motion 12, Re-open debate on definition of marriage [Dec 2006] |
No | |
| C-38, A bill to abolish the true definition of marriage [June 28, 2005] |
Yes | |
| C-13, Reproductive Technologies bill Allowed destruction of embryonic humans for research; as well as human cloning for the purpose of organ harvesting (Oct 28, 2003) |
Yes | |
| Motion 123, Favoured legalizing euthanasia & assisted Suicide [Mar 25, 1998] |
No |  |
| C-484, Unborn victims of Crime Act Common sense legislation that would allow criminal charges to be laid in the death or injury of an unborn child when the childs mother is the victim of violent crime. This cannot be considered a "pro-life" bill because it specifically excludes deliberate acts of abortion by the woman. Nonetheless, it is a good "pro-family" bill because it protects women and their wanted children from violent crime. (Mar5/08) |
No | |
| C-313, Age of Consent child protection bill Raised the age of consent for sex from 14 to 16 [Sep 28, 2005] |
No | |
| Survey on awarding Order of Canada to Henry Morgentaler Do you agree with awarding the Order of Canada to abortionist Henry Morgentaler? (July 2008) |
Yes | |
| Bill C-250, added sexual orientation to hate crimes law [Sep 17, 2003] Note: observers predict this could eventually be used to prosecute Christians for holding to biblical teaching on homosexuality and may cause sections of the Bible and the Catholic Cathechism to be banned as "hate literature". |
Yes | |
| Section 93 Constitutional Amendment, revoked a guaranteed religious education right in Quebec [Nov. 18, 1997] |
Yes | |
| Motion 83, Inquiry into the medical necessity of abortion Asked parliament to examine whether abortion is medically necessary and to report on its potential health risks to women (Oct 1, 2003) |
No | |
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| Life & family issues voting score: | 8% | |
Here are quotes from Karen Redman on various life and family issues:
On abolishing the true definition of marriage between one man and one woman: "My support for civil marriage for same-sex couples will continue in any future Parliamentary debate" [Letter to constituent, Oct 25/06]
Here are the answers for the questionnaire as provided by Karen Redman on May 5 1997; 2008.
| Question | Response |
|---|---|
| Do you believe that life begins at conception (fertilization)? | Yes* |
| If elected, will you strive to introduce and pass laws to protect unborn children from the time of conception (fertilization) onward? | No |
| If elected, would you support all legislative or policy proposals that would result in a meaningful increase of respect and protection for unborn human life? | No |
| If elected, will you actively support measures to introduce and pass a law - including a constitutional amendment - to protect every preborn child from the moment of conception onward? | No |
| Are there any circumstances under which you believe a woman should have access to abortion? (note: Medical treatments to save the life of a mother and which result in the UNINTENDED death of her unborn child, are NOT abortions. Eg. in case of tubal pregnancy or cervical cancer) | Yes |
| If elected will you work to exclude abortion as an insured health service under the Canada Health Act? | No |
| If elected, will you oppose any legislative or regulatory measures designed to permit the deliberate euthanasia of a human being or designed to permit "doctor-assisted suicide"? | No |
| If elected will you actively work to defeat any legislation which permits the deliberate killing, directly or indirectly, of the terminally illl, the handicapped newborn, the terminally ill, and all vulnerable persons, regardless of age and anticipated quality of life? | No |
| If elected, will you actively oppose the testing and sale of the abortion-inducing pill RU-486 in Canada? | No |
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