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Side-by-Side Survey Responses in the Riding of Norwich - Ward 01 [2022 Ontario Election]
Number to elect: 1

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incumbent
John Scholten
Supportable
Rating by CLC:
1. Organizations like Planned Parenthood (PP) routinely counsel women to have abortions, and increasingly, are involved in dispensing the chemical abortion pill. Given that abortion is a controversial practice that many taxpayers in your municipality find abhorrent, do you agree that PP and similar “sexual health agencies" should not receive taxpayer funds through the municipality? survey not yet sent
2. Do you acknowledge that human life begins at conception (fertilization)? survey not yet sent
3. Do you consider yourself pro-life or pro-choice? survey not yet sent
4. There has been a move in some municipal jurisdictions to pass bylaws which establish censorship zones, also called “bubble zones”, around abortion facilities. These unconstitutional censorship zones make it illegal to express peaceful pro-life speech, including silent prayer, on taxpayer-owned public sidewalks within the vicinity of abortion facilities and pharmacies which dispense abortion pills. If elected, would you vote to oppose such a censorship bylaw, if it were ever proposed? survey not yet sent
CLC RATING COMMENTS: In April 2023, Councillor Scholten made a sensi...

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