Side-by-Side Survey Responses in the Riding of Waterloo Catholic District School Board - Kitchener & Wilmot [2026 Ontario Election]
Number to elect: 4
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| incumbent | incumbent | incumbent | ||
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| Winston Francis | Harriet Cullen | Renee Kraft | Tracey Weiler |
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| Pro-life, pro-family | Unknown | Pro-LGBT ideology, Anti-parental rights | Pro-LGBT ideology, Anti-parental rights | |
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| SURVEY QUESTION | ANSWER | ANSWER | ANSWER | ANSWER |
| 1. Will you work to ensure that your Board publicly promotes total fidelity to the faith and moral teachings of the Catholic Church? (Current examples include the illicitness of abortion, contraception and homosexual practice) | -- | survey unable to be sent | No (based on public statement at candidates forum) | no response |
| 2. Will you work to ensure that Catholic schools do not invite guest speakers who have publicly expressed positions that contradict the morality and teaching of the Church, no matter how great their achievements in politics, business, sports, science or the arts? | -- | survey unable to be sent | No (based on public statement at candidates forum) | no response |
| 3. Will you work to ensure that educational materials that enter the premises of Catholic schools (e.g., library resources, curriculum texts, awareness campaigns, flyers) and all approved school activities are consistent with and do not undermine the morality and teachings of the Church? | -- | survey unable to be sent | No (based on public statement at candidates forum) | no response |
| 4. Will you oppose sex-ed programs which are contrary to Church teaching? | -- | survey unable to be sent | No (based on public statement at candidates forum) | no response |
| 5. Given that the Gay Pride flag is a controversial political symbol which contradicts Church teaching on marriage & human sexuality, will you oppose any and all proposals to fly the Gay Pride flag at Catholic schools, at the board office, or to acknowledge and celebrate June as “Pride month”? | -- | survey unable to be sent | -- | no response |
| 6. Will you work to ensure that your Catholic school board enacts a policy requiring all agents and employees of the board to uphold the rights of custodial parents to direct and control the education of, and any medical treatment provided to, their dependent children attending its schools? | -- | survey unable to be sent | no response | no response |
| 7. Are there any circumstances under which you believe a woman should have access to abortion*? (*Note: a surgical or medical intervention designed to prevent the death of the mother but which results in the unintended and undesired death of the pre-born child, is not an abortion) | -- | survey unable to be sent | no response | no response |
| CLC RATING COMMENTS: | As at June 5, 2026, Trustee Winston Francis had... <More> | Candidate in the 2026 municipal election cycle.... <More> | As at June 5, 2026, Trustee Kraft had not yet f... <More> | As at June 5, 2026, Trustee Weiler had not yet ... <More> |
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| Kathy Doherty-Masters |
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| Pro-LGBT ideology; Anti-democracy | |
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| SURVEY QUESTION | ANSWER |
| 1. Will you work to ensure that your Board publicly promotes total fidelity to the faith and moral teachings of the Catholic Church? (Current examples include the illicitness of abortion, contraception and homosexual practice) | no response |
| 2. Will you work to ensure that Catholic schools do not invite guest speakers who have publicly expressed positions that contradict the morality and teaching of the Church, no matter how great their achievements in politics, business, sports, science or the arts? | no response |
| 3. Will you work to ensure that educational materials that enter the premises of Catholic schools (e.g., library resources, curriculum texts, awareness campaigns, flyers) and all approved school activities are consistent with and do not undermine the morality and teachings of the Church? | no response |
| 4. Will you oppose sex-ed programs which are contrary to Church teaching? | no response |
| 5. Given that the Gay Pride flag is a controversial political symbol which contradicts Church teaching on marriage & human sexuality, will you oppose any and all proposals to fly the Gay Pride flag at Catholic schools, at the board office, or to acknowledge and celebrate June as “Pride month”? | no response |
| 6. Will you work to ensure that your Catholic school board enacts a policy requiring all agents and employees of the board to uphold the rights of custodial parents to direct and control the education of, and any medical treatment provided to, their dependent children attending its schools? | no response |
| 7. Are there any circumstances under which you believe a woman should have access to abortion*? (*Note: a surgical or medical intervention designed to prevent the death of the mother but which results in the unintended and undesired death of the pre-born child, is not an abortion) | no response |
| CLC RATING COMMENTS: | As at June 5, 2026, Trustee Doherty-Masters had... <More> |