Councillor Shawn Gear
Norwich - ON
Electoral District: Ward 03
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CLC rating: Pro-LGBT ideology
Rating Comments: In April 2023, Councillor Gear voted against a sensible Motion to restrict the flying of flags on municipal property to only official government flags, expressing his feelings that this would somehow marginalize those who practice homosexuality and transgenderism.
Percentage in last election: 50.2% (2022)
Victory margin last election: 0.4% (2022)
Religion / Faith: unknown
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Parliamentary Office
Township of Norwich
285767 Airport Road
Norwich, Ontario
N0J 1P0
Tel: (519) 983-9854
Fax: (519) 468-2414 (general fax)
Here is Shawn Gear's voting record relating to life and family issues:
| Votes, Surveys and Policy Decision | Vote | Score |
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| Flying the controversial gay pride flag over City Hall, despite the fact it contradicts the values and religious beliefs of many citizens who also deserve to be represented by elected officials Many people of faith - Christians, Muslims, Jews, Sikhs, and others, have deeply held religious beliefs about marriage and human sexuality. It is disrepectful to the citizenry for elected officials who have an obligation to represent all constituents, to take one side of a controversial moral issue. |
Supported |  |
| Flag motion - to permit flying only official government flags on municipal property (no special-interest flags) Council vote to permit flying only official government flags (federal, provincial, and/or municipal) on municipal buildings and property, thus prohibiting the flying of controversial, divisive and special-interest group flags which may be politically or ideologically-loaded in a manner that serves to arouse divisions among citizens, instead of unity (e.g. the Homosexual or Transgenderism Pride flags). |
Opposed | |
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Here are the answers for the questionnaire as provided by Shawn Gear on 27-Jul-26.
| Question | Response |
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| 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? | -- |
| Do you acknowledge that human life begins at conception (fertilization)? | -- |
| Do you consider yourself pro-life or pro-choice? | -- |
| 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? | -- |
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