Candidate, Roger Melanson
Liberal Party, Dieppe, NB
Bio
CLC rating: Pro-abortion
Rating Comments: MLA Melanson resigned his seat in 2022 after serving as interim party leader until the election of a new Liberal leader, Susan Holt. It is unlikely this person would ever vote in favour of pro-life legislation due to the “no choice but pro-choice” policy that was imposed on all Liberal MLAs by former Party Leader Brian Gallant. In a tyrannical edict similar to the one made in May 2014 by then-Federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, Gallant announced on the 2014 provincial campaign trail that all New Brunswick Liberal MLAs would have to vote pro-abortion, even if it meant violating their consciences and/or religious beliefs. After winning the election and forming government, Gallant used his office as Premier to drive through pro-abortion legislation that mandated the funneling of public tax dollars towards abortions committed at hospital killing centres, and that repealed the rule that requires a sign-off by two doctors to certify that an abortion is “medically necessary” before it can qualify for funding by taxpayers.
Although Gallant is now gone (quitting as party leader and then resigning his seat altogether), his pro-death legacy remains, and his successor, Liberal Party Leader Kevin Vickers, threatens to do still more damage. In fact, in a pledge from the campaign trail in August 2020, the new Leader revealed himself to be even more extreme in his pro-abortion position than was Gallant. Vickers pledged to extend taxpayer funding of abortion to private, for-profit abortuaries, like Clinic 554 in Fredericton, in order to ensure greater access to abortion "services". In the same breath, Vickers also revealed his total subservience to maniacal Gender Ideology, stating that his desire to fund private abortion centres would benefit "both women and the LGBTQ2 community", referring to Clinic 554's hideous practice of using cross-sex drugs to suppress and distort the hormonal balance of clients suffering from Gender Identity Disorder (see Quotes tab). This Orwellian pledge by Vickers demonstrates not only a cruel indifference to the killing of unborn babies, but also a delusional slide into the anti-reality, science-fiction world of transgenderism.
In October 2020, after the precipitous resignation of Vickers due to poor electoral performance, newly-named Interim Liberal Party Leader Melanson said he would keep his pro-abortion predecessor's vow to fund abortions committed at the for-profit Clinic 554 killing centre.
Although Gallant is now gone (quitting as party leader and then resigning his seat altogether), his pro-death legacy remains, and his successor, Liberal Party Leader Kevin Vickers, threatens to do still more damage. In fact, in a pledge from the campaign trail in August 2020, the new Leader revealed himself to be even more extreme in his pro-abortion position than was Gallant. Vickers pledged to extend taxpayer funding of abortion to private, for-profit abortuaries, like Clinic 554 in Fredericton, in order to ensure greater access to abortion "services". In the same breath, Vickers also revealed his total subservience to maniacal Gender Ideology, stating that his desire to fund private abortion centres would benefit "both women and the LGBTQ2 community", referring to Clinic 554's hideous practice of using cross-sex drugs to suppress and distort the hormonal balance of clients suffering from Gender Identity Disorder (see Quotes tab). This Orwellian pledge by Vickers demonstrates not only a cruel indifference to the killing of unborn babies, but also a delusional slide into the anti-reality, science-fiction world of transgenderism.
In October 2020, after the precipitous resignation of Vickers due to poor electoral performance, newly-named Interim Liberal Party Leader Melanson said he would keep his pro-abortion predecessor's vow to fund abortions committed at the for-profit Clinic 554 killing centre.
Position: Interim Party Leader
First elected (yyyy.mm.dd): 2010.09.27
Previous Occupation: business and economic development consultant
Percentage in last election: 60.2% (2020)
Victory margin last election: 38.1% (2020)
Religion / Faith: unknown
Contact
Parliamentary Office
Legislative Building, Centre Block
P. O. Box 6000
Fredericton, New Brunswick
E3B 5H1
Tel: (506) 453-2506 (general info.)
Fax: (506) 453-7154 (general fax)
Constituency Offices
650 Champlain Street, Suite 203
Dieppe, New Brunswick
E1A 1P5
Tel: (506) 869-7000
Fax: (506) 869-7007
Here is Roger Melanson's voting record relating to life and family issues:
| Votes, Surveys and Policy Decision | Vote | Score |
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| Position on diverting taxpayer $$ towards paying for abortions at Morgentaler's private "clinic" In 2014, the Liberal Party Leader in NB came out against the long-standing ban on public funding for private abortion facilities. For decades, all 3 major parties have agreed that the province shall not fund abortions at private abortion 'clinics'. Only abortions committed at hospitals are publicly funded. After an organized campaign to fund the Morgentaler abortuary, the Liberal Leader came out strongly in favour of fully-funded, abortion-on-demand. |
Unknown, but likely supports | -- |
| Position on cancelling the provincial requirement that 2 doctors sign off on the abortion as 'medically necessary' before it gets funded by taxpayers. This is the current, decades old policy of the New Brunswick government. It was agreed upon by all major parties until 2014 when the Liberal Leader suggested this modicum of restriction needs to be removed, in the name of 'a woman's right to choose'. |
Unknown, but likely supports | -- |
| Bill 11, An Act Respecting Proof of Immunization Introduced by former provincial NDP leader turned PC Minister of Education, Domenic Cardy, this authoritarian bill would require all students to provide proof of immunization in order to attend any of the province’s early learning and childcare facilities or public schools and would not allow any conscientious or religious-based exemptions – only medical ones. That means, for example, that if parents object to certain vaccines on the basis of their unethical development or implications, those objections would be ignored. It would be a disastrous precedent given the bill’s failure to recognize the morally dubious nature of a great number of vaccines. Thankfully, even amidst the panic associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, this enforced-injection bill was wisely, if narrowly, defeated by a vote of 22 to 20 on June 18, 2020. |
Opposed |  |
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Here are the answers for the questionnaire as provided by Roger Melanson on 2020.
| Question | Response |
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| Do you acknowledge that human life begins at conception (fertilization)? | survey not sent |
| 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 but which results in the unintended and undesired death of the pre-born child, is not an abortion. e.g. in cases of tubal pregnancy or cervical cancer) | survey not sent |
| Will you uphold the current law of not funding abortion in private facilities? | survey not sent, but party policy opposes the current law |
| Will you support measures to stop funding abortions with taxpayers money in all New Brunswick hospitals? | survey not sent, but party policy favours funding abortion-on-demand |
| Do you agree women have the right to be thoroughly informed about the serious health consequences of abortion, the development of the child in the womb and the alternatives to abortion? | survey not sent |
| Will you protect the rights of parents to educate their children according to their faith in matters of moral principles and beliefs concerning abortion, contraception and homosexuality? | survey not sent |
| Will you oppose euthanasia and instead support measures to promote 'palliative care', the purpose of which is to alleviate pain, and enhance the quality of life for terminally ill patients and those with disabilities? (Note: Euthanasia is the direct and intentional killing of a person by action or omission, with or without that person's consent, for what people mistakenly believe are compassionate reasons.) | survey not sent |
| Will you support legislation to protect the right of health care workers who refuse to participate in procedures which are in violation of their religious or conscientious beliefs? | survey not sent |
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