Candidate, Drew Barnes
Medicine Hat, AB
Bio
CLC rating: Pro-life, pro-family
Rating Comments: In conversation with a CLC leader, Barnes was deemed to be pro-life, pro-family and pro-free speech.
In May 2021 when Barnes was a provincial MLA, he got ejected from the UCP caucus for his vocal criticism of totalitarian, COVID-related lockdowns by the party under then-Alberta Premier Jason Kenney.
In 2014, Mr. Barnes voted against Motion 503, the Alberta Liberal party's motion that would make it mandatory for school boards to support students who want to form Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs), even in faith-based schools.
In May 2021 when Barnes was a provincial MLA, he got ejected from the UCP caucus for his vocal criticism of totalitarian, COVID-related lockdowns by the party under then-Alberta Premier Jason Kenney.
In 2014, Mr. Barnes voted against Motion 503, the Alberta Liberal party's motion that would make it mandatory for school boards to support students who want to form Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs), even in faith-based schools.
Religion / Faith: Catholic
Contact
Parliamentary Office
Constituency Offices
Medicine Hat, Alberta
Here is Drew Barnes's voting record relating to life and family issues:
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Here are the answers for the questionnaire as provided by Drew Barnes on Oct. 15, 2025.
| Question | Response |
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| Organizations like Planned Parenthood (PP) routinely counsel women to have abortions. 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? | yes |
| Do you acknowledge that human life begins at conception (fertilization)? | yes |
| Do you consider yourself pro-life or pro-choice? | yes |
| 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? | yes |
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