Mayor Matthew Shoemaker
Sault Ste. Marie Mayor, ON
Bio
CLC rating: Pro-transgender ideology
Rating Comments: During a media interview in January 2023, Mayor Shoemaker gushed his approval of a Drag Queen Story Hour event that took place the same day at a Sault Ste. Marie library, even going so far as to attend the transvestite spectacle himself. These events are notorious for deliberately implanting homoerotic and transsexualist concepts into the impressionable minds of young children, effectively grooming vulnerable youngsters for a life of erotic obsessions and sexual self-harming (see Quotes tab). Only days earlier, in a City Council meeting, Mayor Shoemaker threw his support behind a shocking Motion that was introduced by Councillor Angela Caputo to declare that "Sault Ste Marie city council proudly embraces our diverse population, including our budding drag community." Shoemaker not only voted for the Motion, but also made a point of verbally praising it for the record. The timing in which this obscene Motion was put forward in Council, just days before the transvestite "Drag Story Time" event, was clearly meant to discredit a planned protest by concerned citizens who opposed exposing children to transvestitism and sexual confusion.
Mayor Shoemaker has not yet responded to CLC's 2022 municipal election survey, so his views on abortion are not known.
Mayor Shoemaker has not yet responded to CLC's 2022 municipal election survey, so his views on abortion are not known.
Percentage in last election: 44.2% (2022)
Victory margin last election: 19.3% (2022)
Religion / Faith: unknown
Contact
Parliamentary Office
City of Sault Ste. Marie
99 Foster Drive
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
P6A 5X6
Tel: 705-759-5344
Fax: 705-541-7171
Constituency Offices
99 Foster Drive
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
P6A 5X6
Tel: 705-759-5344
Fax: 705-541-7171
Here is Matthew Shoemaker's voting record relating to life and family issues:
| Votes, Surveys and Policy Decision | Vote | Score |
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| Drag Queen Story Hour motion - to support or promote these gender-bending events within the municipality Council vote to support or promote a transsexual "Drag Queen Story Hour" event that targets children with sexually confusing, LGBT images and themes. These garish spectacles typically feature glittery costumes and colourful decor to enthrall innocent children while the performer's very appearance confuses the sexual distinctions between males and females. Sometimes the performers even wear sexually suggestive garb and move in sexually provocative ways in front of children. They tend to read stories to indoctrinate children into accepting transgender ideology. They've been accused of "grooming" children to lure impressionable youngsters into immoral and delusional views of their own sexual identity and the nature of human sexuality itself, leading many children down the dark corridors of transsexual hormone doping and mutilating surgeries. |
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Here are quotes from Matthew Shoemaker on various life and family issues:
Trumpeting his support for transgender ideology and the child-grooming transvestite indoctrination shows known as Drag Queen Story Hours: “I fully supported the event and was glad to see it was such a success... I didn’t do a head count or even a rough estimate but was impressed by how many people attended. The supporters of the event far, far outnumbered the protestors and that was exactly how it should be!” [The Sault Star, 'Opponents a drag for story time backer', Jan. 14, 2023]
Here are the answers for the questionnaire as provided by Matthew Shoemaker on August 8, 2022.
| Question | Response |
|---|---|
| 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? | No response |
| Do you acknowledge that human life begins at conception (fertilization)? | No response |
| Do you consider yourself pro-life or pro-choice? | No response |
| 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? | No response |
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