Candidate, Jeff Leiper
Ottawa Mayor, ON
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CLC rating: Pro-abortion, unclear on LGBT ideology
Rating Comments: No response to CLC’s 2026 Ontario Municipal elections questionnaire.
Was previously Kitchissippi, Ward 15 City Councillor.
While he was a City Councillor, in April 2019, he revealed his pro-abortion bias when he and City Coucil colleague Catherine McKenney released a statement of complaint against a pro-life advertisement in the Ottawa transit system, insisting that the pro-life ad threatens to “reverse decades of pro-choice gains” and arrogantly carping that “the fact that they are displayed on public property is galling.”
Subsequently, on September 9, 2020, Ottawa City Council passed a biased and unjust Motion, co-sponsored by pro-LGBT members Mayor Jim Watson and Councillor Catherine McKenney, to "formally denounce" the practice of Conversion Therapy and to urge higher levels of government to ban this helpful therapeutic practice. Although the reckless Motion passed unanimously, and all members of Council were in attendance at the meeting, it is unknown if then-Councillor Leiper was actually in the chamber for the specific vote on the Motion itself, though that is extremely likely.
Was previously Kitchissippi, Ward 15 City Councillor.
While he was a City Councillor, in April 2019, he revealed his pro-abortion bias when he and City Coucil colleague Catherine McKenney released a statement of complaint against a pro-life advertisement in the Ottawa transit system, insisting that the pro-life ad threatens to “reverse decades of pro-choice gains” and arrogantly carping that “the fact that they are displayed on public property is galling.”
Subsequently, on September 9, 2020, Ottawa City Council passed a biased and unjust Motion, co-sponsored by pro-LGBT members Mayor Jim Watson and Councillor Catherine McKenney, to "formally denounce" the practice of Conversion Therapy and to urge higher levels of government to ban this helpful therapeutic practice. Although the reckless Motion passed unanimously, and all members of Council were in attendance at the meeting, it is unknown if then-Councillor Leiper was actually in the chamber for the specific vote on the Motion itself, though that is extremely likely.
Previous Occupation: Ottawa City Councillor
Religion / Faith: unknown
Contact
Parliamentary Office
Ontario
Here is Jeff Leiper's voting record relating to life and family issues:
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Here are the answers for the questionnaire as provided by Jeff Leiper on June 4, 2026.
| 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? | 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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