Candidate, Travis Toews
United Conservative Party, Grande Prairie-Wapiti, AB
Bio
CLC rating: Educable
Rating Comments: MLA Toews did not seek re-election in the 2023 Alberta provincial race. Although he asserts that he is personally pro-life, 2022 UCP Leadership contestant and MLA Travis Toews admitted that he would do nothing to limit access to the prenatal homicide of children by abortion (see Quotes tab).
Position: President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance
Previous Occupation: APEC representative
Percentage in last election: 74.80%
Victory margin last election: 60.00%
Contact
Parliamentary Office
Alberta
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Constituency Offices
, Alberta
T8X 0K7
Here is Travis Toews's voting record relating to life and family issues:
| Votes, Surveys and Policy Decision | Vote | Score |
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| There are no votes, surveys or policy decisions to display for Travis Toews. | ||
Here are quotes from Travis Toews on various life and family issues:
Promising that, if elected Leader of Alberta's United Conservative Party, he would do nothing to protect children from being killed by abortion: "I have no intention or agenda on limiting access to health care with respect to abortion." [Fairview Post, 'Aheer lone UCP leadership candidate to condemn U.S. Supreme Court abortion decision', June 29, 2022]
Here are the answers for the questionnaire as provided by Travis Toews on June 2022.
| Question | Response |
|---|---|
| Do you acknowledge that human life begins at conception (fertilization)? | no response |
| 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) | Yes (per public statement) |
| Will you support measures to stop funding abortions with taxpayers' money in Alberta? | No (per public statement) |
| 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? | no response |
| 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? | no response |
| 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? | no response |
| 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? *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. | no response |
| Will you work to repeal Bill 24, the NDP legislation which requires schools to keep it secret from parents if their child has joined a gay pride club at school, a.k.a. Gay-Straight Alliance clubs? | no response |
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