The pro-life movement has gained unprecedented influence within the Conservative Party of Canada and seeks even more. Ten allied groups rallied their supporters to buy Conservative Party memberships and become delegates at the party’s recent online policy convention. This resulted in more than 100 pro-life delegates, five times the amount at the 2018 convention. The impact was substantial. Of 35 proposed amendments to the party’s constitution, positions recommended by one of the pro-life groups, RightNow, prevailed 29 times. As RightNow hoped, delegates voted in favour of a national adoption strategy and tax credit, free speech on campuses, income tax splitting for families, an increase to the charitable tax credit, and continued opposition to assisted suicide. The main thrust of changing party policy on abortion went nowhere. Prior to the convention, the boards of electoral district associations (EDAs) voted for their favourites among 196 policy proposals. A resolution to ban late-term and …
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