Campaign Life Coalition
{{Short description|Canadian political lobbyist organization}}
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| leader_name = Jeff Gunnarson
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{{Conservatism in Canada|Organizations}}
The Campaign Life Coalition (sometimes shortened to Campaign Life) is a Canadian political lobbyist organization founded in 1978.{{cite book |last1=Stettner |first1=Shannon |last2=Burnett |first2=Kristin |last3=Hay |first3=Travis |title=Abortion: History, Politics, and Reproductive Justice after Morgentaler |date=2017 |publisher=UBC Press |isbn=978-0-7748-3576-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=imhADwAAQBAJ&pg=PA353 |language=en}} Based in Hamilton, Ontario,{{Cite web|url=https://www.campaignlifecoalition.com/offices/|title = CLC Offices and Presidents}} the organization advocates for socially conservative values.{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/green-party-anti-abortion-candidates-1.5277682|title=Green candidates say they don't remember past anti-abortion comments|work=CBC|last1=Tasker|first1=John Paul|last2=Kapelos|first2=Vassy}} Campaign Life Coalition opposes abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, in vitro fertilization, same-sex marriage, and transgender rights legislation.{{cite news |last1=Kim |first1=Daniel |title=St. Michael's College group attends pro-life demonstration in Ottawa |url=https://thevarsity.ca/2017/06/07/st-michaels-college-group-attends-pro-life-demonstration-in-ottawa/ |work=The Varsity |date=7 June 2017}}{{cite book |last1=Scala |first1=Francesca |title=Delivering Policy: The Contested Politics of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Canada |date=2019 |publisher=UBC Press |isbn=978-0-7748-6012-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nRqGDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA159 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Julie |first1=Fish |last2=Kate |first2=Karban |title=LGBT Health Inequalities: International Perspectives in Social Work |date=2015 |publisher=Policy Press |isbn=978-1-4473-2272-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Yu5BwAAQBAJ&pg=PT296 |language=en}}
Ontario politics
At the provincial level in Ontario, Campaign Life helped to establish and initially supported the Family Coalition Party (FCP).{{cite news|title=Tory courting in Carleton-Gloucester|author=Baer, Nicole|work=The Ottawa Citizen |date=7 May 1988|page=6}} Following the FCP's name change to the New Reform Party of Ontario and the election of Patrick Brown as the new leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in 2015, the CLC appeared to switch support to the Ontario PCs. The CLC endorsed Brown's bid for the leadership, along with the other social conservative leadership candidate Monte McNaughton, and released a statement congratulating Brown on his victory.[https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2015/05/09/patric-brown-wins-ontario-pc-leadership.html "Patrick Brown wins Ontario PC leadership"], Toronto Star, May 09 2015.[https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/05/09/ontario-pcs-pick-a-pro-lifer-to-lead-their-rebirth-cohn.html "Ontario PCs pick a pro-lifer to lead their rebirth"], Toronto Star, May 09 2015. The group later became critical of Brown after he publicly announced that he would not repeal the new provincial sex education curriculum changes if he became premier.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2016/12/27/tory-leader-patrick-brown-feeling-the-squeeze-as-he-tries-to-unify-party-ranks.html|title=Tory Leader Patrick Brown feeling the squeeze as he tries to unify party ranks|last=Ferguson|first=Rob|date=December 27, 2016|website=thestar.com|publisher=Toronto Star|access-date=December 28, 2016}}
Federal politics
Campaign Life endorsed candidates Brad Trost and Pierre Lemieux in the 2017 Conservative leadership election.{{cite web|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/anti-abortion-group-endorses-pro-life-conservative-leadership-candidates-brad-trost-and-pierre-lemieux|title=Anti-abortion group endorses 'pro-life' Conservative leadership candidates Brad Trost and Pierre Lemieux|date=2 September 2016}} Trost came 4th with 8.35%, and Lemieux came 7th with 7.38%.
Campaign Life endorsed Leslyn Lewis in the 2022 Conservative leadership election.{{Cite web |last=Intern |date=2022-07-13 |title=CLC urges supporters to only vote for Leslyn Lewis |url=https://theinterim.com/politics/clc-urges-supporters-to-only-vote-for-leslyn-lewis/ |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=The Interim |language=en-US}} Lewis came 3rd with 9.69%.
LifeSiteNews
{{Main|LifeSiteNews}}
Campaign Life Coalition founded LifeSiteNews in 1997, with the intent to promote anti-abortion views.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HRn8CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA172 | title = The Changing Voice of the Anti-Abortion Movement | last1 = Saurette | first1 = Paul | first2 = Kelly | last2 = Gordon | publisher = University of Toronto Press | year = 2016 | isbn = 9781442615694 | page = 172 | language = en}} The Campaign Life Coalition no longer runs LifeSiteNews, though the two groups share some board members.{{Cite web|date=February 22, 2021|title=The biggest Canadian far-right news site you probably haven't heard of|url=https://www.canadaland.com/lifesitenews-biggest-canadian-far-right-site-you-havent-heard-of/|url-status=live|access-date=May 9, 2021|website=Canadaland|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222130501/https://www.canadaland.com/lifesitenews-biggest-canadian-far-right-site-you-havent-heard-of/ |archive-date=2021-02-22 }}
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External links
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