{"id":11110,"date":"2014-05-20T02:00:24","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T18:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=11110"},"modified":"2014-05-20T02:00:24","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T18:00:24","slug":"trudeau-cites-fathers-influence-in-personal-reflection-on-abortion-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/05\/20\/trudeau-cites-fathers-influence-in-personal-reflection-on-abortion-stance\/","title":{"rendered":"Trudeau cites father’s influence in ‘personal reflection’ on abortion stance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is offering a “personal reflection” on his position regarding Liberal election candidates and abortion.<\/p>\n

In an email to supporters, Trudeau says he understands and empathizes with anyone who has concerns about his decision to turn away new candidates who are unwilling to vote pro-choice on relevant Liberal legislation.<\/p>\n

He says his father, former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, was a staunch Catholic who went to church every Sunday and read his children the Bible.<\/p>\n

But Trudeau says his father also recognized that political leaders must represent the larger community, and had no problem legalizing divorce and decriminalizing homosexuality.<\/p>\n

Toronto’s Roman Catholic archbishop, Cardinal Thomas Collins, has written to Trudeau, urging him to allow candidates to be faithful to their conscience.<\/p>\n

Trudeau says while he welcomes input from the prelate, his party is committed to the values laid out in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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