| Party Leaders | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| BQ | Gilles Duceppe, MP Laurier-Sainte-Marie, PQ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- |
| | Comments: failed to respond; considered to be pro-abortion; was a self-declared Marxist.
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| CHP | Ron Gray, Hull-Aylmer, PQ | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | PL |
| | Comments: strongly and uncompromisingly pro-life.
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| LIB | Jean Chretien, MP Saint-Maurice, PQ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- |
| | Comments: submitted Liberal Party response; solidly pro-abortion record - voted for the legalization of abortion in 1969 and as Justice Minister opposed including protection of the unborn in the Charter of Rights in 1981; open to euthanasia legalization
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| NDP | Alexa McDonough, Halifax, NS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- |
| | Comments:
pro-abortion; answered pro-abortion in provincial election response;
answered "neither yes or no" to euthanasia question -
said there "needs to be a profound and soul-searching public discussion"
- But, in a May 23 riding debate
she said she supports decriminalizing euthanasia for terminally ill
patients who give their consent. She said "we're going to decriminalize the
treatment of doctors who carry out this kind of voluntary request for a
merciful death within guidelines that are clearly and publicly debated and
ultimately adopted."
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| PC | Jean Charest, MP, Sherbrooke, PQ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- |
| | Comments: failed to respond; CLC records indicate that he is pro-abortion.
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| REF | Preston, Manning, MP, Calgary Southwest, AB | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | PL |
| | Comments: only response was page from Reform policy; favours constitutional protection for unborn; opposes euthanasia; would vote for abortion & euthanasia if directed so by constituents; On May 16/97 he stated he accepts abortion for life of the mother "or, perhaps rape and incest"
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