LifeSiteNews.com Life, Family and Culture News

Email: "Nine Pro-Life Members of Parliament in New Canadian Government Cabinet"

Your Email:

Your Name:

Send To Email:

Subject:

Message:
At least six of new Conservative government Ministers known to support same-sex marriage BY LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry WestenOTTAWA, February 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Canadian Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper was sworn in this morning with his new Cabinet. Campaign Life Coalition noted that nine pro-life Members of Parliament are among the 26 Cabinet Ministers, representing a third of the cabinet.The pro-lifeÂcabinet ministers include Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl, Justice Minister Vic Toews, Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Monte Solberg, Minister for Democratic Reform Rob Nicholson, Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day, Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn and National Revenue Minister Carol Skelton.Many pro-life CanadiansÂwondered at the absence of Jason Kenney, one of the most capable MPs and a stalwart defender of life and family. LifeSiteNews.com has learned that Kenney has been appointed the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister.ÂAnother pro-life MP of prominence within the Conservative Party who was passed over for a cabinet post, Diane Ablonczy, will be the parliamentary secretary to the Finance Minister.A pro-family analysis of the cabinet reveals at least six of the new Ministers do not adhere to the Conservative Party’s official policy in support of traditional marriage. Two of the those known to oppose traditional marriage are Quebec MPs: Transportation Minister Lawrence Canon; and International Cooperation Minister Josee Verner - the pro-abortion and pro-euthanasia MP known as ‘Quebec’s impoverished Belinda Stronach’.Other cabinet membersÂknown to oppose traditional marriage are: homosexual-activist MP John Baird who was named Treasury Board Minister; Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice; and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Michael Chong who, while he voted against the homosexual marriage Bill C-38, has reportedly reconsidered his position.ÂFinally, Liberal MP David Emerson was rewarded for switching to the Conservative Party with the position of Minister of International Trade. Emerson is pro-abortion and voted against traditional marriage on Bill C-38.Unknown is the stand of Michael Fortier the new Minister of Public Works who was appointed to cabinet without being an elected MP. Fortier, a Montreal businessman was a close advisor to Harper.Tomorrow the government is to announce its full list of parliamentary secretaries.The official list of cabinet Ministers follows:The Right Honourable Stephen Joseph Harper  Prime Minister of CanadaThe Honourable Robert Douglas Nicholson  Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic ReformThe Honourable David Emerson  Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler OlympicsThe Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn  Minister of Labour and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of QuebecThe Honourable Gregory Francis Thompson  Minister of Veterans AffairsThe Honourable Marjory LeBreton  Leader of the Government in the SenateThe Honourable Monte Solberg  Minister of Citizenship and ImmigrationThe Honourable Chuck Strahl  Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat BoardThe Honourable Gary Lunn  Minister of Natural ResourcesThe Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay  Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities AgencyThe Honourable Loyola Hearn  Minister of Fisheries and OceansThe Honourable Stockwell Day  Minister of Public SafetyThe Honourable Carol Skelton  Minister of National Revenue and Minister of Western Economic DiversificationThe Honourable Vic Toews  Minister of Justice and Attorney General of CanadaThe Honourable Rona Ambrose  Minister of the EnvironmentThe Honourable Michael D. Chong  President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister for SportThe Honourable Diane Finley  Minister of Human Resources and Social DevelopmentThe Honourable Gordon O’Connor  Minister of National DefenceThe Honourable Beverley J. Oda  Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of WomenThe Honourable Jim Prentice  Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status IndiansThe Honourable John Baird  President of the Treasury BoardThe Honourable Maxime Bernier  Minister of IndustryThe Honourable Lawrence Cannon  Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and CommunitiesThe Honourable Tony Clement  Minister of Health and the Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern OntarioThe Honourable James Michael Flaherty  Minister of FinanceThe Honourable Josée Verner  Minister of International Cooperation and Minister for La Francophonie and Official LanguagesThe Honourable Michael Fortier  Minister of Public Works and Government Services http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/nine-pro-life-members-of-parliament-in-new-canadian-government-cabinet/

Please enter the word you see in the image below: