TORONTO, June 14 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the last of six televised debates by Canadian Alliance leadership candidates Tuesday, clarity on pro-life issues was finally received. In a heated exchange on the topic of abortion Tom Long exposed himself as no friend of pro-lifers claiming that “If this party decides that it is going to make abortion one of the top two or three issues we are going to run on in the next election, we are going to lose.” However, Stockwell Day noted that the era of fear surrounding “political correctness” is on its last legs, sensing the culture shift towards family values occurring in the Canadian populace.
In his flamboyant and winning style Day dumbfounded his opponents exclaiming, “Yes I am pro life, yes I believe that life begins at conception, yes I believe that these are issues that citizens want to talk about. They can bring forward those issues . . .and I will never say to any group of citizens or to any individual that I don’t want to bring that forward because it could hurt us politically.”
Media commentators pointed out that Day was at his strongest when he honestly declared his stand for life. His forthrightness caught the attention and appreciation of the spectators who have waited so long for openness and honesty.