Arpad Nagy's blog

Last week, I was in London, England to take part in the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference. This is a part 2 for my blog on this subject. 

I met and spoke to well over a hundred people over the three days conference. Most times, I was able to share about the reality we face here in Canada, since, as you know, Canada is the worse place in the world where in comes to abortion laws, and it is also the worse place in the world when it comes to euthanasia. Our Canadian reality can definitely bring some insight to the pro-life struggle in other countries. I was also able to soak in what is happening in other countries, and learn about pro-life struggles in Scottland, Slovenia, Hungary, Poland, Honduras, Bulgaria, Nigeria, Uganda, Australia, North Korea, and several more. 

Here are a few interactions that I had. This is, of course, a non-extensive list.

The first Prime Minister of Slovenia, Lojze Peterle, expressed a strong pro-life position and vision at our Sunday pro-life gathering. At a later event, he followed up a speech by Katalin Novak (former president of Hungary) by playing for us his harmonica.

Photo: Arpad. Arpad with Lojze Peterle at ARC2025

Katalin Novak, the former president of Hungary was one of more important presenters for me. She spoke to the whole crowd of 4000 on several occasions and gave several speeches at some side events. Her story is very interesting. After implementing inspiring and impactful family policies in Hungary, she became the president of Hungary. After a controversial departure from the presidency, Novak went back to doing groundbreaking work for families, but this time, worldwide. The organization she founded with filmmaker Stephen Shaw (X-Y worldwide) is now exposing the radical fall in birthrates worldwide. 

Photo: Arpad. Arpad with Katalin Novak at ARC2025

I got to meet Konstantin Kisin, author, comedian and host of Triggernometry podcast. He gave a good presentation on why we shouldn’t forget our roots and we should face the future.

Photo: Arpad. Arpad with Konstantin Kisin at ARC2025

I attended a side event called Them Before Us: Rebuilding a Child-Centric Society. The polish panelist (who is speaking in the picture below) gave some practical insight in what worked in Poland, but also on what did not work. She provided a realistic view on what can be done to promote families through public policy. 

Photo: Arpad. Panel discussion at ARC2025

There were many exhibition booths at the conference. Here is one of the only French ones! I connected with Brice who is involved with several conservative political organizations in France. (He also in an elected politician in their government). We spoke about several issues, including sovereignty, conservative values, the pro-life world view and societal reform. He connected me with some other francophones at the conference, including a researcher who does work on the issue of demographics in France. 

Photo: Arpad. Arpad with Brice at ARC2025

Among the many people I randomly started a conversation with, Thomas Straub was a member of the German parliament, running for re-election. We had a good conversation about Christian values in society. 

Photo: Arpad. Arpad with Thomas Straub at ARC2025

I finally met with some of the staff of the Danube Institute in Budapest. The Danube institute does research related to our issues, and I am interested in how their ideas in Europe can translate to here in Quebec. 

Photo: Arpad. Arpad with three staff from the Danube Institute at ARC2025

Among the notable presenters at this conference there are the founders of ARC, Jordan Peterson and Philippa Stroud. Some other notable speaker are Bishop Barron, Vivek Ramaswamy, Tony Abbott, Os Guinness, Nigel Farage, the current US speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Mary Harrington, Leslyn Lewis, Jonathan Pageau (from here in Quebec), Jason Kenny, Erica Komisar, Coptic Archbishop Angaelos and many more. All of the speakers addressed world issues in regard to their respective fields of expertise.

From the pro-life point of view, one thing unites all of these presenters: the world that they want to create is one that is conducive to the respect of life. In our current world, everything constantly attacks the sanctity of life. ARC, on the other hand, is proposing a worldview where family is at the core of society, where there is an emphasis on moral responsibility and traditional values, where protecting human dignity is of primal importance and where a sense of cultural and societal responsibility is promoted.

As pro-life individuals, we do want to create a society where life is honored and protected from the very beginning till the very end, and moving forward, ARC participants can be key in working towards our goal. 

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